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Great Buck Lake & Shooting Sports Access Road is a 1.9-mile out-and-back near Smiths Corner, PA. The route reaches Great Buck Lake. It climbs 412 ft, with sections as steep as 21% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 58/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.

Elevation

0 mi203 – 459 ft · steepest grade: 21%2.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Bucks' Crossing 40.43488, -75.08588
Nearest town Smiths Corner, PA

Directions

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Great Buck Lake & Shooting Sports Access Road

1.9 mi · ▲ 412 ft · 50 min

Elevation 204–460 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Bucks' Crossing · 40.43488, -75.08588

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftBear left, heading W.
  4. 250 ftPass Great Buck Lake.
  5. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  6. 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  8. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  9. 100 ftTurn right onto Great Buck Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miSharp left onto Ho Chi Mischke Trail, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miBear right onto Shooting Sports Access Road, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
  14. 300 ftReach Great Buck Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  15. 300 ftBear right, heading N.
  16. 0.4 miBear left onto Shooting Sports Trail, heading N.
  17. 0.1 miBear left onto Ho Chi Mischke Trail, heading S.
  18. 0.1 miSharp right onto Great Buck Trail, heading E.
  19. 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
  20. 100 ftBear right, heading E.
  21. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  22. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  23. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  24. 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  26. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail surface

61% dirt30% gravel2% other7% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:04 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:46 PM — 9 min before dark.

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Good to know

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