Upper Switchback Viewpoint–The Wagon Road, 3 sights
3.3 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Upper Switchback Viewpoint–The Wagon Road, 3 sights is a 3.3-mile out-and-back near Nesquehoning Junction, PA. The route reaches Upper Switchback Viewpoint. It climbs 733 ft, with sections as steep as 23% grade. It scores 28/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Upper Switchback Viewpoint–The Wagon Road, 3 sights
3.3 mi · ▲ 733 ft · 1 hr 28 min
Elevation 871–1,512 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: The Wagon Road · 40.86738, -75.74536
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:31 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on The Wagon Road, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Upper Switchback, heading SW.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Upper Switchback Viewpoint.
- 0.4 miBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miBear right, heading SW.
- 0.5 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 500 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 1 miBear right onto The Wagon Road, heading NE.
- 0.5 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:14 PM for the 7:31 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from The Wagon Road Trailhead
- Pisgah Vista–Pisgah Plane, 3 sights 2.2 mi · ▲ 1,086 ft
- Upper Switchback Viewpoint–Pisgah Vista, 9 sights 7 mi · ▲ 1,602 ft
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