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Pinchot State Forest

Jacqueline Munro Trail & Old Back Road via Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 742 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Jacqueline Munro Trail & Old Back Road via Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail is a 6.4-mile out-and-back in Pinchot State Forest near Sugar Notch, PA. It climbs 742 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi614 – 1,004 ft · steepest grade: 19%6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Jacqueline Munro Trail 41.19593, -75.92870
Nearest town Sugar Notch, PA
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Jacqueline Munro Trail & Old Back Road via Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail

6.4 mi · ▲ 742 ft · 2 hr 30 min

Elevation 615–1,004 ft

Out & Back · Pinchot State Forest

Trailhead: Jacqueline Munro Trail · 41.19593, -75.92870

Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start on Jacqueline Munro Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading SW.
  3. 1 miContinue straight onto Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading SW.
  4. 200 ftBear right, heading SW.
  5. 0.6 miBear left, heading W.
  6. 0.4 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
  8. 450 ftBear right onto Old Back Road, heading NW.
  9. 0.5 miReach Jacqueline Munro Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  12. 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
  13. 0.4 miBear right, heading E.
  14. 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
  15. 150 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading NE.
  16. 1.1 miTurn left onto Jacqueline Munro Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/jacqueline-munro-trail-old-back-road-out-back

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.7 mi in (~22 min). Leave by 6:45 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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