Bear Mountain Overlook & Dead End via Ridge Drop
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,127 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Bear Mountain Overlook & Dead End via Ridge Drop is a 4.8-mile out-and-back near Long Run, PA. It climbs 1,127 ft, with sections as steep as 26% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Bear Mountain Overlook & Dead End via Ridge Drop
4.8 mi · ▲ 1,127 ft · 2 hr 10 min
Elevation 717–1,464 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Ridge Drop · 40.85626, -75.70607
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start on Ridge Drop, heading NW.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Bear Mountain Overlook, heading N.
- 0.7 miBear right onto Dead End, heading N.
- 0.4 miReach Bear Mountain Overlook, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Bear Mountain Overlook, heading SE.
- 0.7 miContinue straight onto Ridge Drop, heading S.
- 1.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~73 min). Leave by 5:58 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:36 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Ridge Drop Trailhead
- Ridge Drop 2.5 mi · ▲ 700 ft
- Bear Mountain Overlook via Ridge Drop 4.6 mi · ▲ 1,047 ft
- Ridge Drop 5.2 mi · ▲ 1,333 ft
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