State Game Lands Number 42

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,173 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Klines Mill, PA. It climbs 1,173 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,929 – 2,871 ft · steepest grade: 18%6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 40.22586, -79.10201
Nearest town Klines Mill, PA

Directions

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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 1,173 ft · 2 hr 45 min

Elevation 1,931–2,871 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail · 40.22586, -79.10201

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

  1. Start on Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  2. 0.6 miTurn right onto Ridgeview Road, heading SW.
  3. 0.8 miBear right onto Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 1.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 1.9 miBear left onto Ridgeview Road, heading NE.
  7. 0.8 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
  8. 0.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

17% dirt83% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.0 mi in (~1 min). Leave by 7:23 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:59 PM — 12 min before dark.

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