Lackawanna State Park

Bull Hill–Ziegler Preserve, 9 sights

6 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Bull Hill–Ziegler Preserve, 9 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Lackawanna State Park near Carpenter Town, PA. The route passes Lackawanna Lake, Lackawanna Lake, Trostle Pond and Ziegler Preserve before reaching Bull Hill at the turnaround, 3 miles in. It climbs 315 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi994 – 1,217 ft6.6 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.55923, -75.71367
Nearest town Carpenter Town, PA

Directions

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Bull Hill–Ziegler Preserve, 9 sights

6 mi · ▲ 315 ft · 2 hr 9 min

Elevation 993–1,217 ft

Out & Back · Lackawanna State Park

Trailhead: 41.55923, -75.71367

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Lackawanna Lake.
  3. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  5. 0.3 miPass Lackawanna Lake.
  6. 150 ftBear left, heading N.
  7. 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
  8. 1.1 miPass Trostle Pond.
  9. 100 ftTurn right onto North Woods Trail, heading SW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading E.
  11. 300 ftTurn right onto Tree Line Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.4 miPass Ziegler Preserve.
  13. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  14. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
  16. 150 ftTurn right onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading NE.
  17. 0.3 miTurn right onto Stagecoach, heading NE.
  18. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  19. 150 ftContinue straight onto OK Corral, heading N.
  20. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  21. 0.1 miTurn right onto Tunnel Vision, heading NE.
  22. 350 ftReach Bull Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  23. 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
  24. 0.1 miTurn right onto OK Corral, heading N.
  25. 0.2 miTurn left onto Stagecoach, heading S.
  26. 150 ftTurn left onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading S.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  28. 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
  29. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  30. 450 ftTurn left onto Tree Line Trail, heading SW.
  31. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading SW.
  32. 300 ftTurn right onto North Woods Trail, heading SW.
  33. 0.2 miTurn left onto Orchard Trail, heading SW.
  34. 1.1 miSharp left, heading S.
  35. 350 ftBear right, heading S.
  36. 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
  37. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  38. 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

64% dirt13% grass13% paved10% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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