2021-09-09 19 05 24 Light from sunset viewed from beneath a developing thunderstorm along Pennsylvania State Route 524 (Kennedy Creek Road) at Pennsylvania State Route 407 (Abington Road) in North Abington Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.jpg
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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.

Elevation

0 mi994 – 1,263 ft8.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 41.58121, -75.69452
Nearest town Wallsville, PA

Directions

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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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading SE.
  2. 50 ftPass Ziegler Preserve.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bassett Path, heading S.
  4. 50 ftPass Lackawanna Lake.
  5. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  6. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  7. 200 ftTurn left onto Lee Hill Trail, heading W.
  8. 50 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading W.
  9. 0.5 miTurn right onto Lee Hill Trail, heading S.
  10. 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading SW.
  12. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading E.
  13. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  14. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  15. 0.1 miPass Lackawanna Lake.
  16. 0.4 miTurn right onto Tunnel 407, heading S.
  17. 400 ftBear left, heading SE.
  18. 500 ftTurn right, heading S.
  19. 0.3 miTurn right onto Abington Trail, heading SE.
  20. 0.2 miPass Quarry Ridge Preserve.
  21. 0.2 miSharp left, heading SE.
  22. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  23. 50 ftBear right, heading SE.
  24. 200 ftSharp right onto Green Trail, heading SW.
  25. 0.1 miPass Meadowsweet Preserve.
  26. 0.1 miTurn right onto Blue Loop 2, heading SW.
  27. 450 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  28. 250 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading SW.
  29. 0.2 miTurn left onto Blue Loop 1, heading S.
  30. 50 ftSharp left onto Green Trail, heading S.
  31. 0.1 miReach Meadowsweet Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  32. 0.1 miSharp right onto Blue Loop 1, heading S.
  33. 50 ftTurn right onto Green Trail, heading SE.
  34. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SE.
  35. 250 ftTurn right onto Blue Loop 2, heading S.
  36. 450 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading W.
  37. 0.3 miSharp left, heading NW.
  38. 200 ftBear left, heading N.
  39. 50 ftBear left, heading N.
  40. 50 ftSharp right onto Abington Trail, heading N.
  41. 0.5 miTurn left, heading NE.
  42. 0.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  43. 500 ftBear right onto Tunnel 407, heading W.
  44. 400 ftTurn left onto Ranger Trail, heading W.
  45. 0.6 miBear left, heading N.
  46. 200 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading W.
  47. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
  48. 50 ftTurn right onto Lee Hill Trail, heading E.
  49. 500 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading N.
  50. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lee Hill Trail, heading N.
  51. 50 ftTurn right onto Bassett Path, heading N.
  52. 150 ftBear right, heading SE.
  53. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  54. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  55. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

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Trail surface

81% dirt1% grass1% paved17% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

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

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Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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