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Ringing Rocks County Park

Ringing Rocks Park Viewpoint via Delaware Canal Towpath

8.5 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Ringing Rocks Park Viewpoint via Delaware Canal Towpath is an 8.5-mile out-and-back in Ringing Rocks County Park near Lodi, PA. The route reaches Ringing Rocks Park Viewpoint at the turnaround, 4.2 miles in. It climbs 416 ft, with sections as steep as 17% grade, and is mostly gravel. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi125 – 509 ft · steepest grade: 17%8.9 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Delaware Canal Towpath 40.55043, -75.08579
Nearest town Lodi, PA
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Ringing Rocks Park Viewpoint via Delaware Canal Towpath

8.5 mi · ▲ 416 ft · 3 hr 2 min

Elevation 125–509 ft

Out & Back · Ringing Rocks County Park

Trailhead: Delaware Canal Towpath · 40.55043, -75.08579

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:32 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Toilets at the trailhead · Drinking water at the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on Delaware Canal Towpath, heading NW.
  2. 3 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 50 ftSharp left, heading W.
  4. 50 ftBear left, heading NW.
  5. 0.1 miBear left, heading E.
  6. 0.9 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
  8. 450 ftBear right onto Ringing Rocks Park Trail, heading NE.
  9. 50 ftSharp right, heading NE.
  10. 100 ftReach Ringing Rocks Park Viewpoint, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  11. 200 ftBear left, heading S.
  12. 450 ftBear left, heading S.
  13. 450 ftTurn right, heading N.
  14. 0.9 miBear right, heading NW.
  15. 0.1 miBear right, heading NW.
  16. 50 ftSharp right, heading NW.
  17. 50 ftTurn left onto Delaware Canal Towpath, heading W.
  18. 2.2 miBear left, heading SE.
  19. 0.8 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/ringing-rocks-park-viewpoint-out-back-14-km-6580

Trail surface

71% gravel26% dirt3% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:32 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 4.0 mi in (~106 min). Leave by 5:22 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:19 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

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Good to know

  • Toilets at the trailhead
  • Drinking water at the trailhead
  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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