AMBLEWAY Wildest hikes

Shaffer Run Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 825 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Shaffer Run Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 4.5-mile out-and-back near Myersbrook, PA. It climbs 825 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi2,454 – 2,832 ft · steepest grade: 24%4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.06780, -79.27259
Nearest town Myersbrook, PA
Google Maps Apple Maps

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Shaffer Run Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

4.5 mi · ▲ 825 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 2,455–2,831 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.06780, -79.27259

Weather Sep 5: Light rain, high 70°F / low 61° · precip 17% · wind 8 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading N.
  3. 1.9 miReach Shaffer Run Trail Loop, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading E.
  5. 400 ftSharp right onto Shaffer Run Trail Loop, heading SE.
  6. 450 ftBear left, heading SW.
  7. 0.3 miBear left onto North Woods Trail Loop, heading SW.
  8. 0.7 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.3 miBear right onto LHHT - PA31 Shelter Trail, heading SW.
  10. 450 ftTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NW.
  11. 0.9 miTurn right onto Lookout Trail, heading W.
  12. 400 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/shaffer-run-trail-loop-out-back-7-km

Trail surface

56% dirt7% gravel37% unspecified

Weather

Light rainTemperature 70°F61°
Precip17%Wind8 mphUV6Humidity99%
Rained 0.7″ yesterday · trails may be muddy
Hourly temperatureRain chance
75°60° 12 AM: 15% rain1 AM: 4% rain2 AM: 4% rain3 AM: 6% rain4 AM: 6% rain5 AM: 8% rain6 AM: 12% rain7 AM: 14% rain8 AM: 9% rain9 AM: 14% rain10 AM: 7% rain11 AM: 8% rain12 PM: 16% rain1 PM: 15% rain2 PM: 14% rain3 PM: 17% rain4 PM: 15% rain5 PM: 11% rain6 PM: 8% rain7 PM: 10% rain8 PM: 6% rain9 PM: 2% rain10 PM: 2% rain11 PM: 2% rain
Sunrise 6:49 AM12 AM3 AM9 AM12 PM3 PMSunset 7:44 PM
Sun 67°54°
Mon 71°49°
Tue 77°53°
Wed 81°59° 23%
Thu 73°57° 34%
Fri 65°49° 26%

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.4 mi in (~13 min). Leave by 7:11 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:09 PM — 3 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from this trailhead

Hikes near Myersbrook, Pennsylvania