Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 983 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back near Myersbrook, PA. It climbs 983 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
6.5 mi · ▲ 983 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 2,638–2,961 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Laurel Highlands Connecting Trail · 40.06003, -79.27393
Weather Sep 5: Rain showers, high 69°F / low 62° · precip 37% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Laurel Highlands Connecting Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
- 2.8 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading N.
- 2.8 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Connecting Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Laurel Highlands Connecting Trail Trailhead
- Illegal Trail Loop via Jones Mill Run Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- Jones Mill Run Trail Loop 2.8 mi · ▲ 299 ft
- Hillside Trail–Koring Trail, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 288 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 428 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 428 ft
- North Woods Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 610 ft
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