2021-09-09 19 05 24 Light from sunset viewed from beneath a developing thunderstorm along Pennsylvania State Route 524 (Kennedy Creek Road) at Pennsylvania State Route 407 (Abington Road) in North Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.jpg
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Lackawanna Lake & Lee Hill Trail is a 3.6-mile out-and-back in Lackawanna State Park near Carpenter Town, PA. The route passes Lackawanna Lake and Lackawanna Lake. It climbs 281 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi994 – 1,093 ft4.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Abington Trail 41.55413, -75.70445
Nearest town Carpenter Town, PA

Directions

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Lackawanna Lake & Lee Hill Trail

3.6 mi · ▲ 281 ft · 1 hr 20 min

Elevation 995–1,094 ft

Out & Back · Lackawanna State Park

Trailhead: Abington Trail · 41.55413, -75.70445

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Abington Trail, heading NE.
  2. 50 ftPass Lackawanna Lake.
  3. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miBear right onto Tunnel 407, heading N.
  6. 350 ftTurn left onto Ranger Trail, heading E.
  7. 0.3 miPass Lackawanna Lake.
  8. 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
  9. 150 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading NE.
  10. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Lee Hill Trail, heading E.
  12. 0.5 miBear right onto Lakeshore Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miReach Lackawanna Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  14. 0.2 miBear left onto Lee Hill Trail, heading NE.
  15. 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
  16. 50 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading S.
  17. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading S.
  18. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  19. 150 ftBear right, heading S.
  20. 0.6 miTurn right onto Tunnel 407, heading S.
  21. 400 ftBear left, heading S.
  22. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  23. 0.3 miTurn right onto Abington Trail, heading W.
  24. 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

77% dirt2% paved21% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.5 mi in (~12 min). Leave by 6:56 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:54 PM — 2 min before dark.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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