Laurel Mountain State Park
Beam Rocks–Beam Rocks Trail, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Beam Rocks–Beam Rocks Trail, 5 sights is a 5-mile out-and-back in Laurel Mountain State Park near Laurel Mountain Village, PA. The route reaches Beam Rocks at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 454 ft. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Beam Rocks–Beam Rocks Trail, 5 sights
5 mi · ▲ 454 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 2,544–2,741 ft
Out & Back · Laurel Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Locust Trail · 40.16185, -79.16658
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Locust Trail, heading S.
- 450 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bill Alberts Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Locust Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Locust Camp Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Black Bear Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Beam Run Trail, heading SE.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Beam Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Beam Rocks, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading N.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Beam Run Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Black Bear Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Locust Camp Road, heading NW.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Locust Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Bill Alberts Trail, heading N.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Locust Trail, heading NE.
- 350 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:12 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Locust Trail Trailhead
- Black Bear Trail & Locust Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Locust Camp Road–Locust Trail, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Locust Camp Road 3.5 mi · ▲ 509 ft
- Locust Trail via Locust Camp Road 4.5 mi · ▲ 619 ft
- Locust Camp Road 4.9 mi · ▲ 621 ft
- Locust Camp Road 5.2 mi · ▲ 621 ft
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