Meadowsweet Preserve–Quarry Ridge Preserve, 6 sights is a 4.1-mile out-and-back in Lackawanna State Park near Carpenter Town, PA. The route passes Lackawanna Lake, Lackawanna Lake and Quarry Ridge Preserve before reaching Meadowsweet Preserve at the turnaround, 2 miles in. It climbs 514 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi994 – 1,293 ft · steepest grade: 15%5.0 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 41.56774, -75.70136
Nearest town Carpenter Town, PA
Directions
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Meadowsweet Preserve–Quarry Ridge Preserve, 6 sights
4.1 mi · ▲ 514 ft · 1 hr 37 min
Elevation 994–1,293 ft
Out & Back · Lackawanna State Park
Trailhead: 41.56774, -75.70136
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading W.
- 500 ftBear left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading W.
- 100 ftBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftBear right, heading W.
- 0.2 miPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 0.4 miBear right onto Turkey Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Joey's Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Abington Trail, heading SW.
- 0.3 miPass Quarry Ridge Preserve.
- 0.4 miContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miReach Meadowsweet Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.3 miContinue straight onto Abington Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Joey's Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Turkey Hill Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading SE.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading SW.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 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
99% dirt1% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.9 mi in (~25 min). Leave by 6:43 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:08 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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