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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 2.6 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading E.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miReach Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 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
More from this trailhead
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- Sugar Run 9.8 mi · ▲ 2,114 ft
- Sugar Run Road 11.3 mi · ▲ 2,512 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 12.3 mi · ▲ 1,740 ft
- Adams Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 12.8 mi · ▲ 1,711 ft
- Baldwin Run Road & Gameland Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 14.4 mi · ▲ 2,898 ft
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