Laurel Mountain State Park

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name = Laurel Mountain State Park
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category_local = Pennsylvania State Park
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country = United States
state = Pennsylvania
region_type = Counties
region = Somerset
region1 = Westmoreland
district_type = Townships
district = Jenner
district1 = Ligonier
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lat_d = 40
lat_m = 09
lat_s = 53
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long_d = 79
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long_s = 54
long_EW = W
location_note =cite web
url=Gnis3|1178958
title=Laurel Mountain State Park
date = August 2 1979
work=Geographic Names Information System
publisher=United States Geological Survey
accessdate=2008-04-27]
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established = 1964
management_body = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
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free_type = Nearest city
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map_caption = Location of Laurel Mountain State Park in Pennsylvania
map_locator = Pennsylvania
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website = [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/laurelmountain.aspx Laurel Mountain State Park]

Laurel Mountain State Park is a convert|493|acre|km2|2|adj=on Pennsylvania State Park in Ligonier Township, Westmoreland County and Jenner Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania in the United States. This state park is a ski resort that closed for business in 2005.cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/laurelmountain.aspx
title = Laurel Mountain State Park
accessdate = 2006-11-29
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources]

The park was opened as a private ski area in 1939 by General Richard K. Mellon and the Rolling Rock brewery from nearby Latrobe. It was one of first ski areas in Pennsylvania and although World War II caused the ski resort to be temporarily closed, in the years following the war, it was the "Ski Capital of Pennsylvania". General Mellon leased the land to the state in 1963 and gave it to the state in 1964, when it officially became "Laurel Mountain State Park". Laurel Mountain State Park is convert|2|mi|1 south of U.S. Route 30 near Jennerstown. Several communications and broadcast towers are located on the top of Laurel Mountain, which services the eastern Pittsburgh area and Greater Johnstown.cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/laurelmountain.aspx
title = Laurel Mountain State Park
accessdate = 2006-11-29
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources]

Nearby state parks

The following state parks are within convert|30|mi|0 of Laurel Mountain State Park:cite web
last = Michels
first = Chris
year = 1997
url = http://www2.nau.edu/~cvm/latlongdist.html
title = Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculation
publisher = Northern Arizona University
accessdate = 2008-04-23] [ cite web
url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/region_pittsburgh.aspx
title = Map Reference for Laurel Mountain State Park
accessdate = 2006-11-29
publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources] [cite map |scale = 1:65,000| publisher= Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division
url= ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/somerset_GHSN.PDF
title= 2007 General Highway Map Somerset County Pennsylvania
accessdate= 2006-07-27 "Note: shows Laurel Mountain State Park"] [cite map |scale = 1:65,000| publisher= Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division
url= ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/westmoreland_GHSN.PDF
title= 2007 General Highway Map Westmoreland County Pennsylvania
accessdate= 2006-07-27 "Note: shows Laurel Mountain State Park"]
*Blue Knob State Park (Bedford County)
*Keystone State Park (Westmoreland County)
*Kooser State Park (Somerset County)
*Laurel Hill State Park (Somerset County)
*Laurel Ridge State Park (Cambria, Fayette, Somerset, and Westmoreland counties)
*Laurel Summit State Park (Westmoreland County)
*Linn Run State Park (Westmoreland County)
*Ohiopyle State Park (Fayette County)
*Shawnee State Park (Bedford County)
*Yellow Creek State Park (Indiana County)

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