Lykens Ladder via Rattling Creek Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Lykens Ladder via Rattling Creek Trail is a 3.7-mile out-and-back near Lykens, PA. It climbs 320 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade. It scores 76/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: genuinely wild.

Elevation

0 mi856 – 1,096 ft · steepest grade: 25%3.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Rattle-Creek Trail 40.53812, -76.70688
Nearest town Lykens, PA

Directions

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Lykens Ladder via Rattling Creek Trail

3.7 mi · ▲ 320 ft · 1 hr 24 min

Elevation 855–1,095 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: Rattle-Creek Trail · 40.53812, -76.70688

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:39 AM · sunset 7:34 PM

  1. Start on Rattle-Creek Trail, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rattling Creek Trail, heading NW.
  3. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Lykens Ladder, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftBear left onto Downhill Finish Trail, heading N.
  5. 0.1 miBear left onto Lykens Ladder, heading NW.
  6. 100 ftContinue straight onto Downhill Finish Trail, heading NW.
  7. 50 ftReach Lykens Ladder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Lykens Ladder, heading N.
  9. 100 ftBear right onto Downhill Finish Trail, heading NW.
  10. 0.1 miBear right onto Lykens Ladder, heading S.
  11. 50 ftContinue straight onto Rattling Creek Trail, heading S.
  12. 1.5 miContinue straight onto Rattle-Creek Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

1% dirt99% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 7:34 PM

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