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Koring Trail & North Woods Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Koring Trail & North Woods Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Myersbrook, PA. It climbs 581 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi2,572 – 2,858 ft · steepest grade: 22%4.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Woods Trail Loop 40.07669, -79.25433
Nearest town Myersbrook, PA
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Koring Trail & North Woods Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 581 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 2,574–2,857 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: North Woods Trail Loop · 40.07669, -79.25433

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftBear right onto North Woods Trail Loop, heading SW.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  4. 2.1 miTurn right onto Koring Trail, heading W.
  5. 250 ftReach North Woods Trail Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 250 ftTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
  7. 2 miTurn right onto North Woods Trail Loop, heading E.
  8. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  9. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/koring-trail-north-woods-trail-loop-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

91% dirt9% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.2 mi in (~65 min). Leave by 6:19 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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