Hopewell Lake & Scotts Run Lake via Lenape Trail is a 2.4-mile out-and-back in French Creek State Park near Pine Swamp, PA. The route passes Hopewell Lake before reaching Scotts Run Lake at the turnaround, 1.2 miles in. It is mostly level, with 139 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 44/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
Elevation
0 mi505 – 623 ft3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.19772, -75.78345
Nearest town Pine Swamp, PA
Directions
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Hopewell Lake & Scotts Run Lake via Lenape Trail
2.4 mi · ▲ 139 ft · 52 min
Elevation 505–622 ft
Out & Back · French Creek State Park
Trailhead: 40.19772, -75.78345
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:35 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading W.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading W.
- 400 ftPass Hopewell Lake.
- 200 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading NW.
- 350 ftContinue straight onto Boone Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Lenape Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miPass Scotts Run Lake.
- 500 ftReach Hopewell Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading SE.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Boone Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Hopewell Lake Loop, heading S.
- 350 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
- 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
- 50 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
85% dirt1% paved1% gravel13% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:35 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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