State Game Lands Number 42

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 656 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Klines Mill, PA. It climbs 656 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 91/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,582 – 2,877 ft · steepest grade: 15%5.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Trail 40.21199, -79.11185
Nearest town Klines Mill, PA

Directions

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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

5.3 mi · ▲ 656 ft · 2 hr 6 min

Elevation 2,583–2,878 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: Trail · 40.21199, -79.11185

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Trail, heading E.
  2. 0.1 miBear left onto Ridgeview Road, heading N.
  3. 0.8 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  4. 1.1 miTurn left onto Boy Scout Road, heading W.
  5. 0.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 0.6 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  9. 1.1 miTurn right onto Ridgeview Road, heading SW.
  10. 0.8 miBear right onto Trail, heading SW.
  11. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

43% dirt57% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~7 min). Leave by 7:17 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:07 PM — 4 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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