Showing posts with label PA Laurel Ridge State Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PA Laurel Ridge State Park. Show all posts

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Laurel Ridge State Park, PA - Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Mile 70 - Conemaugh Gorge Overlook


ABOUT THE PARK:
Laurel Ridge State Park - Pennsylvania DCNR
Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail - Keystone Trails Association

DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 40.408251, -79.005699
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:

We started at the end of the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail.
The last mile marker, mile 70.
Coming up on this kiosk, I went straight for the register to sign in and never bothered to read the information in the kiosk ...
... until the end of the hike when I read about the cemetery.  I did not go far enough and missed it.  Darn!
Big Spring Reservoir on the right.
First power cut ...
... with a view and smoke stacks :(
Rhododendron Tunnel
Enough leaves were down so that there were some nice views along the way.
Second power cut.
Zoom in to the countryside from the power cut.
Mile marker 68 - never saw 69.
A bench at ...
Conemaugh Gorge Overlook
Heading back not realizing there was an old cemetery a little farther along.  Darn.
I did not see it off the trail on the way out but I did on the way back.  Balloon #51 of the year.