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The Atlas/Pennsylvania/Baughman Rock Overlook

Baughman Rock Overlook

A dramatic cliff-top overlook inside Ohiopyle State Park in the Laurel Highlands, reached via a 75-yard walk from a large gravel parking area on Sugarloaf Road off Route 381. From the top of Baughman Rock — a massive sandstone outcropping on Laurel Ridge — the view sweeps across the Youghiogheny River Gorge below, one of the finest vistas in southwestern Pennsylvania. Route 381 and the surrounding Laurel Highlands roads offer tight elevation changes and empty two-lane tarmac that rival any riding in the state.

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// Why riders stop

Two miles off Route 381 on a short gravel road (easily passable on any street bike), then a quick walk to a payoff view that's one of the best in the state — zero crowds compared to the Ohiopyle Falls area.

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