The D&L Blog Trails

Trail Blog #7 Written by: Jay Marsden In the town of Upper Black Eddy I began the next leg of my journey along our corridor. Here I found a small peaceful park office and a…

Trail Blog #6 Written by: Jay Marsden Do you know who Hugh Moore is? He has a park named after him in Easton so obviously he was someone important, right? I didn’t and obviously my…

Trail blog #5 Written by: Jay Marsden Driving into the City of Allentown toward Canal Park was a bit different than steering toward other trailheads I have visited thus far.   To reach the D&L Trail…

Written by Elissa Garofalo This has been a year of transition for the National Canal Museum. In January it was still located in downtown Easton. But due to Crayola’s expansion at Two Rivers Landing, the…

Trail Blog #4 Written by: Jay Marsden The focus of my blog posts so far has been to uncover hidden secrets along the D&L Trail.  The “gems” if you will, surrounding the Trail in the…

Trail Blog #3 Written by: Jay Marsden Separated by the Lehigh River, Walnutport and Slatington are two small towns that held a very large significance in their time; yet, they served two very different purposes….

Trail Blog #2 Written by: Jay Marsden The rich history in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, the place that I call my home, is no secret. From being the thriving coal town of the 19th century named…

Trail Blog #1 Written by: Jay Marsden Last week I spent a day in and around White Haven, the north entrance to Lehigh Gorge State Park and the D&L Trail. I was able to hitch…

Greetings Trail Tenders, It is the season once again to get our hands dirty and do our part to maintain our beloved parks, locks, and trails. The following is a list of upcoming clean ups…

Help us celebrate the beginning of construction of the D&L Trail’s newest access point. The Lehighton Trailhead will provide access to the soon-to-be-completed section of trail between Lehighton and the East Penn Boat Launch. What:…

Written by Jay Marsden As a college student, can I truly be sure of the future ahead of me? Of course not – that’s exactly why I accepted a summer internship outside of my major….

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