State Game Lands Number 42
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 1,590 ft · 4 hr 18 min
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 10.5-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Waterford, PA. It climbs 1,590 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
10.5 mi · ▲ 1,590 ft · 4 hr 18 min
Elevation 1,922–2,878 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42
Trailhead: 40.23079, -79.14951
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 2.6 miTurn left onto Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Ridgeview Road, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NW.
- 1.1 miTurn left onto Boy Scout Road, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Ridgeview Road, heading SE.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:17 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:05 PM — 6 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Ridgeview Road 6.2 mi · ▲ 958 ft
- Ridgeview Road 6.9 mi · ▲ 1,041 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 10 mi · ▲ 1,533 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 1,808 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 1,838 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 11 mi · ▲ 2,094 ft
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