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Lehigh Gorge State Park

Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail is a 4.6-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gorge State Park near Tannery, PA. It is mostly level, with 113 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 19/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi1,050 – 1,161 ft4.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: D&L Trail Trailhead 41.03855, -75.76205
Nearest town Tannery, PA
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Hays Creek Branch via D&L Trail

4.6 mi · ▲ 113 ft · 1 hr 35 min

Elevation 1,050–1,162 ft

Out & Back · Lehigh Gorge State Park

Trailhead: D&L Trail Trailhead · 41.03855, -75.76205

Weather Sep 8: sunrise 6:37 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on D&L Trail, heading SE.
  2. 1.4 miSharp right, heading W.
  3. 450 ftContinue straight onto Hays Creek Branch, heading SE.
  4. 0.8 miReach Hays Creek Branch, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  5. 0.9 miSharp left onto D&L Trail, heading NW.
  6. 1.4 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-7-km-d701

Trail surface

60% gravel40% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:37 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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