Ziegler Preserve–Lackawanna Lake, 9 sights is an 8.1-mile out-and-back in Lackawanna State Park near Carpenter Town, PA. The route passes Lackawanna Lake, Lackawanna Lake, Ziegler Preserve and Trostle Pond. It climbs 528 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.
Elevation
0 mi994 – 1,155 ft9.2 mi
Getting there
Trailhead: Tunnel 407 41.55928, -75.70717
Nearest town Carpenter Town, PA
Directions
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Ziegler Preserve–Lackawanna Lake, 9 sights
8.1 mi · ▲ 528 ft · 2 hr 58 min
Elevation 993–1,155 ft
Out & Back · Lackawanna State Park
Trailhead: Tunnel 407 · 41.55928, -75.70717
Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM
Parking lot at the trailhead
- Start on Tunnel 407, heading NE.
- 50 ftPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 0.1 miTurn left onto Ranger Trail, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 0.3 miBear left, heading E.
- 150 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading E.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lee Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lee Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bassett Path, heading NE.
- 150 ftBear right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 200 ftBear left, heading N.
- 0.3 miPass Ziegler Preserve.
- 0.2 miContinue straight onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 450 ftTurn left onto Tree Line Trail, heading W.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 250 ftTurn right onto North Woods Trail, heading SW.
- 400 ftPass Trostle Pond.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Orchard Trail, heading W.
- 1.1 miReach Ziegler Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 1.1 miTurn right onto North Woods Trail, heading N.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading NE.
- 300 ftTurn right onto Tree Line Trail, heading N.
- 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miTurn left onto Bassett Path, heading NE.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Lee Hill Trail, heading SE.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading SE.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Lee Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading SW.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading S.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading S.
- 150 ftBear left, heading S.
- 150 ftBear right, heading SW.
- 0.6 miTurn right onto Tunnel 407, heading NE.
- 50 ftArrive back at the trailhead.
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Trail surface
78% dirt10% grass12% unspecified
Weather
Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM
Sunset
The best sunset spot on this hike is 1.7 mi in (~48 min). Leave by 6:20 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 8:27 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
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