Diomedes Pond via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 56 min
Diomedes Pond via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 2.5-mile out-and-back near Seven Springs, PA. The route reaches Diomedes Pond. It is mostly level, with 193 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 61/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Diomedes Pond via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 193 ft · 56 min
Elevation 2,711–2,889 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.01885, -79.30920
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:50 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
- 150 ftReach Diomedes Pond, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading N.
- 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:20 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:04 PM — 7 min before dark.
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- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 452 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 508 ft
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