Lung Buster & Summit Hill Singletrack via Switchback Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Lung Buster & Summit Hill Singletrack via Switchback Trail is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning, PA. It climbs 388 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 39/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
Getting there
Directions
Lung Buster & Summit Hill Singletrack via Switchback Trail
3.3 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 1 hr 18 min
Elevation 1,061–1,456 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Switchback Trail · 40.84381, -75.80579
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Switchback Trail, heading W.
- 0.9 miContinue straight onto Lung Buster, heading SW.
- 0.4 miBear left onto Summit Hill Singletrack, heading W.
- 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 100 ftSharp left, heading W.
- 0.2 miReach Lung Buster, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Lung Buster, heading E.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Switchback Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~47 min). Leave by 6:24 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:22 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Switchback Trail Trailhead
- Upper Switchback 1.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Cabin Ridge & UTV Trails via Upper Switchback 4.3 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Switchback Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 245 ft
- Upper Switchback 6.3 mi · ▲ 475 ft
- Lung Buster–Summit Hill Singletrack, 3 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 673 ft
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