State Game Lands Number 119
Crystal Lake & Fountain Lake via D&L Trail
11.3 mi · ▲ 804 ft · 4 hr 10 min
Crystal Lake & Fountain Lake via D&L Trail is an 11.3-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands Number 119 near Rita, PA. The route passes Fountain Lake before reaching Crystal Lake at the turnaround, 5.6 miles in. It climbs 804 ft. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Crystal Lake & Fountain Lake via D&L Trail
11.3 mi · ▲ 804 ft · 4 hr 10 min
Elevation 1,679–1,940 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands Number 119
Trailhead: D&L Trail Trailhead · 41.12596, -75.86931
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on D&L Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading E.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading E.
- 0.4 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Fountain Lake.
- 1.7 miTurn right, heading W.
- 1.8 miReach Crystal Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.8 miTurn left, heading S.
- 1.8 miSharp right, heading SE.
- 0.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 0.4 miSharp right, heading SW.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 1 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is right at the trailhead, so there is no walk out. Be there by 7:08 PM to have the sun's last 20 minutes of sky before it sets at 7:28 PM. Your car is right there — dark at 7:56 PM.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from D&L Trail Trailhead Trailhead
- Fountain Lake via D&L Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 334 ft
- State Game Lands Number 187 Sunset Point Loop via D&L Trail 13.3 mi · ▲ 1,246 ft
- State Game Lands Number 119 Sunset Point & Old Glen Summit 15.6 mi · ▲ 963 ft
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