L&NE Trail & Three Ponds Trail via D&L Trail is a 7.5-mile out-and-back in Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge near Weiders Crossing, PA. It climbs 294 ft. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi374 – 528 ft7.9 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: D&L Trail 40.78146, -75.60813
Nearest town Weiders Crossing, PA
Directions
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L&NE Trail & Three Ponds Trail via D&L Trail
7.5 mi · ▲ 294 ft · 2 hr 39 min
Elevation 376–528 ft
Out & Back · Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge
Trailhead: D&L Trail · 40.78146, -75.60813
Weather Sep 5: sunrise 6:34 AM · sunset 7:30 PM
Transit-accessible: 325 PA 145 at PA 248 SB stop 371 m from the trailhead · Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start at the trailhead, heading NE.
- 0.2 miTurn left, heading NW.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Native Sensory Garden Trail, heading NW.
- 350 ftTurn left onto L&NE Trail, heading NW.
- 2.3 miSharp right onto Three Ponds Trail, heading SW.
- 0.2 miBear left onto D&L Trail, heading NW.
- 1 miReach L&NE Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1 miBear right onto Three Ponds Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miSharp left onto L&NE Trail, heading SE.
- 2.3 miTurn right, heading S.
- 250 ftContinue straight onto Native Sensory Garden Trail, heading S.
- 100 ftTurn left, heading SE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto River Trail, heading SE.
- 500 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.
Trail surface
28% gravel15% dirt1% paved56% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:34 AMSunset 7:30 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.1 mi in (~57 min). Leave by 6:13 PM for the 7:30 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:38 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Transit-accessible: 325 PA 145 at PA 248 SB stop 371 m from the trailhead
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from D&L Trail Trailhead
- D&L Trail 2.2 mi · ▲ 123 ft
- D&L Trail 2.4 mi · ▲ 145 ft
- D&L Trail 2.5 mi · ▲ 127 ft
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- Walnutport Lehigh River Access via D&L Trail 4.1 mi · ▲ 26 ft
- Walnutport Lehigh River Access via D&L Trail 4.3 mi · ▲ 27 ft
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