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BRADFORDCOUNTY

WAYNECOUNTY

WYOMINGCOUNTY

LACKAWANNACOUNTY

ORANGECOUNTY

PIKECOUNTY

SULLIVANCOUNTY

SUSSEX COUNTY

COLUMBIACOUNTY

MONROECOUNTY

WARRENCOUNTY

MORRISCOUNTY

SCHUYLKILLCOUNTY

HUNTERDONCOUNTY

SOMERSETCOUNTY

BERKSCOUNTY

LEBANONCOUNTY

MONTGOMERYCOUNTY

MERCERCOUNTY

LANCASTERCOUNTY

CHESTERCOUNTY

BURLINGTONCOUNTY

PHILADELPHIA COUNTYDELAWARECOUNTY

NEWJERSEY

NEW YORK

PENNSYLVANIA

LUZERNECOUNTYLUZERNE

COUNTY

CARBONCOUNTY

NORTHAMPTONCOUNTY

LEHIGHCOUNTY

BUCKSCOUNTY

Delaware Water GapNational Recreation Area

Belle MeadGeneral Depot

Valley ForgeNational

Historical Park

EXIT 151A

EXIT 326

EXIT 331A/B

EXIT 16B

EXIT 16A

EXIT 20

EXIT 151B

EXIT 260A

EXIT 277

EXIT 1A

EXIT 293EXIT 260B

EXIT 6

EXIT 194

EXIT 180

EXIT 115

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West Wyoming

Wyoming

Ashley

Mountaintop

Edwardsville

HunlockCreek

Shickshinny

Albrightsville

Lake Harmony

LaurelRun

Weatherly

Nesquehoning

Summit Hill

Coplay

Tullytown

FortyFort

WestHazleton

Swoyersville

Burlington, NJ

UhlerstownFrenchtown, NJ

Phillipsburg, NJ

Stockton, NJ

Washington Crossing

Washington Crossing, NJ

Milford, NJ

Riegelsville

Tinicum

Columbia

Wind Gap

Portland

Mt Bethel

Belvidere

WestEaston

Palmer

Glendon

Freemansburg

Breiningsville

Kempton

Fullerton

FountainHill

Dingmans Ferry

Bushkill

DelawareWater Gap

Parryville

Bowmanstown

Bensalem

Langhorne

Fallsington

Lahaska

Centre BridgePlumsteadville Lumberville

Point PleasantPipersville

Erwinna

Upper BlackEddy

Dublin

Raubsville

Durham

Whitehall

Alburtis

Weissport

LittleGap

Myerstown

Robesonia

Wernersville

Shenandoah Mahanoy City

Frackville

Saint Clair

Pottsville

Schuylkill Haven

Berwick

Carbondale

Clarks Summit

Archbald

Lambertville, NJ

Levittown

Matamoras

PittstonDallas MoscowDupont

Milford

Nanticoke

Canadensis

GlenLyon

Pocono Lake

Newton

Freeland

Hazleton

Netcong

Bangor

BuddLake

PenArgyl

HackettstownLansfordLehighton

Hometown

PalmertonTamaqua

Chester

WashingtonSlatington

Nazareth

BathHampton

Northampton

Catasauqua

HellertownHamburg

EmmausTrexlertown

KutztownFlemingtonMacungie CoopersburgTopton

Fleetwood

Leesport Quakertown

Pennsburg

Perkasie

BoyertownPennington

Souderton Doylestown

Lansdale

WillowGrove

NewtownNorthWales

RoyersfordAmbler

Phoenixville

Willingboro, NJ

Riverside, NJExton

Florence, NJ

WhiteHaven

Rockport

Jim Thorpe

Walnutport

NewHope

Bristol

Morrisville

Yardley

ScrantonPortJervis

Wilkes-Barre

Stroudsburg

Hopatcong

Stanhope

Succasunna

Gladstone

Easton

Allentown

Reading Princeton

TrentonPottstown

PhiladelphiaBordentown

Paoli

Downingtown Camden

Bethlehem

W. Germantown

New Jerse

y Turnpike

Delaware CanalState Park

Washington CrossingHistoric Park

Delaware CanalState Park

Delaware CanalState Park

Hugh MoorePark

Delaware Canal ParkHeadquarters

Big PoconoState Park

Delaware CanalState Park

EvansburgState Park

FortWashingtonState Park

Frances SlocumState Park

GouldsboroState Park

Hickory RunState Park

BeltzvilleState Park

JacobsburgState Park

Lehigh GorgeState Park

Lehigh GorgeState Park

NescopeckState Park

NeshaminyState Park

NockamixonState Park

Nolde ForestState Park

Norristown FarmState Park

Promised LandState Park

Ralph StoverState Park

TobyhannaState Park

TuscaroraState Park

TylerState Park

VardenConservation

Area

Benjamin RushState Park

Public Square-Wilkes-Barre

White Haven Library/Visitor’s Center

Archbald PotholeState Park

Audubon WildlifeSanctuary

Boulder FieldNatural Area

Briar Creek

Bruce LakeNatural Area

BuckhornNatural Area

Del RiverScenic Drive

DelawareState Forest

Glens Natural Area

HawkMountain

LacakawannaState Forest

LackawannaState Park

LorimerPark

Mauch ChunkLake Park

Moon LakePark

Mud RunNatural Area

NockamixonCli�s

Natural Area

PeaceValley

Penny PackPark

PrahlsIsland

Rabbit Hollow(Wildlife Sanctuary)

