LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
8 mi · ▲ 444 ft · 2 hr 53 min
LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is an 8-mile out-and-back near Seven Springs, PA. It climbs 444 ft. It scores 88/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
8 mi · ▲ 444 ft · 2 hr 53 min
Elevation 2,656–2,840 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.00356, -79.32885
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:46 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 1.5 miSharp left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 2.1 miTurn right onto LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miReach LHHT - Grindle Ridge Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading W.
- 2.1 miSharp right, heading N.
- 1.5 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:25 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:46 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:14 PM.
More from this trailhead
- Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 11.6 mi · ▲ 958 ft
- Diomedes Pond via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail 11.7 mi · ▲ 1,018 ft
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