AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Highland Park

Conemaugh walking trail–O'hara Trail, 4 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 292 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Conemaugh walking trail–O'hara Trail, 4 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Highland Park near Sharpsburg, PA. It climbs 292 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi715 – 814 ft · steepest grade: 24%9.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.48691, -79.91873
Nearest town Sharpsburg, PA
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Conemaugh walking trail–O'hara Trail, 4 sights

8.1 mi · ▲ 292 ft · 2 hr 51 min

Elevation 716–813 ft

Out & Back · Highland Park

Trailhead: 40.48691, -79.91873

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:47 PM

Transit-accessible: Baker Street at Butler Street stop 133 m from the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  3. 0.7 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Riverfront Park Boardwalk, heading E.
  5. 400 ftTurn left, heading E.
  6. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  7. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  8. 150 ftSharp right onto Conemaugh walking trail, heading N.
  9. 1.1 miSharp left onto O'hara Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading W.
  11. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Squaw Valley Footpath, heading N.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.5 miSharp left, heading NW.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto Salamander Trail, heading NW.
  15. 0.4 miReach Conemaugh walking trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  16. 0.9 miTurn left onto Squaw Valley Footpath, heading S.
  17. 0.3 miContinue straight onto O'hara Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.1 miSharp right, heading S.
  20. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Conemaugh walking trail, heading W.
  21. 0.3 miSharp left, heading W.
  22. 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  24. 50 ftTurn right, heading W.
  25. 100 ftContinue straight onto Riverfront Park Boardwalk, heading W.
  26. 0.5 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.7 miSharp left, heading S.
  28. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/conemaugh-walking-trail-ohara-trail-out-back-5-sights-13-km-a3b8

Trail surface

34% gravel20% grass10% paved1% dirt35% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:52 AMSunset 7:47 PM

Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Baker Street at Butler Street stop 133 m from the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from this trailhead

Hikes near Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania