Bruce Lake & Egypt Meadow Lake via Bruce Lake Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Bruce Lake Natural Area near Tanglewood Estate, PA. The route passes Egypt Meadow Lake and Egypt Meadow Lake before reaching Bruce Lake at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It is mostly level, with 114 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 17/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi1,709 – 1,791 ft4.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Egypt Meadow Trail 41.35819, -75.20399
Nearest town Tanglewood Estate, PA
Directions
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Bruce Lake & Egypt Meadow Lake via Bruce Lake Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 114 ft · 1 hr 25 min
Elevation 1,710–1,790 ft
Out & Back · Bruce Lake Natural Area
Trailhead: Egypt Meadow Trail · 41.35819, -75.20399
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Egypt Meadow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Egypt Meadow Lake.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Bruce Lake Trail, heading E.
- 50 ftPass Egypt Meadow Lake.
- 1.4 miReach Bruce Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.4 miTurn right onto Egypt Meadow Trail, heading W.
- 0.7 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
100% dirt
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.4 mi in (~35 min). Leave by 6:31 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:16 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Egypt Meadow Trail Trailhead
- Egypt Meadow Lake–(overgrown, 2016-8-10) Loop, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Egypt Meadow Lake–(overgrown, 2016-8-10) Loop, 9 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Lower Lake–(overgrown, 2016-8-10), 4 sights 9.8 mi · ▲ 411 ft
- Promised Land Lake–Egypt Meadow Lake, 6 sights 9.8 mi · ▲ 432 ft
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