Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint–Sugar Notch Trail Spur, 3 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint–Sugar Notch Trail Spur, 3 sights is a 4.2-mile out-and-back near Warrior Run, PA. The route reaches Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint. It climbs 619 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%4.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail 41.19329, -75.94486
Nearest town Warrior Run, PA

Directions

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Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint–Sugar Notch Trail Spur, 3 sights

4.2 mi · ▲ 619 ft · 1 hr 43 min

Elevation 691–1,259 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail · 41.19329, -75.94486

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading SE.
  2. 2.4 miBear left, heading NE.
  3. 250 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftReach Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 350 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  6. 0.9 miSharp right, heading W.
  7. 300 ftTurn left onto Sugar Notch Trail Spur, heading W.
  8. 0.3 miContinue straight onto Sugar Notch Trails: Ridgetop Trail, heading NW.
  9. 0.4 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~41 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp. Car visible from the viewpoint

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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