Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 835 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Myersbrook, PA. It climbs 835 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
4.3 mi · ▲ 835 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 2,574–2,872 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Laurel Highlands Connecting Trail · 40.06003, -79.27393
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 70°F / low 60° · precip 20% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Laurel Highlands Connecting Trail, heading SE.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 2 miBear right onto Shaffer Run Trail Loop, heading E.
- 0.2 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 1.9 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Connecting Trail, heading SW.
- 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~6 min). Leave by 7:19 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:06 PM — 5 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Laurel Highlands Connecting Trail Trailhead
- Illegal Trail Loop via Jones Mill Run Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 319 ft
- Jones Mill Run Trail Loop 2.8 mi · ▲ 299 ft
- Hillside Trail–Koring Trail, 3 sights 3.5 mi · ▲ 288 ft
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 3.5 mi · ▲ 428 ft
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- North Woods Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 610 ft
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