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State Game Lands Number 42

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,740 ft · 4 hr 58 min

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 12.3-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Baldwin Furnace, PA. It climbs 1,740 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,322 – 2,727 ft12.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.36820, -79.04731
Nearest town Baldwin Furnace, PA
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

12.3 mi · ▲ 1,740 ft · 4 hr 58 min

Elevation 1,321–2,727 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: 40.36820, -79.04731

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:48 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 2.6 miBear right, heading S.
  3. 0.5 miBear right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  4. 2.1 miSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 0.9 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  6. 3 miBear left, heading NE.
  7. 0.5 miBear left, heading N.
  8. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/laurel-highlands-hiking-trail-out-back-20-km

Trail surface

76% dirt24% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:48 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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