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
- Start on Rattle-Creek Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Rattling Creek Trail, heading NW.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Lykens Ladder, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left onto Downhill Finish Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Lykens Ladder, heading NW.
- 100 ftContinue straight onto Downhill Finish Trail, heading NW.
- 50 ftReach Lykens Ladder, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Lykens Ladder, heading N.
- 100 ftBear right onto Downhill Finish Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Lykens Ladder, heading S.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Rattling Creek Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miContinue straight onto Rattle-Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
1% dirt99% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:39 AMSunset 7:34 PM
More from Rattle-Creek Trail Trailhead
- Rattling Creek Trail 3.4 mi · ▲ 137 ft
- Rattling Creek Trail 8.3 mi · ▲ 463 ft
- Iron Mine Trail & Rattling Creek Trail 14.8 mi · ▲ 1,304 ft
- Matter Trail & Rattling Creek Trail 15.8 mi · ▲ 1,002 ft
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