The Pinnacle near Hamburg, PA
N 40° 36.801 W 075° 54.695
18T E 422887 N 4496236
The Pinnacle is considered by many to be the best view in eastern, PA.
Waymark Code: WM6TM1
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2009
Views: 29
To get here you need to take a long hike with a roughly 1000 elevation gain. If you come up via the Furnace Creek trail, it is a 7 mile round trip. If you come up via the standard way going via Pulpit Rock (also an excellent viewpoint), it will be 8.5 mile round trip. If you come up the back way from Eckville, it is a 9.5 mile round trip. All accesses are by woods roads, except for the last 1/4 mile or if coming from Pulpit Rock, but only park service people or State Game Land staff can drive on them.
Type of overlook: trail
Picnic tables: no
Benches: no
Water/restrooms: no
Overlook designation: Designated
Elevation: 1,610.00
View:
A panaoramic 270 degree view from the horseshoe shaped valley surrounding Eckville and Albany to the north, northeast along the Blue Mountain, East to New Jersey Southeast to Allentown, South to South Moutain across the great valley and Southwest to Mt. Penn in the Reading area. On a day of great visibility you can see into New Jersey (40-50 miles distant) and down into Lebanon County.
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Visit Instructions:
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