Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint via Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 435 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint via Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail is a 5.3-mile out-and-back in Pinchot State Forest near Warrior Run, PA. The route reaches Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint at the turnaround, 2.7 miles in. It climbs 435 ft, with sections as steep as 18% grade. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint via Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail
5.3 mi · ▲ 435 ft · 1 hr 59 min
Elevation 710–1,004 ft
Out & Back · Pinchot State Forest
Trailhead: 41.18915, -75.95580
Weather Sep 8: Overcast, high 81°F / low 52° · precip 0% · wind 6 mph · sunrise 6:38 AM · sunset 7:27 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading E.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading NE.
- 1.5 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 100 ftReach Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
- 1.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.9 mi in (~55 min). Leave by 6:12 PM for the 7:27 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:30 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail 4.5 mi · ▲ 382 ft
- Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 324 ft
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