Ricketts GlenState Park

Seven Tubs Nature Area

State GameLand 106

State GameLand 110

State GameLand 116

State GameLand 119

State Game Land 127

State GameLand 129

State GameLand 13

State GameLand 135

State GameLand 139

State Game Land 141

State GameLand 149

State GameLand 157

State GameLand 168

State GameLand 180

State GameLand 183

State GameLand 186

State GameLand 187

State GameLand 196

State GameLand 205

State GameLand 206

State GameLand 207

State GameLand 209

State GameLand 217

State GameLand 220

State GameLand 221

State GameLand 222

Locust lakeState Park

State GameLand 224

State GameLand 225

State GameLand 280

State GameLand 227

State GameLand 234

State GameLand 257

State GameLand 260

State GameLand 274

State GameLand 286

State GameLand 292

State GameLand 300

State GameLand 307

State GameLand 310

State GameLand 312

State GameLand 316

State GameLand 38

State GameLand 318

State GameLand 40

State GameLand 46

State GameLand 55

StateGame

Land 56

State GameLand 57

State GameLand 58

State GameLand 329

State GameLand 326

State GameLand 66

State GameLand 91

TrexlerNature

Preserve

Leigh GapNature Center

Upper DelawareManagement Area

UpperPerkiomen

Valley

Upper SchuylkillValley

Wayne County Park

Appalachian Trail

Appalachian Trail

D & L Tr a i l

D &

L Trail

D & L Tra il

D & L Trail

Summerseat

Pennsbury Manor

Washington'sCrossing

BuckinghamFriends Meeting

MercerMuseum

Pearl S.Buck House

GeorgeTaylor House

Asa PackerMansion Museum,St Mark’s Episcopal Church

Eckley MinersVillage

Honey HollowWatershed

GeorgeNakashima

WoodworkerComplex

Nor-BathTrail

Slate HeritageTrail

PPL Trail

SouthBethlehemGreenway

MonocacyWay

Little LehighParkway

RingingRocks Trl

SchuylkillRiver Trail

SchuylkillRiver Trail

SauconRail Trail

IrontonRail Trail

Jordan CreekGreenway

PalmerRail Trail

Karl StirnerArts Trail

TatamyTrail

East CoastGreenway

East CoastGreenway

Delaware & Raritan (D&R)CanalTowpath

Delaware RiverHeritage Trail

D&L Trail Southern Terminus

Plain�eldTownship Trail

Lower MtBethel Trails

SwitchbackTrail

Greater HazletonRail Trail

Back MountainTrail

Luzurne CountyLevee Trail

Susquehanna Warrior Trail

LackawannaRiver

HeritageTrail

(proposed)

D&L Trail Northern Terminus

LakeNockamixon

Green LaneReservoir

Delaware Rive

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Delaware River

Delaw ar e R

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Lehigh River

Lehigh River

BeltzvilleLake

LakeWallenpaupack

Blue MarshLake

Lehigh R

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Delaware River

Susquehannna River

Francis WalterReservoirMoosehead

Lake

CrystalLake

Saylorsburg

Stockertown

Kreidersville

Schwenksville

New Tripoli

Ore�eld

Center Valley

Andreas Ash�eld

Blakeslee

Avoca

Sybertsville Lattimer

LehighTannery

Pedestrian Bridge Coming in 2017

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D&L Trail: LehighValley Region

D&L Trail:Anthracite Region

D&L Trail: DelawareCanal Towpath Region

DELAWARE & LEHIGH

NATIO

NAL HERITAGE CORRIDO

R

LEGEND

State highway

U.S. highway D&L Trail

D&L Trail Unimproved

Other trailRiver

Interstate highway

County border

AirportVisitor’s CenterTrailhead Trail Gap (Planning in progress, please visit our website at www.delawareandlehigh.org for the most up-to-date trail information)

Scale

Stategame land

Federalland

Statepark

PopulatedArea

Lake/reservoir

Focuscounties

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Train Station !Safe bike/walk Bridge Historic Landmarki

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor

Every effort has been made to make this brochure-map as

accurate as possible.

Visit www.delawareandlehigh.org for up-to-date information.

Questions or concerns?

Call 610-923-3548 or email info@delawareandlehigh.org.

