Beam Rocks Trail & Black Bear Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Beam Rocks Trail & Black Bear Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 2.8-mile out-and-back near Laurel Summit, PA. It climbs 307 ft. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Beam Rocks Trail & Black Bear Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
2.8 mi · ▲ 307 ft · 1 hr 5 min
Elevation 2,544–2,721 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Beam Rocks Trail · 40.13307, -79.16388
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start on Beam Rocks Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 500 ftContinue straight onto Beam Run Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Black Bear Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miReach Beam Rocks Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Beam Run Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Beam Rocks Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miArrive 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 8:11 PM.
More from Beam Rocks Trail Trailhead
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Beam Run Trail–Black Bear Trail, 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Hemlock Trail Loop via Silvermine Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Hobblebush Trail–Silvermine Trail, 3 sights 4.1 mi · ▲ 145 ft
- Silvermine Trail–Spruce Flats Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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