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Bill Alberts Trail–Black Bear Trail, 6 sights is an 8.9-mile out-and-back near Laurel Summit, PA. It climbs 487 ft. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,415 – 2,763 ft9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.12664, -79.19495
Nearest town Laurel Summit, PA

Directions

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Bill Alberts Trail–Black Bear Trail, 6 sights

8.9 mi · ▲ 487 ft · 3 hr 13 min

Elevation 2,414–2,763 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.12664, -79.19495

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 350 ftTurn left onto Fish Run Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.4 miTurn left onto Hobblebush Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right onto Spruce Flats Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto J.E. Miller Road, heading SE.
  6. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Silvermine Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.6 miBear left onto Black Bear Trail, heading N.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Towhee Trail, heading N.
  9. 1.1 miTurn right onto Bill Alberts Trail, heading N.
  10. 0.3 miReach Hobblebush Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Towhee Trail, heading W.
  12. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Black Bear Trail, heading S.
  13. 50 ftBear right onto Silvermine Trail, heading S.
  14. 1.7 miTurn left onto Spruce Flats Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left onto Hobblebush Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right onto Fish Run Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  18. 300 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

15% dirt2% gravel83% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.0 mi in (~60 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:50 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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