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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

  1. Start on D&L Trail, heading S.
  2. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  3. 3.3 miBear left onto Drifton Branch, heading S.
  4. 150 ftContinue straight onto D&L Trail, heading S.
  5. 1.7 miReach Drifton Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 1.6 miContinue straight onto Drifton Branch, heading NW.
  7. 150 ftBear right onto D&L Trail, heading NW.
  8. 3.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  9. 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

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