Summit Hill Singletrack
7.3 mi · ▲ 746 ft · 2 hr 48 min
Summit Hill Singletrack is a 7.3-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning, PA. It climbs 746 ft, with sections as steep as 19% grade. It scores 8/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,030 – 1,457 ft · steepest grade: 19%7.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Old Highway 209 40.85516, -75.81811
Nearest town Nesquehoning, PA
Directions
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Summit Hill Singletrack
7.3 mi · ▲ 746 ft · 2 hr 48 min
Elevation 1,031–1,456 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: Old Highway 209 · 40.85516, -75.81811
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start at the trailhead, heading SW.
- 1.5 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading E.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear left, heading SE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Summit Hill Singletrack, heading SW.
- 50 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 100 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.6 miTurn right, heading W.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading W.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 1.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
16% dirt84% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 3.4 mi in (~98 min). Leave by 5:33 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from Old Highway 209 Trailhead
- Mount Pisgah Road 4.2 mi · ▲ 596 ft
- Summit Hill Singletrack 4.6 mi · ▲ 474 ft
- Deadly Deposit & UTV Trails 4.6 mi · ▲ 519 ft
- Summit Hill Singletrack 4.7 mi · ▲ 625 ft
- Mount Pisgah Road 4.8 mi · ▲ 391 ft
- Giant Boulder–Deadly Deposit, 4 sights 6.5 mi · ▲ 868 ft
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