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State Game Lands 217

Bake Oven Knob–Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1, 4 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 763 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Bake Oven Knob–Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1, 4 sights is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands 217 near Balliet, PA. The route passes Lehigh Furnace Gap, Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1 and Bake Oven Knob before reaching Appalachian Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.8 miles in. It climbs 763 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 62/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi1,316 – 1,598 ft · steepest grade: 16%5.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail 40.76979, -75.69421
Nearest town Balliet, PA
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Bake Oven Knob–Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1, 4 sights

5.7 mi · ▲ 763 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Elevation 1,316–1,598 ft

Out & Back · State Game Lands 217

Trailhead: Appalachian Trail · 40.76979, -75.69421

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Appalachian Trail, heading W.
  2. 50 ftPass Lehigh Furnace Gap.
  3. 2.3 miPass Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1.
  4. 0.6 miTurn left, heading SE.
  5. 50 ftReach Bake Oven Knob, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 50 ftPass Appalachian Viewpoint.
  7. 2.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/bake-oven-knob-bake-oven-knob-shelter-spring-1-out-back-4-sights

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:10 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:31 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:58 PM.

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