Lakeview Beach & Freeride Loop [J] via Glacier Ridge Trail (NCT)
8 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Lakeview Beach & Freeride Loop [J] via Glacier Ridge Trail (NCT) is an 8-mile out-and-back near Shawwood Park, PA. The route reaches Lakeview Beach. It climbs 1,151 ft. It scores 54/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
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Lakeview Beach & Freeride Loop [J] via Glacier Ridge Trail (NCT)
8 mi · ▲ 1,151 ft · 3 hr 15 min
Elevation 1,234–1,534 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.96681, -80.10427
Weather Sep 5: Fog, high 77°F / low 64° · precip 11% · wind 3 mph · sunrise 6:52 AM · sunset 7:48 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Lakeview Disc Golf Course, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Lakeview Beach.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Five Points Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Water Tank Road, heading E.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Glacier Ridge Trail (NCT), heading E.
- 2.6 miSharp right onto Ridge Top Trail [I], heading E.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Freeride Loop [J], heading S.
- 50 ftReach Lakeview Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ridge Top Trail [I], heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp left onto Glacier Ridge Trail (NCT), heading NW.
- 3.2 miTurn left onto Five Points Trail, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left onto Lakeview Disc Golf Course, heading W.
- 0.2 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 right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:28 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:48 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 8:16 PM.
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- Parking lot at the trailhead
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