Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,059 ft · 4 hr 24 min
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is an 11.6-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Rachelwood, PA. It climbs 1,059 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 60/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 1,059 ft · 4 hr 24 min
Elevation 2,503–2,879 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42
Trailhead: 40.28148, -79.04974
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 71°F / low 61° · precip 17% · wind 10 mph · sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftBear right, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading SW.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Gas Line Dirt Road, heading W.
- 1 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Gas Line Dirt Road, heading SW.
- 50 ftBear right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
- 2.7 miTurn right onto Boy Scout Road, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 2.7 miBear left onto Gas Line Dirt Road, heading N.
- 50 ftBear right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn right onto Gas Line Dirt Road, heading NE.
- 1 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 450 ftSharp left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 0.5 miBear right, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.6 mi in (~101 min). Leave by 5:43 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 10.5 mi · ▲ 753 ft
- Irwin Hill & Boy Scout Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 10.7 mi · ▲ 925 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 12.2 mi · ▲ 1,314 ft
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