Laurel Run

Seven Tubs

Mountain Top

Black Diamond

Slatington

Lehigh Gap

Bowmanstown

Weissport & Lehighton

Jim Thorpe

Glen Onoko

Rockport

White Haven

Cementon

Treichlers (Cove Road)

D&L TRAIL ACCESS MILES

Allentown

T. Roosevelt Rec. Area

Easton (Forks of Del.)

Freemansburg

Bethlehem

Washington Crossing

Thompson Neely House

New Hope

Virginia Forr. Rec. Area

Tinicum Park

Giving Pond Area

Upper Black Eddy

Riegelsville

Bristol Marsh

Morrisville

Yardley

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121

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Parking

Restrooms Picnic Area

Boat Launch

Washington Crossing

Visitor’s Center

For complete and up-to-date trailhead

information, visit www.delawareandlehigh.org

Surface: While surfaces may vary by region, the trail is primarily eight feet

wide and topped with crushed limestone.

Grade: Mostly level.

Rules: No motorized vehicles. No alcohol. Local rules and regulations apply.

Signage: Waysides depicting the unique history of the Corridor can be found

along the route. Directional signs and mile markers are being installed on an

ongoing basis.

Popular Uses: Biking, hiking, walking, running, cross-country skiing, snow-

shoeing, birdwatching, wildlife observation, fishing, boating.

F A S T F A C T S A B O U T T H E D & L T R A I L

What You Will Find: Hundreds of sites on the National Register of Historic

Places; twenty-four state game lands; fourteen national historic landmarks; six

national recreation trails; thirteen state parks; three state historical sites; three

national natural landmarks; two Pennsylvania scenic rivers, one National Scenic

River; and a National Historic Landmark District.

Open Trail: The D&L Trail is a work in progress with approximately 140

miles open and publicly accessible. When complete, the D&L Trail and Spurs

will provide 165 miles of multi-use trail. For up-to-date information

visit www.delawareandlehigh.org.

Lenni-Lenape Indians were the first to inhabit the region. European settlement

began in the late 17th

century in Bucks County outside Philadelphia and spread

north. Industrial growth got underway in earnest with the discovery and mining of

anthracite coal in Carbon County and the Wyoming Valley in the early 1800s and the

subsequent development of reliable transportation that carried the coal to growing

markets in the Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia and New York. Foremost among the

transportation systems were the Lehigh and Delaware canals and the Lehigh Valley

Railroad. These engineering marvels opened the region to industrial development

and financial growth and spurred the founding of hundreds of communities that

give the D&L its distinctive character.

H I S T O R Y

Sturdy teams of mules once walked this towpath, pulling boats with up to

100 tons of coal and other cargo. Residents in these Delaware Canal towns of

New Hope, Yardley, Morrisville and Bristol formed Landmark Towns of Bucks

County to celebrate and promote that heritage – www.landmarktowns.com.

Yardley and its

200-structure

historic district

is an appealing

destination; a

convenient SEPTA

train station makes

Yardley easily

accessible to visitors

from Philadelphia. Heading south, Morrisville,

named for Robert Morris, the “Financier of

the American Revolution,” is located at the

tidal falls of the Delaware River, across from

Trenton, New Jersey. This is another stretch

of the D&L Trail where state-to-state loop

routes are possible using New Jersey’s

Delaware & Raritan Canal Trail.

Delaware & Lehigh

National Heritage Corridor

www.delawareandlehigh.org

NAVIGATING

THE D&L TRAIL

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Inc.

2750 Hugh Moore Park Road

Easton, PA 18042

Phone: 610-923-3548 | Fax: 610-923-0537

Email: info@delawareandlehigh.org

www.delawareandlehigh.org

www.facebook.com/DelawareandLehigh

Follow us on Twitter @DLheritage or on Instagram @dl_trail

The offices of the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor are located

along the Lehigh Canal on the second floor of the Emrick Center (above the

National Canal Museum) in Hugh Moore Park, Easton, PA.

“Preserving the historic pathway that carried coal and iron from Wilkes-Barre to

Philadelphia. Today, the D&L Trail connects people to nature, culture, communities,

recreation and our industrial heritage.”

What is a National Heritage Area?

the United States Congress for its unique qualities and resources.

It is a place where a combination of natural, cultural, historic and

recreational resources has shaped a cohesive, nationally distinctive

landscape. The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, one

of 49, received this designation in 1988 – the third in the nation.

Join the D&L Today.

financial support of its members to further our mission of Connecting,

significant area. Become a member today to ensure the D&L Trail

and programs will continue to be available for future generations.

Memberships start for as little as $25 a year. You can show

your support at delawareandlehigh.org/giving/.

Volunteers are an essential part in the D&L accomplishments and

completion of projects to preserve our local history. Volunteer opportunities

are available on and off the trail so lend us a hand and become a volunteer

today. Learn more at delawareandlehigh.org/giving/volunteering.

