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State Game Lands Number 42

Sugar Run Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,581 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Sugar Run Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 42 near Oakhurst, PA. It climbs 1,581 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 72/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,198 – 2,661 ft · steepest grade: 25%10.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.37099, -78.97794
Nearest town Oakhurst, PA
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Sugar Run Road via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

9.9 mi · ▲ 1,581 ft · 4 hr 5 min

Elevation 1,199–2,662 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 42

Trailhead: 40.37099, -78.97794

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.1 miSharp left, heading W.
  3. 200 ftBear left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.8 miTurn right, heading S.
  5. 0.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
  7. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  8. 1.4 miTurn right onto Sugar Run Road, heading NW.
  9. 1.2 miReach Sugar Run Road, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 1.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  11. 1.4 miTurn left, heading S.
  12. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miSharp left, heading E.
  14. 0.4 miTurn left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.8 miBear right, heading E.
  16. 150 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  17. 0.1 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-d47c

Trail surface

44% dirt56% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:42 PM

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