Deadly Deposit & UTV Trails via Upper Switchback

6.2 mi · ▲ 562 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Deadly Deposit & UTV Trails via Upper Switchback is a 6.2-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning, PA. It climbs 562 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,191 – 1,486 ft · steepest grade: 20%6.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.85657, -75.81262
Nearest town Nesquehoning, PA

Directions

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Deadly Deposit & UTV Trails via Upper Switchback

6.2 mi · ▲ 562 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 1,192–1,488 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.85657, -75.81262

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading E.
  2. 0.9 miTurn right, heading S.
  3. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto UTV Trails, heading SE.
  5. 0.3 miBear left, heading NE.
  6. 0.1 miBear right, heading NE.
  7. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Deadly Deposit, heading E.
  8. 0.1 miTurn right onto Intergalactic Planetary, heading E.
  9. 50 ftTurn left onto Deadly Deposit, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miReach UTV Trails, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 0.3 miSharp left onto Intergalactic Planetary, heading W.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Upper Switchback, heading E.
  13. 0.7 miBear left, heading NE.
  14. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  15. 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 500 ftBear left, heading NW.
  17. 2.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

9% dirt91% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~58 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:37 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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