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
- Start on D&L Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 3.3 miSharp right onto Drifton Branch, heading S.
- 1.7 miReach Hays Creek Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miSharp left onto D&L Trail, heading E.
- 3.3 miBear right, heading NW.
- 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
More from D&L Trail Trailhead
- Drifton Branch via D&L Trail 10.4 mi · ▲ 165 ft
- Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail 7.1 mi · ▲ 116 ft
- D&L Trail 5.5 mi · ▲ 58 ft
- D&L Trail 5.2 mi · ▲ 82 ft
- D&L Trail 5.4 mi · ▲ 60 ft
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