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Black Bear Trail–Lippo's Loop, 9 sights is a 10.9-mile out-and-back in Laurel Mountain State Park near Laurel Mountain Village, PA. It is mostly level, with 249 ft of elevation gain. It scores 77/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi2,667 – 2,795 ft11.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: PWS Trail System 40.15700, -79.14962
Nearest town Laurel Mountain Village, PA

Directions

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Black Bear Trail–Lippo's Loop, 9 sights

10.9 mi · ▲ 249 ft · 3 hr 45 min

Elevation 2,668–2,794 ft

Out & Back · Laurel Mountain State Park

Trailhead: PWS Trail System · 40.15700, -79.14962

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Summit Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftSharp right onto Loop Trail, heading NW.
  3. 0.7 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.3 miTurn right onto Lippo's Loop, heading W.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right onto Towhee Trail, heading S.
  6. 0.7 miContinue straight onto Black Bear Trail, heading S.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto Silvermine Trail, heading W.
  8. 1.7 miTurn left onto Spruce Flats Trail, heading SW.
  9. 0.4 miTurn left onto Wolf Rocks Loop Trail, heading S.
  10. 0.6 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 400 ftBear right onto Picnic Area Trail, heading N.
  12. 0.6 miReach Summit Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  13. 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
  14. 400 ftBear right onto Wolf Rocks Loop Trail, heading S.
  15. 0.6 miTurn right onto Spruce Flats Trail, heading W.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto J.E. Miller Road, heading SE.
  17. 1.1 miContinue straight onto Silvermine Trail, heading N.
  18. 0.6 miBear left onto Black Bear Trail, heading E.
  19. 50 ftContinue straight onto Towhee Trail, heading E.
  20. 0.7 miTurn left, heading N.
  21. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Lippo's Loop, heading NW.
  22. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right onto Loop Trail, heading NE.
  24. 0.7 miSharp left onto Summit Trail, heading SE.
  25. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

12% dirt2% gravel86% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:44 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~68 min). Leave by 6:16 PM for the 7:44 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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