State Game Lands 217
Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1–Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3, 3 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 842 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1–Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3, 3 sights is a 5.1-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands 217 near Balliet, PA. The route passes Lehigh Furnace Gap and Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1 before reaching Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3 at the turnaround, 2.5 miles in. It climbs 842 ft, with sections as steep as 24% grade. It scores 64/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1–Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3, 3 sights
5.1 mi · ▲ 842 ft · 2 hr 7 min
Elevation 1,084–1,562 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
- Start on Appalachian Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Lehigh Furnace Gap.
- 2.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1.
- 0.3 miPass Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #3.
- 50 ftReach Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Appalachian Trail Trailhead
- South Viewpoint–Boulder Overlook, 3 viewpoints 3.8 mi · ▲ 423 ft
- Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1–Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #2, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 706 ft
- Bake Oven Knob–Bake Oven Knob Shelter Spring #1, 4 sights 5.7 mi · ▲ 763 ft
- Appalachian Viewpoint–South Viewpoint, 8 sights 14.3 mi · ▲ 2,088 ft
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