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D&L Trail & Sand Island Trail is a 14.7-mile out-and-back near Steel City, PA. It is mostly level, with 26 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi207 – 253 ft15.4 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.62589, -75.33412
Nearest town Steel City, PA

Directions

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D&L Trail & Sand Island Trail

14.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft · 4 hr 55 min

Elevation 208–254 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.62589, -75.33412

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  3. 100 ftTurn right onto D&L Trail, heading S.
  4. 2.4 miTurn left onto Sand Island Trail, heading SW.
  5. 0.4 miContinue straight onto Lehigh Canal Towpath Trail, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftContinue straight onto D&L Trail, heading W.
  7. 4 miBear left, heading W.
  8. 100 ftBear right, heading SW.
  9. 0.5 miReach Sand Island Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  10. 0.5 miBear left, heading S.
  11. 4 miContinue straight onto Lehigh Canal Towpath Trail, heading E.
  12. 300 ftContinue straight onto Sand Island Trail, heading E.
  13. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  14. 0.2 miTurn right onto D&L Trail, heading E.
  15. 2.4 miTurn left, heading E.
  16. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  17. 50 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

96% gravel2% paved1% dirt1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:33 AMSunset 7:29 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.6 mi in (~14 min). Leave by 6:55 PM for the 7:29 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:58 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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