State Game Lands Number 42
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
10.9 mi · ▲ 1,509 ft · 4 hr 23 min
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Klines Mill, PA. It climbs 1,509 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade. It scores 87/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
10.9 mi · ▲ 1,509 ft · 4 hr 23 min
Elevation 1,931–2,853 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42
Trailhead: 40.22397, -79.08802
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 70°F / low 61° · precip 21% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 2.1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ridgeview Road, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Ridgeview Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 2.1 miSharp left, heading NE.
- 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.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.4 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:01 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 5.6 mi · ▲ 503 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 7.9 mi · ▲ 912 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 8.3 mi · ▲ 1,089 ft
- Ferndale Drive 9.3 mi · ▲ 994 ft
- Ridgeview Road 10.9 mi · ▲ 1,509 ft
- Ridgeview Road Loop 13.8 mi · ▲ 2,374 ft
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