Delaware & Lehigh Trail - Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
Slate Heritage Trail - The Northern Lehigh Historical Society
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 40.75225, -75.60452
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| D & L Trail Slatington Trailhead |
TRAIL MAPS:
Trail Section: Walnutport Canal Spur
Trail Section: Lehigh Gap – Slatington
Trail Section: East Penn – Lehigh Gap
Trail Section: Marvin Gardens – East Penn
Trail Section: Weissport – Marvin Gardens
Slate Heritage Trail - The Northern Lehigh Historical Society
BIKE DISTANCE: 34.7 miles
THE BIKE:
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| From the parking lot heading away from town just a short distance to ... |
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| ... a right on the Slate Heritage Trail. |
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| The trail follows along Trout Creek. |
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| The trail is paved until this bridge over ... |
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| ... Trout Creek then ... |
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| ... it's crushed stone the rest of the way. |
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| The trail ends at a park and a huge parking lot. |
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| Heading back. |
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| Back at the D&L Trail ... |
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| ... left to the parking lot. |
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| Passing by the parking lot then ... |
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| ... right on Main Street over the Lehigh River. |
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| The first right after the bridge on Lehigh Street then left directly across from the Walnutport Trailhead parking ... |
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| ... to a right on the Walnutport Spur. |
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| There were lots of unusual looking ducks throughout the Walnutport area. I am thinking mallard hybrids? |
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| The canal on the left and the Lehigh River on the right. |
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| At the end of this section. |
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| Heading back. |
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| At the end of the trail in town, keeping to the left of this structure ... |
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| ... leads to the continuation of the Walnutport Spur on the other side of Main Street. |
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| Now the canal is on the right and the Lehigh River on the left. |
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| At the end of this section ... |
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| ... views of Lehigh Gap where the Appalachian Trail goes across the two mountains via the bridge. |
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| Heading back. |
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| At Main Street ... |
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| ... right across the bridge ... |
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| ... then right on the D&L Trail across from the Slatington parking lot. |
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| Now heading north on the D&L Trail. |
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| Lehigh Gap Nature Center on the left. |
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| Lehigh River |
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| East Penn Parking |
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| Watch for the D&L signs to navigate through Marvin Gardens... |
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| ... back on to the trail. |
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| The trail turns into paved Lehigh Drive the rest of the way into Lehighton. |
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| The ramp on the left is where the D&L Trail continues up and over the bridge into Weissport but for me that is for another time. |
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| Keeping straight on the Lehighton Spur to the end. |
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| There is a parking lot at the end of the spur - I headed to the liquor store on the right but no adult beverage for me with 10 miles left to go and an almost 2 hour drive home. A can of cold iced tea it was. |
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| Heading back. |
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| At this crossing I pushed the button for the blinky lights and they were working but I saw a pickup pulling a huge camper barreling down from the right so I waited because it did not look like he was going to stop. He did not and neither did the three cars behind him. |
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| Then coming up on the next crossing with no blinky lights, that truck up ahead stopped for the two bikers getting ready to cross. I figured he would go on since I was still a distance away but he did not. He sat and waited for me to get there and cross. What a nice guy! So you just never know. |
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| Back at Main Street there is lots of traffic but cars did stop to let people cross back to the parking lot. |