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Tullytown

Florence-Roebling, NJ

NEW JERSEY

PENNSYLVANIA

Levittown

Fallsington

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Delaware CanalState Park

D & L Tra

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Delaware River

VanSciverLake

SilverLake Park

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East CoastGreenway

D&L Trail Southern Terminus

Pennsbury Manor

The D&L Trail follows the canal inland as it winds toward the navigable

tidewaters of the Delaware River. When built, the canal was a 40-foot

wide, five-foot deep ditch dug by man and animals using simple plows

and tools. Although the canal and towpath have been transformed by

time, efforts are underway to clear obstacles. Check the D&L online

map for the latest updates at www.delawareandlehigh.org. One of

America’s oldest settlements – Bristol Borough – is at the trail’s

southern terminus. Bristol offers waterfront views of the Delaware

River, ethnic festivals, theater, and a traditional downtown. Silver

Lake Park and Nature Center and William Penn’s summer home,

Pennsbury Manor, are nearby. Using the East Coast Greenway you

can continue to Philadelphia.

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Morrisville

Yardley

Trenton

Delaware Canal State P arkD & L Trail

Delaware & Raritan (D&R) Canal Towpath

Delaware River

Heritage TrailEast Coast

Greenway

D&R Canal/East CoastGreenway

Summerseat!

Delaware River

Yardley-Newtown Rd

Main St

Main St

Afton Ave

Black Rock RdEdgewood Rd

LetchworthAve

BrunswickAve

Calhoun St Bridge

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YARDLEY – MORRISVILLE

GeorgeNakashima

WoodworkerComplex

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Washington CrossingHistoric Park

WashingtonCrossing, NJ

Lambertville, NJ

NewHope

Washington CrossingHistoric Park(Thompson-Neely House)

New Hope Visitor’s Center

(Visitor’s Center)

D & L Trail

Delaware & Raritan (D&R) Canal Towpath

Centre Bridge

Aquetong Rd

Lurgan Rd

Brownsburg

Rd River Rd

Tay lorsville Rd

Bowman’s HillWild�ower

Preserve

Visitors traveling south on the D&L Trail encounter landscapes that

inspired the Pennsylvania Impressionism art movement. New Hope, the

center of the movement,

offers an enriching

blend of galleries,

theaters, museums,

restaurants, shopping,

and nightlife.

Bowman’s Hill

Wildflower Preserve boasts 134 acres of wooded native plant

and wildlife habitat. Climb up the steps of Bowman’s Hill

Tower for a breathtaking view of the Delaware River

Valley. General Washington crossed

the Delaware a short distance south;

the story of his daring maneuver and a

young country’s fight for independence

are told at Washington’s Crossing

Historic Park. This is a stretch of the

D&L Trail where state-to-state loop

routes are possible using New Jersey’s

Delaware & Raritan Canal Trail.

NEW HOPE – WASHINGTON CROSSING

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611

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412

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UhlerstownCovered Bridge

Delaware CanalState Park

Headquarters

RingingRocks

CountyPark

Frenchtown,NJ

Frenchtown,NJ

ErwinnaErwinna

Milford, NJ

Riegelsville

UpperBlackEddy

Delaware CanalState Park

NockamixonState Park

RingingRocks Trail

D & L Trail

Delaware & Raritan

(D&R) Canal Towpath

Delaw are River

State GameLand 56

TinicumCounty Park

Durham Aqueduct

Giving PondRec Area

Riegelsv ille Rd

Riegelsville Rd

Frenchtown Rd

River Rd

BridgetonHill RdBridgetonHill Rd

Chestnut Ridge Rd LodiHill Rd

Uhlerstown

Hill Rd

River Rd

River Rd

Water Rd

Headquarters Rd

The D&L Trail runs through Delaware

Canal State Park for 59 miles from

Easton to Bristol along the Delaware

River and Delaware Canal towpath. A

multi-use hike and bike path, the trail

winds through low hills and pastoral

valleys. Private and public land border

the park. Riegelsville and other small

towns along the river prospered when

the Delaware Canal opened in 1832.

Durham Furnace in Upper Bucks

County smelted locally mined iron ore before the Revolutionary

War and continued operating into the 1900s. The PA Highlands

Trail joins the D&L Trail

near Upper Black Eddy and

connects to Ringing Rocks

County Park. Delaware Canal

State Park headquarters is

in Upper Black Eddy

(610-982-5560, www.dcnr.

state.pa.us/stateparks).

DELAWARE CANAL STATE PARK – RIEGELSVILLE

The Corridor

The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, one of 49

significant landscape of scenic waterways, forested mountains,

rolling hills and valleys, thriving cities and picturesque towns,

cultural landmarks, and the remnants of historic canals and early

industries. The D&L Corridor was established to preserve the

historic pathway that carried coal and iron from Wilkes-Barre to

Philadelphia. Stretching 165 miles from northeast Pennsylvania to

the Delaware River port of Bristol, near Philadelphia, the D&L Trail

Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Bucks.

