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Summit Hill Singletrack

6 mi · ▲ 713 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Summit Hill Singletrack is a 6-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning, PA. It climbs 713 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 18/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi948 – 1,457 ft · steepest grade: 23%6.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.86328, -75.80780
Nearest town Nesquehoning, PA
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Summit Hill Singletrack

6 mi · ▲ 713 ft · 2 hr 21 min

Elevation 949–1,456 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.86328, -75.80780

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
  4. 0.5 miTurn right, heading SW.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
  6. 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
  7. 0.3 miSharp left, heading SE.
  8. 250 ftSharp right, heading S.
  9. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 300 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  12. 0.2 miTurn right, heading SE.
  13. 0.2 miTurn left onto Summit Hill Singletrack, heading SW.
  14. 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
  15. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  16. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
  17. 0.2 miSharp right, heading NW.
  18. 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 0.2 miTurn right, heading NE.
  20. 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
  21. 250 ftSharp right, heading E.
  22. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  23. 0.4 miBear right, heading N.
  24. 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Pisgah Road, heading NE.
  25. 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
  26. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  27. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/summit-hill-singletrack-out-back-10-km-3dbd

Weather

Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.8 mi in (~85 min). Leave by 5:46 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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