Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail
7.2 mi · ▲ 546 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in Pinchot State Forest near Hanover, PA. It climbs 546 ft. It scores 9/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail
7.2 mi · ▲ 546 ft · 2 hr 40 min
Elevation 593–969 ft
Out & Back · Pinchot State Forest
Trailhead: 41.18750, -75.99489
Weather Sep 8: Overcast, high 81°F / low 51° · precip 0% · wind 4 mph · sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 0.8 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 1.2 miBear left, heading E.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NW.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading W.
- 1.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.7 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 3.3 mi in (~92 min). Leave by 5:35 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:04 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail 8.5 mi · ▲ 577 ft
- Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail 10.1 mi · ▲ 807 ft
- Old Back Road 4.7 mi · ▲ 258 ft
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