State Game Lands Number 42
Sugar Run via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
12.4 mi · ▲ 1,517 ft · 4 hr 54 min
Sugar Run via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 12.4-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Baldwin Furnace, PA. It climbs 1,517 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 84/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Sugar Run via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
12.4 mi · ▲ 1,517 ft · 4 hr 54 min
Elevation 1,619–2,727 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42
Trailhead: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail · 40.30779, -79.03954
Weather Sep 5: Overcast, high 69°F / low 61° · precip 25% · wind 7 mph · sunrise 6:47 AM · sunset 7:45 PM
- Start on Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
- 3.9 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
- 200 ftSharp left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 1.4 miTurn left onto Sugar Run, heading NW.
- 0.4 miReach Sugar Run, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading S.
- 200 ftBear left, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading S.
- 3.9 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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