State Game Lands Number 42

Oak Street & Ridgeview Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

16 mi · ▲ 1,751 ft · 6 hr 13 min

Oak Street & Ridgeview Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 16-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Forwardstown, PA. It climbs 1,751 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 78/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,011 – 2,877 ft · steepest grade: 16%16.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.25746, -79.03875
Nearest town Forwardstown, PA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Oak Street & Ridgeview Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

16 mi · ▲ 1,751 ft · 6 hr 13 min

Elevation 2,011–2,879 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: 40.25746, -79.03875

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.8 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 1.2 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.6 miBear left onto Gas Line Dirt Road, heading SW.
  5. 50 ftBear right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  6. 3.6 miContinue straight onto Ridgeview Road, heading S.
  7. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Oak Street, heading SW.
  8. 0.3 miTurn left onto Old Forbes Road, heading SW.
  9. 150 ftReach Ridgeview Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 150 ftTurn right onto Oak Street, heading SE.
  11. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Ridgeview Road, heading NE.
  12. 1.8 miContinue straight onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
  13. 3.3 miBear left onto Gas Line Dirt Road, heading NE.
  14. 50 ftBear right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.6 miTurn right, heading NE.
  16. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  17. 0.7 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

49% dirt51% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.9 mi in (~122 min). Leave by 5:20 PM for the 7:42 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

More sunset hikes nearby

More from this trailhead