Prairie Grass Trail & Three Ponds Trail via D&L Trail is a 3.1-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge near Bowmanstown, PA. It is mostly level, with 240 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi407 – 673 ft3.3 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: D&L Trail 40.79537, -75.66510
Nearest town Bowmanstown, PA
Directions
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Prairie Grass Trail & Three Ponds Trail via D&L Trail
3.1 mi · ▲ 240 ft · 1 hr 9 min
Elevation 406–674 ft
Out & Back · Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge
Trailhead: D&L Trail · 40.79537, -75.66510
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on D&L Trail, heading SE.
- 1 miBear right onto Three Ponds Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto L&NE Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miBear right onto Prairie Grass Trail, heading NE.
- 0.2 miReach Three Ponds Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.2 miBear left onto L&NE Trail, heading NW.
- 0.1 miSharp right onto Three Ponds Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto D&L Trail, heading N.
- 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
63% gravel29% dirt1% paved7% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.6 mi in (~44 min). Leave by 6:27 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:24 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from D&L Trail Trailhead
- D&L Trail 2 mi · ▲ 0 ft
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