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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Baldwin Furnace, PA. It climbs 1,708 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 56/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,322 – 2,644 ft · steepest grade: 21%10.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.36820, -79.04731
Nearest town Baldwin Furnace, PA

Directions

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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,708 ft · 4 hr 9 min

Elevation 1,321–2,645 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: 40.36820, -79.04731

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 2.6 miBear left, heading E.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
  4. 1.4 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.6 miReach Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  8. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 2.6 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

64% dirt36% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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