2013-08-20 15 00 37 A waterfall along the Appalachian Trail at around 720 feet while ascending Mount Minsi in the Pennsylvania section of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.jpg
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Mount Minsi & Lake Road via Appalachian Trail is a 3.9-mile out-and-back near Delaware Water Gap, PA. The route reaches Mount Minsi at the turnaround, 1.9 miles in. It climbs 994 ft, with sections as steep as 28% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 7/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi532 – 1,460 ft · steepest grade: 28%4.1 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 40.97562, -75.14345
Nearest town Delaware Water Gap, PA

Directions

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Mount Minsi & Lake Road via Appalachian Trail

3.9 mi · ▲ 994 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 533–1,459 ft

Out & Back

Trailhead: 40.97562, -75.14345

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
  2. 350 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading SE.
  3. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lake Road, heading S.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  6. 300 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
  7. 1.3 miReach Mount Minsi, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  8. 1.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
  9. 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
  10. 0.2 miTurn right onto Lake Road, heading NW.
  11. 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
  12. 400 ftContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading N.
  13. 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
  14. 150 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

64% dirt13% gravel23% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM