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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp right onto Drifton Branch, heading E.
- 1.3 miSharp left onto D&L Trail, heading N.
- 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
- 450 ftContinue straight onto Hays Creek Branch, heading SE.
- 0.8 miReach Hays Creek Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.9 miTurn right onto D&L Trail, heading E.
- 0.9 miSharp right onto Drifton Branch, heading S.
- 1.3 miSharp left, heading S.
- 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
More from this trailhead
- Drifton Branch 2.9 mi · ▲ 208 ft
- D&L Trail 4.9 mi · ▲ 332 ft
- Drifton Branch & Leslie Run Road via D&L Trail 7.6 mi · ▲ 438 ft
- D&L Trail 10.3 mi · ▲ 351 ft
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