Chestnut Oak Trail–Prairie Grass Trail, 3 sights is a 6-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge near Bowmanstown, PA. It climbs 442 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi407 – 784 ft · steepest grade: 16%6.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: D&L Trail 40.79537, -75.66510
Nearest town Bowmanstown, PA
Directions
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Chestnut Oak Trail–Prairie Grass Trail, 3 sights
6 mi · ▲ 442 ft · 2 hr 13 min
Elevation 406–783 ft
Out & Back · Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge
Trailhead: D&L Trail · 40.79537, -75.66510
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on D&L Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miBear right onto Three Ponds Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto L&NE Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miTurn right onto Prairie Grass Trail, heading E.
- 1.1 miContinue straight onto Chestnut Oak Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Double G Loop, heading W.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto L&NE Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Three Ponds Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto D&L Trail, heading NE.
- 1.1 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
44% dirt23% gravel33% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.7 mi in (~75 min). Leave by 5:55 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:51 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from D&L Trail Trailhead
- D&L Trail 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Prairie Grass Trail & Three Ponds Trail via D&L Trail 3.1 mi · ▲ 240 ft
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