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Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: Apr–Nov · highs 10–27 °C (50–81 °F)
- J2°-6°87
- F4°-5°79
- M9°-1°100
- A16°5°103
- M20°10°118
- J25°15°118
- J27°18°113
- A26°17°94
- S22°14°90
- O16°8°78
- N10°2°89
- D4°-3°90
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
A 70-mile hiking trail stretching along Laurel Mountain from the Youghiogheny River at Ohiopyle State Park to the Conemaugh Gorge near Johnstown.
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Trail facts
- Mapped length
- 121 km · 75 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Valley
- Ohiopyle Gorge (GeoNames)
- Best months
- Apr–Nov
- Country
- United States of America
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Continent
- North America
- Route type
- Regional route
- Ref
- LHT
- Operator (OSM)
- PA DCNR
- Route centre
- 40.1326, -79.2310
- Route start
- 39.8712, -79.4901
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 7192246
- Official info
- dcnr.pa.gov/Recreation/WhatToDo/Hiking/LaurelHig
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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