Summit Hill Singletrack
4.3 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Summit Hill Singletrack is a 4.3-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning, PA. It climbs 427 ft. It scores 22/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,188 – 1,457 ft4.6 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.85657, -75.81262
Nearest town Nesquehoning, PA
Directions
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Summit Hill Singletrack
4.3 mi · ▲ 427 ft · 1 hr 39 min
Elevation 1,187–1,456 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.85657, -75.81262
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start on Mount Pisgah Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.8 miBear left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 350 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Summit Hill Singletrack, heading SW.
- 100 ftReach the turnaround, then head back the way you came.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.8 miTurn left, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 100 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 0.1 miSharp left, heading N.
- 0.2 miSharp right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Mount Pisgah Road, heading E.
- 0.1 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
12% dirt88% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.1 mi in (~33 min). Leave by 6:38 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:14 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
More from this trailhead
- Summit Hill Singletrack 3.9 mi · ▲ 368 ft
- Summit Hill Singletrack 4.2 mi · ▲ 302 ft
- Mount Pisgah Road 4.4 mi · ▲ 218 ft
- G-Up Pisgah & The Blue Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 731 ft
- Giant Boulder–The Blue Trail, 3 sights 4.8 mi · ▲ 524 ft
- G-Up Pisgah & The Blue Trail 5.1 mi · ▲ 858 ft
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