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Lackawanna State Park

Messimer Preserve–Ziegler Preserve, 8 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 331 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Messimer Preserve–Ziegler Preserve, 8 sights is a 4.7-mile out-and-back in Lackawanna State Park near Wallsville, PA. The route passes Trostle Pond and Ziegler Preserve before reaching Messimer Preserve at the turnaround, 2.4 miles in. It climbs 331 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi994 – 1,122 ft5.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Woods Trail 41.57786, -75.71201
Nearest town Wallsville, PA
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Messimer Preserve–Ziegler Preserve, 8 sights

4.7 mi · ▲ 331 ft · 1 hr 44 min

Elevation 993–1,121 ft

Out & Back · Lackawanna State Park

Trailhead: North Woods Trail · 41.57786, -75.71201

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Trostle Pond.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto North Woods Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading E.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto Tree Line Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miPass Ziegler Preserve.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.4 miTurn left onto South Branch Trail, heading SE.
  11. 1.2 miReach Messimer Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  12. 1.2 miTurn right, heading SW.
  13. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading W.
  14. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftBear left, heading SW.
  16. 450 ftTurn left onto Tree Line Trail, heading W.
  17. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading W.
  18. 300 ftTurn right onto North Woods Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.3 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/messimer-preserve-ziegler-preserve-out-back-9-sights-8-km

Trail surface

63% dirt34% grass3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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