Walnutport Lehigh River Access & Bypass Trail via Appalachian Trail is a 7.2-mile out-and-back in State Game Lands 217 near Hazard, PA. The route reaches Walnutport Lehigh River Access at the turnaround, 3.6 miles in. It climbs 1,080 ft, with sections as steep as 22% grade. It scores 3/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi367 – 1,463 ft · steepest grade: 22%7.5 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Bypass Trail 40.78069, -75.63811
Nearest town Hazard, PA
Directions
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Walnutport Lehigh River Access & Bypass Trail via Appalachian Trail
7.2 mi · ▲ 1,080 ft · 2 hr 56 min
Elevation 367–1,462 ft
Out & Back · State Game Lands 217
Trailhead: Bypass Trail · 40.78069, -75.63811
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
- Start on Bypass Trail, heading NE.
- 1 miBear right onto Appalachian Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left, heading E.
- 450 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading E.
- 150 ftTurn right onto D&L Trail, heading SE.
- 2 miReach Walnutport Lehigh River Access, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 2 miTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftTurn right onto Appalachian Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftSharp right, heading N.
- 500 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NW.
- 0.1 miBear left onto Bypass Trail, heading W.
- 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
54% gravel46% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
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