Laurel Run
Laurel Run is a stream in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Laurel Run is situated nearby to the quarter Coopersdale, as well as near Oakhurst.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stackhouse Park and Laurel Run Dam.
Stackhouse Park
Park
Stackhouse Park is a park in Westmont, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Johnstown. It has more than 277 acres with seven miles of hiking and bicycling trails. Stackhouse Park is situated 2½ miles south of Laurel Run.
Laurel Run Dam
Dam
Photo: Ron Shawley, CC BY 3.0.
The Laurel Run Dam, also known as Laurel Run Dam No. 2, was an earthen embankment dam that failed during the Johnstown Flood of 1977. It had the largest reservoir of seven dams to fail between July 19 and 20, 1977 and caused the most fatalities of the two that did. Laurel Run Dam is situated 2 miles northeast of Laurel Run.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brownstown and Johnstown.
Brownstown
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Brownstown is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 744 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area and also part of Johnstown's urban area. Brownstown is situated 2 miles south of Laurel Run.
Johnstown
Photo: Greg5030, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 41 miles west-southwest of Altoona, and 70 miles east of Pittsburgh. The Conemaugh River forms at Johnstown from its tributaries, the Stonycreek River and the Little Conemaugh.
East Conemaugh
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
East Conemaugh is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,220 at the 2010 census. East Conemaugh is situated 3 miles east of Laurel Run.
Laurel Run
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.36396° or 40° 21′ 50″ northLongitude
-78.94169° or 78° 56′ 30″ westElevation
1,122 feet (342 metres)Open location code
87G39375+H8GeoNames ID
5197322
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