ABOUT THE PARK:
Laurel Ridge State Park - Pennsylvania DCNR
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail - Keystone Trails Association
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 40.408251, -79.005699
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| Plenty of parking at the trail head. |
TRAIL MAP:
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Map - Pennsylvania DCNR
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HIKE DISTANCE: 6.4 miles (3.2 miles each way)
THE HIKE:
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| We started at the terminate of the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail. |
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| The final mile marker, mile 70. |
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| Coming upwards on this kiosk, I went conduct for the register to sign inward together with never bothered to read the information inward the kiosk ... |
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| ... until the terminate of the hike when I read well-nigh the cemetery. I did non arrive plenty together with missed it. Darn! |
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| Big Spring Reservoir on the right. |
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| First ability cutting ... |
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| ... alongside a thought together with smoke stacks :( |
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| Rhododendron Tunnel |
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| Enough leaves were downwardly together with hence that at that topographic point were unopen to squeamish views along the way. |
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| Second ability cut. |
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| Zoom inward to the countryside from the ability cut. |
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| Mile marking 68 - never saw 69. |
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| A bench at ... |
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| Conemaugh Gorge Overlook |
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| Heading dorsum non realizing at that topographic point was an onetime cemetery a lilliputian further along. Darn. |
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| I did non meet it off the trail on the agency out precisely I did on the agency back. Balloon #51 of the year. |
