Mount Minsi & Lenape Lake via Appalachian Trail is a 4.1-mile out-and-back near Delaware Water Gap, PA. The route passes Lenape Lake before reaching Mount Minsi at the turnaround, 2.1 miles in. It climbs 1,058 ft, with sections as steep as 25% grade, and is mostly dirt. It scores 4/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi495 – 1,460 ft · steepest grade: 25%4.4 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Unnamed 40.97923, -75.14284
Nearest town Delaware Water Gap, PA
Directions
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Mount Minsi & Lenape Lake via Appalachian Trail
4.1 mi · ▲ 1,058 ft · 1 hr 54 min
Elevation 496–1,459 ft
Out & Back
Trailhead: 40.97923, -75.14284
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:29 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading S.
- 50 ftPass Lenape Lake.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Red Trail, heading S.
- 350 ftTurn right, heading E.
- 350 ftSharp right onto Lake Road, heading NE.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Appalachian Trail, heading S.
- 1.8 miReach Mount Minsi, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.7 miBear right onto Lake Road, heading NW.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto Red Trail, heading N.
- 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.
Trail surface
84% dirt8% gravel8% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:29 PM
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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