Wolf Rocks–Bill Alberts Trail, 7 sights is a 9.4-mile out-and-back in Laurel Mountain State Park near Laurel Mountain Village, PA. The route reaches Wolf Rocks at the turnaround, 4.7 miles in. It climbs 450 ft. It scores 85/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.
Elevation
0 mi2,572 – 2,740 ft9.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Locust Trail 40.16206, -79.16641
Nearest town Laurel Mountain Village, PA
Directions
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Wolf Rocks–Bill Alberts Trail, 7 sights
9.4 mi · ▲ 450 ft · 3 hr 22 min
Elevation 2,573–2,741 ft
Out & Back · Laurel Mountain State Park
Trailhead: Locust Trail · 40.16206, -79.16641
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:49 AM · sunset 7:44 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Locust Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Bill Alberts Trail, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Locust Trail, heading S.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Locust Camp Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miTurn right onto Black Bear Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftBear right onto Silvermine Trail, heading W.
- 2 miContinue straight onto J.E. Miller Road, heading W.
- 0.8 miTurn left onto Bobcat Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Wolf Rocks Loop Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miReach Wolf Rocks, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Bobcat Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto J.E. Miller Road, heading NE.
- 2.1 miContinue straight onto Silvermine Trail, heading NE.
- 0.6 miBear left onto Black Bear Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Locust Camp Road, heading E.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Locust Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Bill Alberts Trail, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Locust Trail, heading N.
- 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
45% dirt9% gravel46% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:49 AMSunset 7:44 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:24 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:44 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:12 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Locust Trail Trailhead
- Black Bear Trail & Locust Trail 3.2 mi · ▲ 221 ft
- Locust Camp Road–Locust Trail, 3 sights 3.3 mi · ▲ 192 ft
- Beam Rocks–Beam Rocks Trail, 5 sights 5 mi · ▲ 454 ft
- Bill Alberts Trail–Black Bear Trail, 7 sights 11.2 mi · ▲ 762 ft
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