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State Game Lands Number 42

LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail & Sugar Run Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 1,980 ft · 4 hr 27 min

LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail & Sugar Run Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Oakhurst, PA. It climbs 1,980 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 73/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,198 – 2,608 ft · steepest grade: 22%10.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.36373, -78.97180
Nearest town Oakhurst, PA
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LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail & Sugar Run Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 1,980 ft · 4 hr 27 min

Elevation 1,199–2,610 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: 40.36373, -78.97180

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

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.4 miContinue straight onto LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, heading W.
  3. 0.3 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading S.
  4. 1.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  6. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  8. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  9. 1.4 miTurn right onto Sugar Run Road, heading NW.
  10. 1.2 miReach LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  12. 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  13. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 50 ftBear right, heading S.
  15. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  16. 0.4 miSharp left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading S.
  17. 1.4 miTurn right onto LHHT - Decker Avenue Shelter Trail, heading NE.
  18. 0.6 miArrive 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/sugar-run-road-out-back-19-km-f26a

Trail surface

61% dirt39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM

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  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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