Lehigh Gorge State Park

Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail is a 6.5-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gorge State Park near Tannery, PA. It climbs 388 ft. It scores 41/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,273 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.00966, -75.75795
Nearest town Tannery, PA

Directions

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Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail

6.5 mi · ▲ 388 ft · 2 hr 22 min

Elevation 1,011–1,272 ft

Out & Back · Lehigh Gorge State Park

Trailhead: 41.00966, -75.75795

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 0.2 miSharp right onto Drifton Branch, heading E.
  3. 1.3 miSharp left onto D&L Trail, heading N.
  4. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  5. 450 ftContinue straight onto Hays Creek Branch, heading SE.
  6. 0.8 miReach Hays Creek Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  7. 0.9 miTurn right onto D&L Trail, heading E.
  8. 0.9 miSharp right onto Drifton Branch, heading S.
  9. 1.3 miSharp left, heading S.
  10. 400 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

28% gravel72% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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