Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 295 ft · 57 min
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Myersbrook, PA. It climbs 295 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 295 ft · 57 min
Elevation 2,541–2,799 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: North Woods Trail Loop · 40.07243, -79.25571
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear right onto LHHT - PA31 Shelter Trail, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto Lookout Trail, heading SW.
- 350 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
- 0.8 miTurn right onto LHHT - PA31 Shelter Trail, heading SE.
- 450 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.2 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~31 min). Leave by 6:53 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from North Woods Trail Loop Trailhead
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 295 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 356 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2.6 mi · ▲ 358 ft
- Lookout Trail 3.7 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Kooser State Park–Voyager Glades, 5 sights 4 mi · ▲ 588 ft
- Koring Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 4.2 mi · ▲ 411 ft
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