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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading W.
- 250 ftPass Great Buck Lake.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Great Buck Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp left onto Ho Chi Mischke Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Shooting Sports Access Road, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading W.
- 300 ftReach Great Buck Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftBear right, heading N.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Shooting Sports Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Ho Chi Mischke Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Great Buck Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left, heading E.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 250 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftArrive 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 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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- Toilets at the trailhead
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