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Lung Buster–Summit Hill Singletrack, 3 sights

8.2 mi · ▲ 673 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Lung Buster–Summit Hill Singletrack, 3 sights is an 8.2-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning, PA. It climbs 673 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,060 – 1,444 ft · steepest grade: 19%8.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Switchback Trail 40.84381, -75.80579
Nearest town Nesquehoning, PA
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Lung Buster–Summit Hill Singletrack, 3 sights

8.2 mi · ▲ 673 ft · 3 hr 4 min

Elevation 1,061–1,444 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

  1. Start on Switchback Trail, heading W.
  2. 0.9 miContinue straight onto Lung Buster, heading SW.
  3. 0.4 miBear left onto Summit Hill Singletrack, heading W.
  4. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 100 ftBear left, heading NW.
  6. 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
  7. 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miTurn left, heading N.
  10. 0.6 miTurn left, heading W.
  11. 300 ftBear left onto UTV Trails, heading W.
  12. 0.6 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miReach Lung Buster, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.7 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 250 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  16. 0.6 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
  18. 0.1 miTurn right, heading SE.
  19. 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
  20. 0.6 miBear right, heading E.
  21. 150 ftTurn left onto Summit Hill Singletrack, heading E.
  22. 450 ftBear right onto Lung Buster, heading SE.
  23. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Switchback Trail, heading SW.
  24. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/mauch-chunk-lake-lung-buster-out-back-4-sights

Trail surface

23% dirt77% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~46 min). Leave by 6:25 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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