Drifton Branch & Leslie Run Road via D&L Trail is an 11.4-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gorge State Park near Bridgeport, PA. It climbs 306 ft, with sections as steep as 16% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 40/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi974 – 1,175 ft · steepest grade: 16%11.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.05171, -75.77271
Nearest town Bridgeport, PA
Directions
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Drifton Branch & Leslie Run Road via D&L Trail
11.4 mi · ▲ 306 ft · 3 hr 57 min
Elevation 975–1,175 ft
Out & Back · Lehigh Gorge State Park
Trailhead: 41.05171, -75.77271
Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading E.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto D&L Trail, heading SE.
- 3.3 miBear left onto Drifton Branch, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto D&L Trail, heading SE.
- 1.7 miSharp right onto Leslie Run Road, heading S.
- 0.7 miReach Drifton Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.7 miSharp left onto D&L Trail, heading SE.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Drifton Branch, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto D&L Trail, heading NW.
- 3.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
89% gravel1% dirt10% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:26 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- D&L Viewpoint & Drifton Branch via D&L Trail 6.7 mi · ▲ 107 ft
- D&L Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 82 ft
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