Meadowsweet Preserve–Ziegler Preserve, 8 sights is a 6.7-mile out-and-back in Lackawanna State Park near Wallsville, PA. The route passes Ziegler Preserve, Lackawanna Lake, Lackawanna Lake and 2 more. It climbs 693 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 5/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
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Meadowsweet Preserve–Ziegler Preserve, 8 sights
6.7 mi · ▲ 693 ft · 2 hr 35 min
Elevation 993–1,263 ft
Out & Back · Lackawanna State Park
Trailhead: 41.58121, -75.69452
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
- 50 ftPass Ziegler Preserve.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bassett Path, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Lee Hill Trail, heading W.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Lee Hill Trail, heading S.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading E.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 0.1 miPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 0.4 miTurn right onto Tunnel 407, heading S.
- 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
- 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 0.3 miTurn right onto Abington Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Quarry Ridge Preserve.
- 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 200 ftSharp right onto Green Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miPass Meadowsweet Preserve.
- 0.1 miTurn right onto Blue Loop 2, heading SW.
- 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Loop 1, heading S.
- 50 ftSharp left onto Green Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Meadowsweet Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Blue Loop 1, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Blue Loop 2, heading S.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading W.
- 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
- 200 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftBear left, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right onto Abington Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 500 ftBear right onto Tunnel 407, heading W.
- 400 ftTurn left onto Ranger Trail, heading W.
- 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
- 200 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lee Hill Trail, heading E.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lee Hill Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bassett Path, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 150 ftBear left, heading E.
- 0.1 miArrive 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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Weather
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 0.3 mi in (~9 min). Leave by 6:59 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 7:49 PM — 7 min before dark. Car visible from the viewpoint
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from this trailhead
- Bull Hill–Ziegler Preserve, 5 sights 2 mi · ▲ 314 ft
- Ziegler Preserve–Lackawanna Lake, 6 sights 4.5 mi · ▲ 391 ft
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