Bruce Lake Natural Area
Promised Land Lake–Egypt Meadow Lake, 6 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 432 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Promised Land Lake–Egypt Meadow Lake, 6 sights is a 9.8-mile out-and-back in Bruce Lake Natural Area near Tanglewood Estate, PA. The route passes Egypt Meadow Lake before reaching Promised Land Lake at the turnaround, 4.9 miles in. It climbs 432 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 38/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: green fringe.
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Promised Land Lake–Egypt Meadow Lake, 6 sights
9.8 mi · ▲ 432 ft · 3 hr 29 min
Elevation 1,728–1,847 ft
Out & Back · Bruce Lake Natural Area
Trailhead: Egypt Meadow Trail · 41.35819, -75.20399
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:26 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Egypt Meadow Trail, heading SE.
- 0.2 miPass Egypt Meadow Lake.
- 100 ftTurn right onto Panther Swamp Trail, heading SW.
- 0.6 miBear right onto Bruce Lake Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Brown Trail, heading S.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Rock Oak Ridge Trail, heading S.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Telephone Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miBear right onto Whitewater Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Boundary Trail, heading S.
- 0.9 miBear right, heading S.
- 0.1 miReach Promised Land Lake, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto Whitewater Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miBear left onto Telephone Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn right onto Rock Oak Ridge Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Brown Trail, heading N.
- 1.5 miTurn right onto Bruce Lake Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miBear left onto Panther Swamp Trail, heading N.
- 0.6 miTurn left onto Egypt Meadow Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
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Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.2 mi in (~32 min). Leave by 6:34 PM for the 7:26 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:11 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from Egypt Meadow Trail Trailhead
- Egypt Meadow Lake–(overgrown, 2016-8-10) Loop, 3 sights 3 mi · ▲ 81 ft
- Bruce Lake & Egypt Meadow Lake via Bruce Lake Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 114 ft
- Egypt Meadow Lake–(overgrown, 2016-8-10) Loop, 9 sights 9.3 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Lower Lake–(overgrown, 2016-8-10), 4 sights 9.8 mi · ▲ 411 ft
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