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Beam Run Trail–Black Bear Trail, 7 sights is a 7.7-mile out-and-back near Laurel Summit, PA. It climbs 266 ft. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,543 – 2,736 ft7.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Wolf Rocks Loop Trail 40.11836, -79.17624
Nearest town Laurel Summit, PA

Directions

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Beam Run Trail–Black Bear Trail, 7 sights

7.7 mi · ▲ 266 ft · 2 hr 42 min

Elevation 2,544–2,736 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Wolf Rocks Loop Trail · 40.11836, -79.17624

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Wolf Rocks Loop Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Spruce Flats Trail, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto J.E. Miller Road, heading SE.
  4. 0.3 miBear right onto Black Bear West Trail, heading E.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Black Bear Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.9 miTurn right onto Beam Run Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.4 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading S.
  8. 0.3 miReach Wolf Rocks Loop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.7 miTurn left onto Spruce Run Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left onto Black Bear Trail, heading W.
  11. 50 ftBear right onto Silvermine Trail, heading W.
  12. 2 miContinue straight onto J.E. Miller Road, heading NW.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Wolf Rocks Loop Trail, heading W.
  15. 1.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

24% dirt6% gravel70% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~50 min). Leave by 6:33 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:49 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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