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Sugar Notch Trail Spur & Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 796 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Sugar Notch Trail Spur & Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail is a 4.9-mile out-and-back near Preston, PA. It climbs 796 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi692 – 1,260 ft · steepest grade: 19%5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Earth Conservancy Drive 41.19835, -75.91347
Nearest town Preston, PA
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Sugar Notch Trail Spur & Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail

4.9 mi · ▲ 796 ft · 2 hr 2 min

Elevation 691–1,259 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Earth Conservancy Drive · 41.19835, -75.91347

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Transit-accessible: Nanticoke Park and Ride Lot LCTA Bus Stop stop 461 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading SW.
  2. 50 ftContinue straight onto Earth Conservancy Drive, heading S.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading SW.
  4. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 300 ftSharp right, heading SW.
  6. 0.9 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 300 ftTurn left onto Sugar Notch Trail Spur, heading N.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.4 miReach Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 2.4 miBear left, heading E.
  11. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Earth Conservancy Drive, heading NE.
  12. 50 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading NE.
  13. 50 ftArrive 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-ebc3

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~38 min). Leave by 6:30 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:12 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Transit-accessible: Nanticoke Park and Ride Lot LCTA Bus Stop stop 461 m from the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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