Laurels Preserve
Middle Crossing Access
3.4 mi · ▲ 321 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Middle Crossing Access is a 3.4-mile out-and-back in Laurels Preserve near Laurel, PA. It climbs 321 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 65/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Middle Crossing Access
3.4 mi · ▲ 321 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 230–416 ft
Out & Back · Laurels Preserve
Trailhead: 39.93622, -75.77593
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Horses allowed on the whole route
- Start on Ruins Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right onto Middle Crossing Access, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Middle Crossing, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Middle Meadow Loop, heading SE.
- 300 ftReach Middle Crossing Access, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftTurn right onto Middle Crossing, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Middle Crossing Access, heading N.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftSharp right onto Ruins Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:29 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Horses allowed on the whole route
More from this trailhead
- Ruins Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 170 ft
- Ruins Trail 2.8 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Middle Crossing Access–Middle Meadow Loop, 3 sights 5.1 mi · ▲ 427 ft
- High Trail–McCorkels Rock Rd, 8 sights 5.4 mi · ▲ 570 ft
- Buck Run Farm Easement–High Trail, 5 sights 5.9 mi · ▲ 460 ft
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