Illegal Trail–Lookout Trail, 4 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 1,255 ft · 4 hr 6 min
Illegal Trail–Lookout Trail, 4 sights is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Roaring Run Natural Area near Myersbrook, PA. It climbs 1,255 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 46/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Illegal Trail–Lookout Trail, 4 sights
10.4 mi · ▲ 1,255 ft · 4 hr 6 min
Elevation 2,400–2,889 ft
Out & Back · Roaring Run Natural Area
Trailhead: Maintenance Access · 40.05625, -79.26182
Weather Sep 5: Rain showers, high 69°F / low 63° · precip 26% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start on Maintenance Access, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lookout Trail, heading NW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Jones Mill Run Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Illegal Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lookout Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto McKenna Trail, heading S.
- 2.9 miTurn left onto Painter Rock Trail, heading N.
- 1 miReach Lookout Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miTurn right onto McKenna Trail, heading SE.
- 2.9 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Illegal Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Jones Mill Run Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Lookout Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Maintenance Access, heading SE.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~69 min). Leave by 6:15 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
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