What is "laurel hill"

Laurel Hill may refer to the following:

• Laurel Hill, New South Wales, a town in the Riverina region

• Laurel Hill Coláiste, a school in Limerick, Ireland

• Laurel Hill, Florida, a city in Okaloosa County
• Laurel Hill, North Carolina (disambiguation)
• Laurel Hill, Virginia, a census-designated place in Fairfax County
• Laurel Hill (Pennsylvania), also known as Laurel Ridge, located in the Allegheny Mountains
• Laurel Hill Cemetery, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Laurel Hill Creek, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River in Pennsylvania

• Snake Hill, also known as Laurel Hill, an igneous rock intrusion in New Jersey
• Laurel Mountain (West Virginia), also known as Laurel Hill, site of the Battle of Laurel Hill

Laurel Hill, also known as Laurel Ridge or Laurel Mountain, is a mountain in Pennsylvania's Allegheny Mountains. This ridge is flanked by Negro Mountain to its east and Chestnut Ridge to its west. The mountain is home to six state parks: Laurel Ridge State Park, Laurel Mountain State Park, Linn Run State Park, Kooser State Park, Laurel Hill State Park, and Ohiopyle State Park. The Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail runs the length of the ridge.

Two state forests, comprising over , are located on Laurel Hill: Gallitzin State Forest and Forbes State Forest. State Game Lands 42 and 111 are also located on the mountain and also comprise a little over .

Laurel Hill has an average elevation of along its length, while there are individual "knobs" that rise above . The highest point is above the Seven Springs Mountain Resort at . Laurel Hill is flanked on its north end by the Conemaugh Gorge and on its south end by the Youghiogheny Gorge, both water gaps being approximately in depth. The ridge continues north of the Conemaugh Gorge for several miles as Rager Mountain, which reaches an elevation of . South of the Youghiogheny Gorge, a short ridge, generally still labeled Laurel Hill, at the edge of Ohiopyle State Park, reaches above .

Laurel Ridge marks the western edge of Pennsylvania's ridge and valley geographic province and its meeting line with the Allegheny Plateau region to the west. It was a significant obstacle to the westward movement of goods during the colonial era.

The city of Johnstown and borough of Ligonier are located near its northern end, while the boroughs of Confluence and Ohiopyle are located towards its southern end. Two major highways cross Laurel Hill, the Pennsylvania Turnpike and U.S. Route 30. The abandoned Laurel Hill Tunnel goes beneath Laurel Hill. A number of smaller state roads cross at other points on the mountain.

Laurel Hill was a railroad station on the Lower Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Long Island City, New York. It was located on Clifton Street south of Clinton Place, neither of which exist today. Clifton Street is now 46th Street, and is a dead end street that doesn't reach the vicinity of the Montauk Branch.

Laurel Hill station was located a few blocks west of the point where the former junction between the New York and Flushing Railroad and South Side Railroad of Long Island existed. For some reason Laurel Hill didn't appear on the 1894, 1897 or 1899 timetables. It was built by the LIRR in 1890, fifteen years after that junction was eliminated for passenger service, and ten years after it was removed completely. The station was only opened for ten years and closed in 1900. Industrialization of Long Island City and the altering of both street names and street patterns (in this case by the Phelps Dodge Copper Refining and Chemical Plant) have removed all traces of the former station, which is currently along 56th Road (Laurel Hill Boulevard) halfway between 43rd and 48th Streets.

Laurel Hill was a hill on the Barlow Road of the Oregon Trail. It was one of the steepest descents of any on the Oregon Trail.