Seven Springs in Somerset County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Laurel Hill State Park

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, February 12, 2022

1. Laurel Hill State Park Marker

Inscription. One of five Recreational Demonstration Areas created in Pa. by the National Park Service during the Great Depression to improve land use. Between 1935 and 1941, workers from the CCC and WPA New Deal programs built roads, buildings, and sites here to support many types of recreation. Laurel Hill is the most intact RDA in Pa., retaining examples of all of its original property types. The park continues its legacy of conservation begun in 1935.

Erected 2021 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Parks & Recreational Areas. A significant historical year for this entry is 1935.

Location. 40° 0.524′ N, 79° 13.11′ W. Marker is in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is on Trent Road south of Jimtown Road, on the right when traveling south. Located at the entrance to the park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Somerset PA 15501, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

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and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Roosevelt's Tree Army (approx. 0.3 miles away); Camp Life (approx. 0.3 miles away); Living Legacy (approx. 0.3 miles away); Big Trees meet Narrow Gauge (approx. 0.3 miles away); Logging Camps and Lumber Mills (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Living Legacy (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hard Work - Pride - Spirit - Education - Recreation - Sports - Comradery - Heritage (approx. 1.7 miles away); Civilian Conservation Corps (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Seven Springs.

Also see . . . Laurel Hill State Park. Pennsylvania DCNR (Submitted on February 12, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, February 12, 2022

2. Laurel Hill State Park Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 13, 2022. It was originally submitted on February 12, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 354 times since then and 28 times this year. Last updated on February 12, 2022, by Bradley Owen of Morgantown, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 12, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.