Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is an 8.4-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Westwood, PA. It climbs 1,777 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi1,654 – 2,618 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.32237, -78.97847
Nearest town Westwood, PA
Directions
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
8.4 mi · ▲ 1,777 ft · 3 hr 41 min
Elevation 1,655–2,620 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42
Trailhead: 40.32237, -78.97847
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:42 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 1.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
- 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 0.4 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
30% dirt70% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM
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