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
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 200 ftBear left onto Black Bear Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Black Bear West Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Silvermine Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Spruce Flats Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Hobblebush Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miReach Silvermine Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Spruce Flats Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto J.E. Miller Road, heading SE.
- 0.3 miBear right onto Black Bear West Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Black Bear Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading E.
- 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.
More from this trailhead
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 1.9 mi · ▲ 84 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2 mi · ▲ 222 ft
- Beam Run Trail–Black Bear Trail, 4 sights 2.4 mi · ▲ 141 ft
- Hemlock Trail Loop via Silvermine Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Beam Rocks Trail & Black Bear Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 307 ft
- Silvermine Trail–Spruce Flats Trail, 3 sights 4.2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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