Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is an 8.7-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Westwood, PA. It climbs 1,450 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,532 – 2,717 ft · steepest grade: 15%9.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.33893, -78.97068
Nearest town Westwood, PA
Directions
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
8.7 mi · ▲ 1,450 ft · 3 hr 38 min
Elevation 1,531–2,715 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42
Trailhead: 40.33893, -78.97068
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 1.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 450 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NW.
- 2.5 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 2.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.4 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
59% dirt41% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM
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