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Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint via Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint via Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail is a 3.8-mile out-and-back near Sugar Notch, PA. The route reaches Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint. It climbs 484 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi840 – 1,260 ft · steepest grade: 22%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.19440, -75.93086
Nearest town Sugar Notch, PA
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Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint via Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail

3.8 mi · ▲ 484 ft · 1 hr 31 min

Elevation 838–1,259 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. 0.5 miSharp left onto Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading NE.
  4. 250 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  5. 150 ftReach Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 350 ftBear left, heading SW.
  7. 2.7 miSharp left, heading NE.
  8. 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
  9. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/sugar-notch-trails-ridgetop-viewpoint-out-back-6-km

Weather

Sunrise 6:38 AMSunset 7:27 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.5 mi in (~49 min). Leave by 6:18 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:18 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Trailhead visible from the viewpoint

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