The Trail

The D&L Trail is a 165-mile multi-use path that follows the routes

of three historic transportation systems between Wilkes-Barre and

Bristol, Pennsylvania: the Lehigh and Delaware canals and the

Lehigh Valley Railroad. These systems were responsible for

the transportation of anthracite coal from mines in the

industries and homes in eastern Pennsylvania and

beyond. The abundance of coal and other natural

resources, coupled with an efficient means of

transporting them, spurred unprecedented

industrial growth in the region and

enabled it to become a birthplace of

the American Industrial Revolution.

Today, the D&L Trail connects

people to nature, culture,

communities, recreation and

our industrial heritage.

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Phillipsburg, NJEaston

WestEaston

Wilson

GlendonRiverview

Park

Hugh Moore Park

Palmer Bike Path

D & L Trail

Karl StirnerArts Trail

Forksof theDelaware

Wy Hit TukCounty Park

DelawareCanal

State Park

Delaware River

Lehigh River

S 3rd St

S 25t

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Smith

Ave

HopeRd

Freemansburg Ave William Penn Highway

NationalCanal

Museum/D&L

Headquarters

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Crossing the Lehigh River at Glendon, the D&L Trail follows the Lehigh

Canal towpath to Easton, where it turns right at the Forks of the

Delaware Trailhead and meets the Delaware Canal towpath. Easton is

home to America’s oldest open air market in a vibrant downtown

that includes fine restaurants, galleries, the Sigal Museum, and

the venerable State Theater. Six-mile-long Hugh Moore Park

stretches along the Lehigh River and is home to the National

Canal Museum, four miles of watered canal, a working lock,

and Pennsylvania’s only mule-drawn canal boat ride, the Josiah

White II. South of Easton, the trail passes through quaint

Raubsville, where a hydroelectric plant built at Locks

22 and 23 powered a paper mill and trolley line.

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MountainTop

WhiteHaven

To Wilkes-Barre(unimproved trail)

NescopeckState ParkLehigh Gorge

State Park

White Haven Library/Visitor’s Center

D & L Trail

Lehi

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CrystalLake

MooseheadLake

State GameLand 119

State Game Land119/187

LehighTannery

GlenSummit

Main St

Towanda St

Susquehanna St

Middleburg Rd

Lehigh St

Johnson St

2.9 mile gap

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WhiteHaven S

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Mountaintop is currently the northernmost trailhead on the D&L

Trail. From here, the Black Diamond section of the D&L Trail continues

of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Trail users pass

pristine Moosehead Lake, lush forests, beaver

ponds and wetlands. This section includes

a “recycled” highway bridge spanning a

Reading Northern Railroad line and parcels

of private property (Please be respectful!). In

White Haven, trail users enter Lehigh Gorge

State Park, passing by steep sandstone walls

on 26 continuous miles of D&L Trail

along the Lehigh River’s whitewater.

www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks

MOUNTAINTOP – WHITE HAVEN

Carbon County is named for its rich anthracite coal deposits, which

fueled the American Industrial Revolution in the mid-19th century.

Coal was transported on the Lehigh Canal, which is still watered from

Weissport to Parryville. The mighty Lehigh River and the steep,

forested mountains have attracted visitors – including John James

Audubon – to Lehigh Gorge

since the 1820s. Jim Thorpe,

the county seat, is a great

base for exploring the area’s

historic and cultural attractions

and recreational opportunities.

A planned pedestrian bridge across the Lehigh River in Jim Thorpe is

expected to open by the end of 2017 creating 60 continuous miles

of D&L Trail between the Black Diamond Trailhead and Northampton

Canal Street Park Trailhead.

LEHIGH GORGE STATE PARK – PARRYVILLE

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Nesquehoning

Parryville

Weissport

Penn HavenJunction

Lehighton

Jim Thorpe

Weatherly

Lehigh GorgeState Park

Lehigh CanalPark

Lehigh GorgeState Park

Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau

D & L Trail

D & L Trail

Switchback Trail

Rockport Access Area

Glen OnokoAccess Area

Lehi

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Mauch ChunkLake Park

State Game Land 141

State Game Land 141

Asa Packer Mansion Museum

St Mark’s Episcopal

Church

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Lentz Trail

Lehigh Gorge Dr

Rockport Rd

Pedestrian BridgeComing Late 2017

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Kreidersville

Cementon

Coplay

Bowmanstown

Slatington

Northampton

Walnutport

Palmerton

CanalStreetPark

SlateHeritage

Trail

Appalachian TrailD

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IrontonRail Trail

State GameLand 168

Lehigh GapNature Center

Lehi

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River Dr

Cove Rd

Riverview Rd

Paint Mill Rd

Main St

South of Lehighton is the Marvin Gardens Trailhead located along

Route 895 and the East Penn Trailhead with boat access to the Lehigh

River Water Trail. At the intersection of Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton

counties is Lehigh Gap, where the Kittatinny Ridge rises 1,000 feet on

both sides of the Lehigh River and the Appalachian Trail intersects the

D&L Trail. Lehigh Gap Nature Center, a wildlife preserve and education

facility built on a former Superfund site, is also worth exploring here.

