Laurel Hill State Park

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Location:In the southwestern corner of the state, off PA 31.
Facilities:264 class A campsites (149 with electricity), group tent camp, group cabin camp, 8 cottages, 5-bedroom lodge, showers, pit and flush toilets, picnic areas, picnic pavilions, snack bar, hiking trails (12 miles), snowmobile trailhead and trails (10 miles), swimming beach, boat rentals, 2 boat launches, boat mooring, visitor center, amphitheater, playfield, playground.
Activities:Camping, boating (electric motors only), fishing, swimming, hiking, hunting, ice fishing, cross-country skiing, ice boating, snowmobiling, interpretive programs.
Special Features:Laurel Hill Lake, at 63 acres, is the focal point of the park, which is surrounded by thousands of acres of pristine state park and state forest lands. A stand of old growth hemlocks lies along the Hemlock Trail.
Address:1454 Laurel Hill Park Rd
Somerset, PA 15501
Phone:814-445-7725
Web: www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/laurelhill.aspx
Size: 3,935 acres.

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Whitsell, who won two golds among four medals at the 2004 Paralympics in Athens with tandem partner Katie Compton, covered the 17.7-kilometer course through Laurel Hill State Park in 30 minutes, 56.39 seconds.

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