Switchback Trail

Switchback Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Switchback Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Switchback Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.92816, -74.80442. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Switchback Trail

• Allamuchy Mountain · viewpoint · Warren · ~1 km · Must-see
• Cage Hill · viewpoint · Sussex · ~7 km · Must-see
• Stephens State Park · sanctuary · Morris · ~8 km · Must-see
• High Rocks · viewpoint · Warren · ~9 km · Must-see
• Lake Lackawanna · lake · Sussex · ~12 km · Must-see
• Lake Musconetcong · lake · Sussex · ~12 km · Must-see
• Turkey Brook Park · sanctuary · Morris · ~13 km · Must-see
• Upper Pohatcong Mountain · viewpoint · Warren · ~13 km · Must-see
• Schooleys Mountain · viewpoint · Morris · ~14 km · Must-see
• Jenny Jump State Forest · viewpoint · Warren · ~15 km · Must-see
• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Sussex · ~16 km · Must-see
• Danville Mountain · viewpoint · Warren · ~16 km · Must-see
• Lake Rogerene · lake · Morris · ~16 km · Must-see
• Hope Episcopal Church · church · Warren · ~17 km · Must-see
• Lake Hopatcong · lake · Sussex · ~18 km · Must-see
• Baldpate Mountain · viewpoint · Warren · ~19 km · Must-see
• Lake Mohawk · lake · Sussex · ~20 km · Must-see
• Mount Mohepinoke · viewpoint · Warren · ~20 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Switchback Trail

Other treks near Switchback Trail

• Ogden Mine Railroad Trail · trek · Sussex · ~26 km · Must-see
• Patriots' Path · trek · Morris · ~28 km · Must-see
• Thunder Swamp Trail System · trek · Pike · ~45 km · Must-see
• Lenape Trail · trek · Essex · ~60 km · Must-see
• Stony Brook Trail · trek · Mercer · ~80 km · Must-see
• Brookside Trail · trek · Bergen · ~93 km · Must-see
• Old Erie Path Rail-Trail · trek · Rockland · ~94 km · Must-see
• Raymond G. Esposito Trail · trek · Rockland · ~95 km · Must-see
• Pinchot Trail System · trek · Lackawanna · ~95 km · Must-see
• Schuylkill River Trail · trek · Berks · ~124 km · Must-see

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