Farther south, the Slatington Trailhead offers access to the Slate Heritage

Trail and a town built on the slate industry. Cross the river to visit an

original locktender’s house and 3.9 mile D&L Trail spur in the canal

town of Walnutport.

BOWMANSTOWN – NORTHAMPTON

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Freemansburg

Fullerton

FountainHill

Whitehall

Hellertown

AllentownBethlehem

SouthBethlehemGreenway

SauconRail Trail

MonocacyWay

JordanCreek

Greenway

Hanover TwpCanal Park

Kimmett’sLock

Sand IslandPark

Lehigh River

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LEHIGH VALLEY

The Lehigh Valley is the third most populated region in Pennsylvania

and includes three cities: Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. The D&L

Trail, built on the Lehigh Canal towpath, connects all three. There are 13

trailheads from Northampton to Easton. Visit www.delawareandlehigh.

org for current details. The Lehigh Valley was a world leader in iron,

steel, cement, and slate production, largely due to infrastructure

provided by the Lehigh Canal and, later, the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

Bethlehem, founded as a Moravian village in 1741, became

synonymous with the word “steel” throughout much of the

20th century. Next door, Allentown was a center of commerce

and Easton was an important manufacturing and transportation

hub. Today, visitors can enjoy arts, culture, history, sports, and

even casino gambling.

DELAWARE CANAL STATE PARK – BRISTOL AREA

Sturdy teams of mules once walked this towpath, pulling boats with up to

100 tons of coal and other cargo. Residents in these Delaware Canal towns of

New Hope, Yardley, Morrisville and Bristol formed Landmark Towns of Bucks

County to celebrate and promote that heritage – www.landmarktowns.com.

Yardley and its

200-structure

historic district

is an appealing

destination; a

convenient SEPTA

train station makes

Yardley easily

accessible to visitors

from Philadelphia. Heading south, Morrisville,

named for Robert Morris, the “Financier of

the American Revolution,” is located at the

tidal falls of the Delaware River, across from

Trenton, New Jersey. This is another stretch

of the D&L Trail where state-to-state loop

routes are possible using New Jersey’s

Delaware & Raritan Canal Trail.

Delaware & Lehigh

National Heritage Corridor

www.delawareandlehigh.org

NAVIGATING

THE D&L TRAIL

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, Inc.

2750 Hugh Moore Park Road

Easton, PA 18042

Phone: 610-923-3548 | Fax: 610-923-0537

Email: info@delawareandlehigh.org

www.delawareandlehigh.org

www.facebook.com/DelawareandLehigh

Follow us on Twitter @DLheritage or on Instagram @dl_trail

The offices of the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor are located

along the Lehigh Canal on the second floor of the Emrick Center (above the

National Canal Museum) in Hugh Moore Park, Easton, PA.

“Preserving the historic pathway that carried coal and iron from Wilkes-Barre to

Philadelphia. Today, the D&L Trail connects people to nature, culture, communities,

recreation and our industrial heritage.”

What is a National Heritage Area?

the United States Congress for its unique qualities and resources.

It is a place where a combination of natural, cultural, historic and

recreational resources has shaped a cohesive, nationally distinctive

landscape. The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, one

of 49, received this designation in 1988 – the third in the nation.

Join the D&L Today.

financial support of its members to further our mission of Connecting,

significant area. Become a member today to ensure the D&L Trail

and programs will continue to be available for future generations.

Memberships start for as little as $25 a year. You can show

your support at delawareandlehigh.org/giving/.

Volunteers are an essential part in the D&L accomplishments and

completion of projects to preserve our local history. Volunteer opportunities

are available on and off the trail so lend us a hand and become a volunteer

today. Learn more at delawareandlehigh.org/giving/volunteering.

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NEW JERSEY

PENNSYLVANIA

Levittown

Fallsington

BristolBristol Pike

Pennsylvania Turnpike

Old Bristol Pike

Tyburn Rd

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Bordentown Rd

Mill St

Je�erson St

Radcli�e St

Delaware CanalState Park

D & L Trail

Delaware River

VanSciverLake

SilverLake Park

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East CoastGreenway

D&L Trail Southern Terminus

Pennsbury Manor

The D&L Trail follows the canal inland as it winds toward the navigable

tidewaters of the Delaware River. When built, the canal was a 40-foot

wide, five-foot deep ditch dug by man and animals using simple plows

and tools. Although the canal and towpath have been transformed by

time, efforts are underway to clear obstacles. Check the D&L online

map for the latest updates at www.delawareandlehigh.org. One of

America’s oldest settlements – Bristol Borough – is at the trail’s

southern terminus. Bristol offers waterfront views of the Delaware

River, ethnic festivals, theater, and a traditional downtown. Silver

Lake Park and Nature Center and William Penn’s summer home,

Pennsbury Manor, are nearby. Using the East Coast Greenway you

can continue to Philadelphia.

