Bruce Lake–Egypt Meadow Lake, 5 sights is a 9.9-mile out-and-back in Bruce Lake Natural Area near Promised Land, PA. The route passes Egypt Meadow Lake before reaching Bruce Lake at the turnaround, 4.8 miles in. It climbs 252 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 26/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi1,709 – 1,824 ft10.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Hemlock Hill Trail 41.32121, -75.23012
Nearest town Promised Land, PA
Directions
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Bruce Lake–Egypt Meadow Lake, 5 sights
9.9 mi · ▲ 252 ft · 3 hr 26 min
Elevation 1,710–1,824 ft
Out & Back · Bruce Lake Natural Area
Trailhead: Hemlock Hill Trail · 41.32121, -75.23012
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Hemlock Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 1.2 miTurn right onto Bear Wallow Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Cross Cut Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto (overgrown, 2016-8-10), heading S.
- 0.3 miBear left onto Bruce Lake Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miPass Egypt Meadow Lake.
- 1.2 miPass Bruce Lake.
- 0.2 miReach Bruce Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2.3 miBear right onto (overgrown, 2016-8-10), heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Cross Cut Trail, heading W.
- 1 miTurn right onto Bear Wallow Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Hemlock Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 1.2 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
78% dirt22% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.2 mi in (~4 min). Leave by 7:02 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:45 PM — 9 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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- Bear Wallow Trail–Big Dam Ridge Trail, 4 sights 3.4 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Cross Cut Trail & Hemlock Hill Trail 3.6 mi · ▲ 136 ft
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