Drifton Branch via D&L Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gorge State Park near Bridgeport, PA. It is mostly level, with 165 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 34/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi988 – 1,122 ft10.7 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: D&L Trail 41.05559, -75.77163
Nearest town Bridgeport, PA
Directions
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Drifton Branch via D&L Trail
10.4 mi · ▲ 165 ft · 3 hr 33 min
Elevation 987–1,123 ft
Out & Back · Lehigh Gorge State Park
Trailhead: D&L Trail · 41.05559, -75.77163
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on D&L Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 3.3 miBear left onto Drifton Branch, heading S.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto D&L Trail, heading S.
- 1.7 miReach Drifton Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.6 miContinue straight onto Drifton Branch, heading NW.
- 150 ftBear right onto D&L Trail, heading NW.
- 3.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 0.1 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
100% gravel
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from D&L Trail Trailhead
- D&L Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- D&L Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 60 ft
- D&L Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 58 ft
- Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 116 ft
- Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 318 ft
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