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
- Start at the trailhead, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto Green Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lake Road, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading S.
- 0.2 miBear left, heading SE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 1.3 miReach Mount Minsi, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.3 miTurn left, heading NE.
- 300 ftBear right, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Lake Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading W.
- 400 ftContinue straight onto Green Trail, heading N.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 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
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