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Lehigh Gorge State Park

Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail

7.1 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 2 hr 25 min

Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail is a 7.1-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gorge State Park near Bridgeport, PA. It is mostly level, with 116 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,050 – 1,161 ft7.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: D&L Trail 41.05559, -75.77163
Nearest town Bridgeport, PA
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Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail

7.1 mi · ▲ 116 ft · 2 hr 25 min

Elevation 1,050–1,162 ft

Out & Back · Lehigh Gorge State Park

Trailhead: D&L Trail · 41.05559, -75.77163

Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:26 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. 2.4 miSharp right, heading SE.
  4. 450 ftContinue straight onto Hays Creek Branch, heading SW.
  5. 0.8 miReach Hays Creek Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  6. 0.9 miSharp left onto D&L Trail, heading NW.
  7. 2.4 miBear right, heading NW.
  8. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/hays-creek-branch-out-back-11-km-8421

Trail surface

74% gravel26% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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