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State Game Lands Number 42

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

10 mi · ▲ 1,547 ft · 4 hr 6 min

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 10-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Westwood, PA. It climbs 1,547 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,654 – 2,727 ft · steepest grade: 20%10.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.32237, -78.97847
Nearest town Westwood, PA
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

10 mi · ▲ 1,547 ft · 4 hr 6 min

Elevation 1,655–2,728 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: 40.32237, -78.97847

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:42 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 1.3 miContinue straight onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading W.
  5. 1.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
  6. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 3.5 miTurn right, heading E.
  8. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  9. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/laurel-highlands-hiking-trail-out-back-16-km-5d1d

Trail surface

21% dirt79% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM

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