“Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the
mountaineer. Camp out among the grasses and gentians of glacial meadows, in
craggy garden nooks full of nature’s darlings. Climb the mountains and get
their good tidings, Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into
trees …”
~ John Muir
~ 1838-1914
The peace of a beautiful winter afternoon is palpable on a January day along
the snow sugared trail of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
(D&L Trail) that hugs the Kittatinny Ridge at Lehigh Gap.
In
the shadow of the Kittatinny Ridge, also called Blue Mountain, The Lehigh Gap
in Slatington, Pennsylvania, is a crossroads where the Lehigh Gap Nature
Center’s trails connect two historic trails – the Appalachian Trail and the
D&L Trail.
The
Appalachian Trail, a foot path, follows the ridge on both sides of the Lehigh
Gap, running 1,245 miles south to Georgia and 930 miles north to Maine. Running
from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, the D&L Trail passes through the Lehigh and
Delaware rivers and their canals in Pennsylvania.
