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Mauch Chunk Lake via Switchback Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 51 min

Mauch Chunk Lake via Switchback Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning, PA. The route reaches Mauch Chunk Lake. It is mostly level, with 84 ft of elevation gain. It scores 48/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi971 – 1,083 ft2.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Switchback Trail 40.84202, -75.81035
Nearest town Nesquehoning, PA
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Mauch Chunk Lake via Switchback Trail

2.4 mi · ▲ 84 ft · 51 min

Elevation 971–1,082 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Switchback Trail · 40.84202, -75.81035

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

  1. Start on Switchback Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.6 miPass Mauch Chunk Lake.
  3. 0.6 miReach Mauch Chunk Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  4. 1.2 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-switchback-trail-out-back

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

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