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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 150 ftBear left, heading N.
- 350 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 1.1 miPass Trostle Pond.
- 100 ftTurn right onto North Woods Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading E.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Tree Line Trail, heading E.
- 0.4 miPass Ziegler Preserve.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftSharp left, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Stagecoach, heading NE.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto OK Corral, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Tunnel Vision, heading NE.
- 350 ftReach Bull Hill, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 300 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto OK Corral, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Stagecoach, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftSharp right, heading W.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tree Line Trail, heading SW.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 300 ftTurn right onto North Woods Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Orchard Trail, heading SW.
- 1.1 miSharp left, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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- Toilets at the trailhead
- Drinking water at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Ziegler Preserve–Lackawanna Lake, 6 sights 4.6 mi · ▲ 226 ft
- Lackawanna Lake–Trostle Pond, 3 lakes 6.3 mi · ▲ 379 ft
- Bull Hill–Ziegler Preserve, 9 sights 6.7 mi · ▲ 528 ft
- Lackawanna Lake–Trostle Pond, 4 sights 6.8 mi · ▲ 414 ft
- Ziegler Preserve–Lackawanna Lake, 9 sights 9.2 mi · ▲ 699 ft
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