Switchback Railroad Trail — Attraction in Jim Thorpe

We started at the parking lot at Much Lake and went across the road and up the trail. Slight hill, not bad. Turned right at first intersection taking trail toward Mt Pisgah. Flat and super easy. At one point you have to traverse a 5-inch ledge for about 15 feet. Drop off is maybe 10 feet. Then flat again. Just before Mt Pisgah is beautiful view of valley. Maybe 4.5 miles from Lake. Then it's the first drop down the isometric hill. Very steep. Rocky. But not too bad since going down hill. Paused at Pisgah. Good views. Then down the rest of isometric. You don't want to come up this part. Followed road thru Town and down to Jim Thorpe. Are at Molly Maguires. 7 miles completed since lake. Only 3.5 left back to lake. We lost the trail and ended on the road for a bit but no biggy. The section by the creek is nice, very relaxing sounds. And then we were done. 11.6...

The Switchback Trail has a variety of sections, with the main branch running along Mount Pisgah. Two spectacular overlooks are located on the Jim Thorpe end of the trail. One overlook is towards Blue Mountain and the Lehigh Gap, the other looks at the lower end of Lehigh...

What a great trail. I've been coming here for years. Absolutely beautiful in all seasons. Today's visit was in the throws of Winter. Just beautiful. The lake was completely frozen over causing it to make a beautiful melody of strange sounds as the ice was expanding and...