Bill Alberts Trail–Black Bear Trail, 7 sights is an 11.2-mile out-and-back in Laurel Mountain State Park near Laurel Mountain Village, PA. It climbs 762 ft. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,389 – 2,759 ft11.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Locust Trail 40.16349, -79.16542
Nearest town Laurel Mountain Village, PA
Directions
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Bill Alberts Trail–Black Bear Trail, 7 sights
11.2 mi · ▲ 762 ft · 4 hr 7 min
Elevation 2,389–2,758 ft
Out & Back · Laurel Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Locust Trail · 40.16349, -79.16542
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Locust Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear 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 SE.
- 50 ftBear right onto Silvermine Trail, heading W.
- 2 miContinue straight onto J.E. Miller Road, heading W.
- 1.7 miBear left onto Old Rector Edie Road, heading NW.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Brant Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Rector Edie Road, heading NW.
- 200 ftReach Locust Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Brant Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Old Rector Edie Road, heading SE.
- 200 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto J.E. Miller Road, heading S.
- 2.6 miContinue straight onto Silvermine Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Black Bear Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Locust Camp Road, heading NE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Locust Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Bill Alberts Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Locust Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 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
45% dirt7% gravel48% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:44 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~2 min). Leave by 7:22 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
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
- Beam Rocks–Beam Rocks Trail, 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 454 ft
- Wolf Rocks–Bill Alberts Trail, 7 sights 9.4 mi · ▲ 450 ft
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