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Big Spring Reservoir & Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 1.1-mile out-and-back near Boltz, PA. The route reaches Big Spring Reservoir. It is mostly level, with 232 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 29/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,289 – 1,536 ft1.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 40.40833, -79.00554
Nearest town Boltz, PA

Directions

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Big Spring Reservoir & Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

1.1 mi · ▲ 232 ft · 29 min

Elevation 1,291–1,536 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail · 40.40833, -79.00554

Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 77°F / low 65° · precip 17% · wind 2 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:43 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.2 miPass Big Spring Reservoir.
  3. 0.3 miReach Big Spring Reservoir, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 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.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

OvercastTemperature 77°F65°
Precip17%Wind2 mphUV6Humidity97%
Rained 0.7″ 2 days ago · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
80°65° 12 AM: 13% rain1 AM: 17% rain2 AM: 11% rain3 AM: 7% rain4 AM: 4% rain5 AM: 3% rain6 AM: 5% rain7 AM: 7% rain8 AM: 8% rain9 AM: 3% rain10 AM: 4% rain11 AM: 3% rain12 PM: 6% rain1 PM: 8% rain2 PM: 9% rain3 PM: 6% rain4 PM: 7% rain5 PM: 3% rain6 PM: 2% rain7 PM: 1% rain8 PM: 1% rain9 PM: 1% rain
Sunrise 6:48 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:43 PM
Sun 73°57°
Mon 77°52°
Tue 80°56°
Wed 85°62° 25%
Thu 77°62° 25%
Fri 70°53° 18%

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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