Linn Run State Park
| Linn Run State Park | |
| Pennsylvania State Park | |
 A snowy scene at Linn Run State Park
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Westmoreland |
| Townships | Cook, Ligonier |
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| - elevation | 1,798 ft (548.0 m) |
| - coordinates | 40°09′23″N 79°13′52″W / 40.15639°N 79.23111°WCoordinates: 40°09′23″N 79°13′52″W / 40.15639°N 79.23111°W |
| Area | 612 acres (248 ha) |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Management | Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources |
 Location of Linn Run State Park in Pennsylvania
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| Website: Linn Run State Park | |
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Linn Run State Park Family Cabin District
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Cabin #9
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| Nearest city | Cook Township |
| Coordinates | 40°9′14″N 79°13′00″W / 40.15389°N 79.21667°W |
| Area | 13.5 acres (5.5 ha) |
| Built | 1933 |
| MPS | Emergency Conservation Work (ECW) Architecture in Pennsylvania State Parks: 1933-1942, TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 87000107 |
| Added to NRHP | February 12, 1987 |
Linn Run State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 612 acres (248 ha) in Cook and Ligonier Townships, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park borders Forbes State Forest. Two smaller streams, Grove Run and Rock Run, join in Linn Run State Park to form Linn Run which has a waterfall, Adams Falls, which can be seen at the park. This state park is just off Pennsylvania Route 381 near the small town of Rector.
The area in and surrounding Linn Run State Park is now a thriving second growth forest. One hundred years ago it was generally described as a "waste land". The ridges of the Laurel Mountains had once been covered with old-growth forest. These forests were clear cut during the lumber era that swept over most of the mountains and forests of Pennsylvania during the mid-to-late 19th century and very early 20th century. The lumberman stripped the mountains and took the logs to the sawmill where they were cut into lumber. Smaller logs were used to reinforce the mine shafts of the many coal mines throughout southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The bark of the hemlock tree was used as a source of tannin at the tanneries of the area. The only thing the lumbermen left behind was the treetops. These tree tops were left to dry. The passing steam locomotives of the Pittsburgh, Westmoreland and Somerset Railroad would ignite this dry brush causing massive wildfires that swept through the mountains and valleys. In 1909, after the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had purchased the land from the lumberman, Forester John R. Williams reported,
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