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Lehigh Gorge State Park

Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail

5.7 mi · ▲ 299 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail is a 5.7-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gorge State Park near Tannery, PA. It climbs 299 ft. It scores 35/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,224 ft5.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.03088, -75.74503
Nearest town Tannery, PA
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Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail

5.7 mi · ▲ 299 ft · 2 hr 3 min

Elevation 1,011–1,225 ft

Out & Back · Lehigh Gorge State Park

Trailhead: 41.03088, -75.74503

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 0.2 miSharp left, heading NW.
  3. 450 ftTurn right onto D&L Trail, heading SE.
  4. 0.9 miSharp right onto Drifton Branch, heading NW.
  5. 1.4 miContinue straight onto Hays Creek Branch, heading SW.
  6. 0.3 miReach Hays Creek Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Drifton Branch, heading E.
  8. 1.3 miSharp left onto D&L Trail, heading N.
  9. 0.9 miTurn left, heading NW.
  10. 450 ftSharp right, heading SE.
  11. 450 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/d-l-trail-out-back-7-km-2acc

Trail surface

28% gravel72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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