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Laurels Preserve

High Trail–McCorkels Rock Rd, 8 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 570 ft · 2 hr 5 min

High Trail–McCorkels Rock Rd, 8 sights is a 5.4-mile out-and-back in Laurels Preserve near Laurel, PA. It climbs 570 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi230 – 463 ft · steepest grade: 17%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 39.93622, -75.77593
Nearest town Laurel, PA
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High Trail–McCorkels Rock Rd, 8 sights

5.4 mi · ▲ 570 ft · 2 hr 5 min

Elevation 230–464 ft

Out & Back · Laurels Preserve

Trailhead: 39.93622, -75.77593

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

  1. Start on Ruins Trail, heading SW.
  2. 1.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left onto High Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto High Point Overlook Access, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftTurn left onto High Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miSharp right onto Tree Planting Loop, heading S.
  7. 500 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 100 ftSharp right onto Lost Woods Access, heading W.
  9. 0.1 miTurn left onto Lost Woods, heading SW.
  10. 450 ftContinue straight onto Doe Run Fields, heading S.
  11. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftTurn left onto McCorkles Rock Road, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftTurn right onto McCorkels Rock Rd, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftContinue straight onto Warm Season Grass Meadow, heading NE.
  15. 400 ftContinue straight onto McCorkels Rock Rd, heading E.
  16. 250 ftContinue straight onto Warm Season Grass Meadow, heading E.
  17. 200 ftContinue straight onto McCorkels Rock Rd, heading E.
  18. 0.3 miBear left onto Middle Meadow Loop, heading E.
  19. 0.3 miBear left onto Middle Crossing, heading NE.
  20. 0.1 miTurn right onto Middle Crossing Access, heading NE.
  21. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  22. 0.5 miSharp right onto Ruins Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/high-trail-mccorkels-rock-rd-out-back-8-sights

Trail surface

98% dirt2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~40 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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