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.
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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
- Start on Abington Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Tunnel 407, heading N.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Ranger Trail, heading E.
- 0.3 miPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Lee Hill Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miBear right onto Lakeshore Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miReach Lackawanna Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Lee Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 0.5 miTurn right, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading S.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Tunnel 407, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Abington Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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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.
Good to know
- Toilets at the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Abington Trail Trailhead
- Quarry Ridge Preserve–Lackawanna Lake, 3 groves 1.1 mi · ▲ 247 ft
- Meadowsweet Preserve–Quarry Ridge Preserve, 5 groves 1.7 mi · ▲ 276 ft
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