State Game Lands Number 42
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 464 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 3.2-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Klines Mill, PA. It climbs 464 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
3.2 mi · ▲ 464 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 2,583–2,907 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42
Trailhead: 40.22384, -79.10276
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 69°F / low 60° · precip 21% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Boy Scout Road, heading W.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
- 1 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.5 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 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:20 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM — 10 min before dark.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Boy Scout Road 2.1 mi · ▲ 264 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2.7 mi · ▲ 433 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2.9 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- Oak Street & Ridgeview Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 279 ft
- Irwin Hill Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 399 ft
- Ridgeview Road 5.7 mi · ▲ 1,055 ft
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