Flickr - Nicholas T - Lackawanna Lake.jpg
Nicholas A. Tonelli · CC BY 2.0

Ziegler Preserve–Lackawanna Lake, 10 sights is a 5.8-mile out-and-back in Lackawanna State Park near Wallsville, PA. The route passes Trostle Pond, Ziegler Preserve and Lackawanna Lake. It climbs 725 ft and is mostly dirt. It scores 1/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi994 – 1,188 ft6.7 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: North Woods Trail 41.57786, -75.71201
Nearest town Wallsville, PA

Directions

AMBLEWAYwww.ambleway.com

Ziegler Preserve–Lackawanna Lake, 10 sights

5.8 mi · ▲ 725 ft · 2 hr 18 min

Elevation 993–1,187 ft

Out & Back · Lackawanna State Park

Trailhead: North Woods Trail · 41.57786, -75.71201

Weather Sep 7: sunrise 6:36 AM · sunset 7:28 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 50 ftPass Trostle Pond.
  3. 0.2 miTurn left onto North Woods Trail, heading E.
  4. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading E.
  5. 250 ftTurn right onto Tree Line Trail, heading NE.
  6. 0.4 miPass Ziegler Preserve.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
  8. 450 ftBear right, heading E.
  9. 50 ftBear left onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading E.
  10. 0.5 miPass Lackawanna Lake.
  11. 50 ftTurn left onto Bassett Path, heading SW.
  12. 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
  13. 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
  14. 200 ftTurn left onto Lee Hill Trail, heading SW.
  15. 50 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading SW.
  16. 0.5 miTurn right onto Lee Hill Trail, heading SW.
  17. 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
  18. 50 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading SW.
  19. 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left onto Bear Paw, heading S.
  21. 0.3 miReach Ziegler Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  22. 0.6 miContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading W.
  23. 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
  24. 50 ftTurn right onto Lee Hill Trail, heading N.
  25. 500 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading N.
  26. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lee Hill Trail, heading N.
  27. 50 ftTurn right onto Bassett Path, heading N.
  28. 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
  29. 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
  30. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  31. 0.5 miContinue straight onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading NE.
  32. 0.3 miBear right, heading NE.
  33. 50 ftBear left, heading NE.
  34. 450 ftTurn left onto Tree Line Trail, heading NE.
  35. 0.4 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading W.
  36. 300 ftTurn right onto North Woods Trail, heading W.
  37. 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 surface

78% dirt16% grass6% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 6:36 AMSunset 7:28 PM

Sunset

The best sunset spot on this hike is 2.9 mi in (~78 min). Leave by 5:50 PM for the 7:28 PM sunset. Back at your car by 9:02 PM, after dark — bring a headlamp.

More sunset hikes nearby

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

More from North Woods Trail Trailhead