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State Game Lands Number 42

Adams Trail & LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

12.4 mi · ▲ 1,263 ft · 4 hr 46 min

Adams Trail & LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Oakhurst, PA. It climbs 1,263 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 86/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,221 – 2,727 ft · steepest grade: 17%12.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.36373, -78.97180
Nearest town Oakhurst, PA
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Adams Trail & LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

12.4 mi · ▲ 1,263 ft · 4 hr 46 min

Elevation 2,222–2,728 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: 40.36373, -78.97180

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:42 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading S.
  4. 4.2 miSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  6. 1 miContinue straight onto Adams Trail, heading W.
  7. 350 ftReach LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.1 miSharp right, heading N.
  9. 0.3 miSharp left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SE.
  10. 4.1 miTurn right onto LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/adams-trail-out-back-23-km

Trail surface

71% dirt29% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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