Summit Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 127 ft · 54 min
Summit Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail is a 2.5-mile loop near Laurel Summit, PA. It is mostly level, with 127 ft of elevation gain. It scores 80/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
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Summit Trail Loop via Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
2.5 mi · ▲ 127 ft · 54 min
Elevation 2,577–2,714 ft
Loop
Trailhead: Spruce Run Trail · 40.14213, -79.15887
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 71°F / low 61° · precip 14% · wind 9 mph · sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Spruce Run Trail, heading SE.
- 250 ftSharp left onto Summit Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Spruce Run Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftBear left onto Summit Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftReach Summit Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Spruce Run Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miThe loop closes 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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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~3 min). Leave by 7:21 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:02 PM — 10 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Spruce Run Trail Trailhead
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- Golf View Road–Summit Trail, 3 sights 5.6 mi · ▲ 279 ft
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