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Hobblebush Trail–Silvermine Trail, 3 sights is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Laurel Summit, PA. It is mostly level, with 145 ft of elevation gain. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi2,543 – 2,736 ft4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.13446, -79.16333
Nearest town Laurel Summit, PA

Directions

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Hobblebush Trail–Silvermine Trail, 3 sights

4.1 mi · ▲ 145 ft · 1 hr 26 min

Elevation 2,543–2,735 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.13446, -79.16333

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 200 ftBear left onto Black Bear Trail, heading SW.
  3. 0.5 miTurn right onto Black Bear West Trail, heading W.
  4. 0.3 miBear left onto Silvermine Trail, heading W.
  5. 0.3 miTurn left onto Spruce Flats Trail, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Hobblebush Trail, heading SE.
  7. 0.5 miReach Silvermine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 0.5 miTurn right onto Spruce Flats Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.4 miTurn right onto J.E. Miller Road, heading SE.
  10. 0.3 miBear right onto Black Bear West Trail, heading E.
  11. 0.3 miTurn left onto Black Bear Trail, heading NE.
  12. 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
  13. 200 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

5% gravel95% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~10 min). Leave by 7:14 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM — 3 min before dark.

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