Mauch Chunk Lake & Lung Buster via Switchback Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Mauch Chunk Lake & Lung Buster via Switchback Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning, PA. The route reaches Mauch Chunk Lake. It climbs 408 ft, with sections as steep as 27% grade. It scores 43/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
Getting there
Directions
Mauch Chunk Lake & Lung Buster via Switchback Trail
3.9 mi · ▲ 408 ft · 1 hr 30 min
Elevation 1,010–1,431 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.84365, -75.80236
Weather Sep 6: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Mauch Chunk Lake.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Switchback Trail, heading W.
- 1.3 miContinue straight onto Lung Buster, heading SW.
- 0.4 miReach Mauch Chunk Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Switchback Trail, heading NE.
- 1.3 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 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.
Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Mauch Chunk Lake–Lung Buster, 4 sights 7.3 mi · ▲ 654 ft
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