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.
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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
- Start at the trailhead, heading N.
- 50 ftPass Trostle Pond.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto North Woods Trail, heading E.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading E.
- 250 ftTurn right onto Tree Line Trail, heading NE.
- 0.4 miPass Ziegler Preserve.
- 50 ftTurn right, heading N.
- 450 ftBear right, heading E.
- 50 ftBear left onto Ziegler Preserve Trail, heading E.
- 0.5 miPass Lackawanna Lake.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Bassett Path, heading SW.
- 0.3 miBear right, heading SW.
- 200 ftTurn right, heading S.
- 200 ftTurn left onto Lee Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 50 ftContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.5 miTurn right onto Lee Hill Trail, heading SW.
- 500 ftTurn left, heading S.
- 50 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading SW.
- 0.1 miContinue straight onto Ranger Trail, heading S.
- 0.2 miTurn left onto Bear Paw, heading S.
- 0.3 miReach Ziegler Preserve, then turn around and head back the way you came.
- 0.6 miContinue straight onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading W.
- 0.1 miTurn right, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Lee Hill Trail, heading N.
- 500 ftTurn left onto Kennedy Creek Trail, heading N.
- 0.5 miContinue straight onto Lee Hill Trail, heading N.
- 50 ftTurn right onto Bassett Path, heading N.
- 150 ftBear right, heading NE.
- 50 ftTurn left, heading N.
- 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
- 0.5 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 NE.
- 0.4 miTurn left onto Bull Hill Trail, heading W.
- 300 ftTurn right onto North Woods Trail, heading W.
- 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.
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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.
Good to know
- Parking lot at the trailhead
More from North Woods Trail Trailhead
- Lackawanna Lake–Trostle Pond, 3 lakes 2.6 mi · ▲ 162 ft
- Bull Hill–Ziegler Preserve, 8 sights 3.1 mi · ▲ 223 ft
- Trostle Pond & North Woods Trail (Yellow) 3.3 mi · ▲ 275 ft
- Messimer Preserve–Ziegler Preserve, 8 sights 4.7 mi · ▲ 331 ft
- Meadowsweet Preserve–Ziegler Preserve, 12 sights 8.2 mi · ▲ 928 ft
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