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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 1.6 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn right onto LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miReach LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading SW.
- 1.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
20% dirt80% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM
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