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State Game Lands Number 42

LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 1,976 ft · 4 hr 3 min

LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 9.2-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Westwood, PA. It climbs 1,976 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 79/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi1,654 – 2,618 ft · steepest grade: 22%9.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.32237, -78.97847
Nearest town Westwood, PA
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LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

9.2 mi · ▲ 1,976 ft · 4 hr 3 min

Elevation 1,655–2,620 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: 40.32237, -78.97847

Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:42 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
  3. 1.1 miTurn left, heading W.
  4. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  5. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.5 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
  7. 1.4 miTurn right onto LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, heading N.
  8. 0.4 miReach LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading W.
  10. 1.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 0.5 miBear right, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading S.
  14. 1.1 miTurn left, heading SE.
  15. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/lhht-decker-avenue-shelter-trail-out-back-15-km-d021

Trail surface

35% dirt65% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM

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