Terrace Falls–Cave Falls, 9 sights is a 2.7-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 141 near Nesquehoning Junction, PA. The route passes Hetchell's Tooth Cliffs, View, Packer's Point and 4 more. It climbs 975 ft, with sections as steep as 35% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 51/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: backcountry feel.
Elevation
0 mi571 – 1,532 ft · steepest grade: 35%2.8 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Overlook Trail 40.89805, -75.75793
Nearest town Nesquehoning Junction, PA
Directions
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Terrace Falls–Cave Falls, 9 sights
2.7 mi · ▲ 975 ft · 1 hr 23 min
Elevation 571–1,534 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 141
Trailhead: Overlook Trail · 40.89805, -75.75793
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
- Start on Overlook Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftPass Hetchell's Tooth Cliffs.
- 0.2 miPass View.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Packer's Point Trail, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Packer's Point.
- 0.3 miPass Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access.
- 0.3 miTurn left onto Glen Onoko Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftPass Glen Onoko Lehigh River Access.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Overlook Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftPass Cave Falls.
- 50 ftPass Terrace Falls.
- 0.9 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
71% dirt29% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:31 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.1 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:07 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:51 PM — 8 min before dark.
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