D&L Trail & Sand Island Trail is a 5.4-mile out-and-back near Steel City, PA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi207 – 236 ft5.8 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
5.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr 48 min
Elevation 208–236 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.62589, -75.33412
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:33 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading SE.
- 100 ftTurn right onto D&L Trail, heading S.
- 2.4 miTurn left onto Sand Island Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miSharp right onto Lehigh Canal Towpath Trail, heading SW.
- 100 ftReach Sand Island Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 100 ftSharp left onto Sand Island Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftBear left, heading W.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto D&L Trail, heading E.
- 2.4 miTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 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
97% gravel3% 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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Wilson Avenue River Access via D&L Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- D&L Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- D&L Trail 4.8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- Turkey Island–Wilson Avenue River Access, 3 beaches 8 mi · ▲ 0 ft
- D&L Trail & Sand Island Trail 14.7 mi · ▲ 26 ft
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