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State ParkD & L Trail

Delaware & Raritan (D&R) Canal Towpath

Delaware River

Heritage Trail East Coast

Greenway

D&R Canal/East CoastGreenway

Summerseat!

Delaware River

Yardley-Newtown Rd

Main St

Main St

Afton Ave

Black Rock RdEdgewood Rd

LetchworthAve

BrunswickAve

Calhoun St Bridge

College Ave

YARDLEY – MORRISVILLE

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Washington CrossingHistoric Park

WashingtonCrossing, NJ

Lambertville, NJ

NewHope

Washington CrossingHistoric Park(Thompson-Neely House)

New Hope Visitor’s Center

(Visitor’s Center)

D & L Tra

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Delaware & Raritan (D&R) Canal Towpath

Centre Bridge

Aquetong Rd

Lurgan Rd

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Bowman’s HillWild�ower

Preserve

Visitors traveling south on the D&L Trail encounter landscapes that

inspired the Pennsylvania Impressionism art movement. New Hope, the

center of the movement,

offers an enriching

blend of galleries,

theaters, museums,

restaurants, shopping,

and nightlife.

Bowman’s Hill

Wildflower Preserve boasts 134 acres of wooded native plant

and wildlife habitat. Climb up the steps of Bowman’s Hill

Tower for a breathtaking view of the Delaware River

Valley. General Washington crossed

the Delaware a short distance south;

the story of his daring maneuver and a

young country’s fight for independence

are told at Washington’s Crossing

Historic Park. This is a stretch of the

D&L Trail where state-to-state loop

routes are possible using New Jersey’s

Delaware & Raritan Canal Trail.

NEW HOPE – WASHINGTON CROSSING

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Delaware CanalState Park

Headquarters

RingingRocks

CountyPark

Frenchtown,NJ

Frenchtown,NJ

Erwinna Erwinna

Milford, NJ

Riegelsville

UpperBlackEddy

Delaware CanalState Park

NockamixonState Park

RingingRocks Trail

D & L Trail

Delaware & Raritan

(D&R) Canal Towpath

Delaware River

State GameLand 56

TinicumCounty Park

Durham Aqueduct

Giving PondRec Area

Riegelsville Rd

Riegelsville Rd

Frenchtown Rd

River

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Uhlerstown

Hill Rd

River Rd

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The D&L Trail runs through Delaware

Canal State Park for 59 miles from

Easton to Bristol along the Delaware

River and Delaware Canal towpath. A

multi-use hike and bike path, the trail

winds through low hills and pastoral

valleys. Private and public land border

the park. Riegelsville and other small

towns along the river prospered when

the Delaware Canal opened in 1832.

Durham Furnace in Upper Bucks

County smelted locally mined iron ore before the Revolutionary

War and continued operating into the 1900s. The PA Highlands

Trail joins the D&L Trail

near Upper Black Eddy and

connects to Ringing Rocks

County Park. Delaware Canal

State Park headquarters is

in Upper Black Eddy

(610-982-5560, www.dcnr.

state.pa.us/stateparks).

DELAWARE CANAL STATE PARK – RIEGELSVILLE

The Corridor

The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, one of 49

significant landscape of scenic waterways, forested mountains,

rolling hills and valleys, thriving cities and picturesque towns,

cultural landmarks, and the remnants of historic canals and early

industries. The D&L Corridor was established to preserve the

historic pathway that carried coal and iron from Wilkes-Barre to

Philadelphia. Stretching 165 miles from northeast Pennsylvania to

the Delaware River port of Bristol, near Philadelphia, the D&L Trail

Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Bucks.

The Trail

The D&L Trail is a 165-mile multi-use path that follows the routes

of three historic transportation systems between Wilkes-Barre and

Bristol, Pennsylvania: the Lehigh and Delaware canals and the

Lehigh Valley Railroad. These systems were responsible for

the transportation of anthracite coal from mines in the

industries and homes in eastern Pennsylvania and

beyond. The abundance of coal and other natural

resources, coupled with an efficient means of

transporting them, spurred unprecedented

industrial growth in the region and

enabled it to become a birthplace of

the American Industrial Revolution.

Today, the D&L Trail connects

people to nature, culture,

communities, recreation and

our industrial heritage.

