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State Game Lands Number 42

Adams Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

12.8 mi · ▲ 1,711 ft · 5 hr 7 min

Adams Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 12.8-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Baldwin Furnace, PA. It climbs 1,711 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,322 – 2,727 ft · steepest grade: 18%13.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.36820, -79.04731
Nearest town Baldwin Furnace, PA
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Adams Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

12.8 mi · ▲ 1,711 ft · 5 hr 7 min

Elevation 1,321–2,727 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: 40.36820, -79.04731

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:45 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 2.6 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  4. 3.1 miTurn left onto Adams Trail, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miReach Adams Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.2 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  7. 3.1 miBear left, heading NE.
  8. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 2.6 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-d207

Trail surface

89% dirt11% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:47 AMSunset 7:45 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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