Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 958 ft · 4 hr 21 min
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is an 11.6-mile out-and-back near Seven Springs, PA. It climbs 958 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 81/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
11.6 mi · ▲ 958 ft · 4 hr 21 min
Elevation 2,532–2,994 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.00356, -79.32885
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 4.3 miReach Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 4.3 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 1.5 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:46 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:14 PM.
More from this trailhead
- LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 8 mi · ▲ 444 ft
- Diomedes Pond via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 11.7 mi · ▲ 1,018 ft
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