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WestEaston

Wilson

GlendonRiverview

Park

Hugh Moore Park

Palm

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D & L Tr ail

Karl StirnerArts Trail

Forksof theDelaware

Wy Hit TukCounty Park

DelawareCanal

State Park

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Smith Ave

HopeRd

Freemansburg AveWilliam Penn Highway

NationalCanal

Museum/D&L

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DELAWARE & LEHIGH

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EASTON AREA

Crossing the Lehigh River at Glendon, the D&L Trail follows the Lehigh

Canal towpath to Easton, where it turns right at the Forks of the

Delaware Trailhead and meets the Delaware Canal towpath. Easton is

home to America’s oldest open air market in a vibrant downtown

that includes fine restaurants, galleries, the Sigal Museum, and

the venerable State Theater. Six-mile-long Hugh Moore Park

stretches along the Lehigh River and is home to the National

Canal Museum, four miles of watered canal, a working lock,

and Pennsylvania’s only mule-drawn canal boat ride, the Josiah

White II. South of Easton, the trail passes through quaint

Raubsville, where a hydroelectric plant built at Locks

22 and 23 powered a paper mill and trolley line.

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MountainTop

WhiteHaven

To Wilkes-Barre(unimproved trail)

NescopeckState Park Lehigh Gorge

State Park

White Haven Library/Visitor’s Center

D & L Trail

Lehigh River

CrystalLake

MooseheadLake

State GameLand 119

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Mountaintop is currently the northernmost trailhead on the D&L

Trail. From here, the Black Diamond section of the D&L Trail continues

of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Trail users pass

pristine Moosehead Lake, lush forests, beaver

ponds and wetlands. This section includes

a “recycled” highway bridge spanning a

Reading Northern Railroad line and parcels

of private property (Please be respectful!). In

White Haven, trail users enter Lehigh Gorge

State Park, passing by steep sandstone walls

on 26 continuous miles of D&L Trail

along the Lehigh River’s whitewater.

www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks

MOUNTAINTOP – WHITE HAVEN

Carbon County is named for its rich anthracite coal deposits, which

fueled the American Industrial Revolution in the mid-19th century.

Coal was transported on the Lehigh Canal, which is still watered from

Weissport to Parryville. The mighty Lehigh River and the steep,

forested mountains have attracted visitors – including John James

Audubon – to Lehigh Gorge

since the 1820s. Jim Thorpe,

the county seat, is a great

base for exploring the area’s

historic and cultural attractions

and recreational opportunities.

A planned pedestrian bridge across the Lehigh River in Jim Thorpe is

expected to open by the end of 2017 creating 60 continuous miles

of D&L Trail between the Black Diamond Trailhead and Northampton

Canal Street Park Trailhead.

LEHIGH GORGE STATE PARK – PARRYVILLE

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Penn HavenJunction

Lehighton

Jim Thorpe

Weatherly

Lehigh GorgeState Park

Lehigh CanalPark

Lehigh GorgeState Park

Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau

D & L Trail

D & L Tra i l

Switchback Trail

Rockport Access Area

Glen OnokoAccess Area

Lehigh River

Mauch ChunkLake Park

State Game Land 141

State Game Land 141

Asa Packer Mansion Museum

St Mark’s Episcopal

Church

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Coalport Rd

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Kreidersville

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Bowmanstown

Slatington

Northampton

Walnutport

Palmerton

CanalStreetPark

SlateHeritage

Trail

Appalachian Trail

D & L Tr ail

IrontonRail Trail

State GameLand 168

Lehigh GapNature Center

Lehigh River

River Dr

Cove Rd

Riverview Rd

Paint Mill Rd

Main St

South of Lehighton is the Marvin Gardens Trailhead located along

Route 895 and the East Penn Trailhead with boat access to the Lehigh

River Water Trail. At the intersection of Carbon, Lehigh, and Northampton

counties is Lehigh Gap, where the Kittatinny Ridge rises 1,000 feet on

both sides of the Lehigh River and the Appalachian Trail intersects the

D&L Trail. Lehigh Gap Nature Center, a wildlife preserve and education

facility built on a former Superfund site, is also worth exploring here.

Farther south, the Slatington Trailhead offers access to the Slate Heritage

Trail and a town built on the slate industry. Cross the river to visit an

original locktender’s house and 3.9 mile D&L Trail spur in the canal

town of Walnutport.

BOWMANSTOWN – NORTHAMPTON

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Fullerton

FountainHill

Whitehall

Hellertown

Allentown Bethlehem

SouthBethlehemGreenway

SauconRail Trail

MonocacyWay

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Greenway

Hanover TwpCanal Park

Kimmett’sLock

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LEHIGH VALLEY

The Lehigh Valley is the third most populated region in Pennsylvania

and includes three cities: Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton. The D&L

Trail, built on the Lehigh Canal towpath, connects all three. There are 13

trailheads from Northampton to Easton. Visit www.delawareandlehigh.

org for current details. The Lehigh Valley was a world leader in iron,

steel, cement, and slate production, largely due to infrastructure

provided by the Lehigh Canal and, later, the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

Bethlehem, founded as a Moravian village in 1741, became

synonymous with the word “steel” throughout much of the

20th century. Next door, Allentown was a center of commerce

and Easton was an important manufacturing and transportation

hub. Today, visitors can enjoy arts, culture, history, sports, and

even casino gambling.

DELAWARE CANAL STATE PARK – BRISTOL AREA