Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 831 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back near Myersbrook, PA. It climbs 831 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 23/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 831 ft · 2 hr 9 min
Elevation 2,574–2,880 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.05572, -79.27931
Weather Sep 5: Light drizzle, high 70°F / low 61° · precip 20% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 350 ftBear left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 2.4 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.
- 2.4 miBear right, heading S.
- 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:12 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 2.3 mi · ▲ 140 ft
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- Hillside Trail–Koring Trail, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 231 ft
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