Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,055 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Klines Mill, PA. It climbs 1,055 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 90/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
5.8 mi · ▲ 1,055 ft · 2 hr 28 min
Elevation 1,931–2,853 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42
Trailhead: 40.22384, -79.10276
Weather Sep 5: Heavy drizzle, high 70°F / low 62° · precip 19% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Ridgeview Road, heading SW.
- 0.8 miBear right onto Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 1.8 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 1.9 miBear left onto Ridgeview Road, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 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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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 8:04 PM — 8 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
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
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- Oak Street & Ridgeview Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 3.9 mi · ▲ 279 ft
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