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Lehigh Parkway

South Side Path

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

South Side Path is a 3-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Parkway near Alton Park, PA. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly gravel. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi253 – 276 ft3.2 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Side Path 40.57654, -75.49650
Nearest town Alton Park, PA
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South Side Path

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 253–277 ft

Out & Back · Lehigh Parkway

Trailhead: North Side Path · 40.57654, -75.49650

Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start on North Side Path, heading NE.
  2. 0.2 miContinue straight onto Park Drive, heading NE.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Side Path, heading NE.
  4. 150 ftTurn right onto Park Drive, heading SE.
  5. 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  6. 50 ftBear left, heading E.
  7. 50 ftBear right onto South Side Path, heading NE.
  8. 1.3 miReach South Side Path, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 1.3 miBear left, heading W.
  10. 50 ftBear right, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right onto Park Drive, heading NW.
  12. 100 ftTurn left onto North Side Path, heading NW.
  13. 150 ftContinue straight onto Park Drive, heading W.
  14. 50 ftContinue straight onto North Side Path, heading W.
  15. 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.

Trail map, photos and weather for this hike: www.ambleway.com/hikes/south-side-path-out-back-5-km

Trail surface

98% gravel2% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

Hikes near Alton Park, Pennsylvania