Switchback Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Switchback Trail is a 5.2-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning, PA. It is mostly level, with 245 ft of elevation gain. It scores 31/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,060 – 1,332 ft5.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Switchback Trail 40.84381, -75.80579
Nearest town Nesquehoning, PA
Directions
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Switchback Trail
5.2 mi · ▲ 245 ft · 1 hr 51 min
Elevation 1,061–1,332 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Switchback Trail · 40.84381, -75.80579
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Bikes allowed on the whole route · Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Switchback Trail, heading W.
- 2.6 miReach Switchback Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.6 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Good to know
- Bikes allowed on the whole route
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Switchback Trail Trailhead
- Upper Switchback 1.9 mi · ▲ 108 ft
- Lung Buster & Summit Hill Singletrack via Switchback Trail 3.3 mi · ▲ 388 ft
- Cabin Ridge & UTV Trails via Upper Switchback 4.3 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Upper Switchback 6.3 mi · ▲ 475 ft
- Lung Buster–Summit Hill Singletrack, 3 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 673 ft
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