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Sugar Notch Trail Spur & Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 686 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Sugar Notch Trail Spur & Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail is a 4.7-mile out-and-back near Sugar Notch, PA. It climbs 686 ft, with sections as steep as 20% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi692 – 1,260 ft · steepest grade: 20%4.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.19440, -75.93086
Nearest town Sugar Notch, PA
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Sugar Notch Trail Spur & Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail

4.7 mi · ▲ 686 ft · 1 hr 55 min

Elevation 691–1,259 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 41.19440, -75.93086

Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:27 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading E.
  3. 0.1 miSharp right, heading SW.
  4. 0.5 miSharp right, heading N.
  5. 350 ftTurn left onto Sugar Notch Trail Spur, heading W.
  6. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading W.
  7. 0.4 miReach Sugar Notch Trail Spur, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 2.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  9. 0.5 miBear right, heading W.
  10. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sugar-notch-trail-spur-sugar-notch-trails-ridgetop-trail-out-back-8-km-8792

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.3 mi in (~45 min). Leave by 6:21 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:17 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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