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Lehigh Gorge State Park

D&L Viewpoint & Drifton Branch via D&L Trail

6.7 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 17 min

D&L Viewpoint & Drifton Branch via D&L Trail is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gorge State Park near Bridgeport, PA. The route reaches D&L Viewpoint. It is mostly level, with 107 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 15/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,119 ft6.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.05089, -75.77109
Nearest town Bridgeport, PA
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D&L Viewpoint & Drifton Branch via D&L Trail

6.7 mi · ▲ 107 ft · 2 hr 17 min

Elevation 1,011–1,120 ft

Out & Back · Lehigh Gorge State Park

Trailhead: 41.05089, -75.77109

Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 50 ftPass D&L Viewpoint.
  3. 150 ftSharp right onto D&L Trail, heading SE.
  4. 3.3 miBear left onto Drifton Branch, heading S.
  5. 150 ftReach D&L Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 150 ftBear right onto D&L Trail, heading SE.
  7. 3.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  8. 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 map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/d-l-viewpoint-drifton-branch-out-back-11-km-27eb

Trail surface

99% gravel1% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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