Lehigh Gorge State Park

Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 318 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail is a 10.4-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gorge State Park near Bridgeport, PA. It climbs 318 ft and is mostly gravel. It scores 20/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,011 – 1,224 ft10.8 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: D&L Trail 41.05559, -75.77163
Nearest town Bridgeport, PA

Directions

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Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail

10.4 mi · ▲ 318 ft · 3 hr 38 min

Elevation 1,011–1,225 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. 3.3 miSharp right onto Drifton Branch, heading S.
  4. 1.7 miReach Hays Creek Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 1.7 miSharp left onto D&L Trail, heading E.
  6. 3.3 miBear right, heading NW.
  7. 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

68% gravel32% 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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