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LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Westwood, PA. It climbs 1,126 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 69/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,532 – 2,428 ft · steepest grade: 20%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.33893, -78.97068
Nearest town Westwood, PA

Directions

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LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 1,126 ft · 2 hr 12 min

Elevation 1,531–2,429 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.33893, -78.97068

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 1.6 miTurn right, heading N.
  3. 0.4 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading W.
  4. 500 ftTurn right onto LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, heading NE.
  5. 0.4 miReach LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.4 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading W.
  7. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  8. 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
  9. 1.6 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

20% dirt80% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM

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