This is a very nice trail, one of the best in the area. Good for walking, jogging and biking. Picnic tables and benches are located all along the entire trail. Trail is flat with great scenery on both sides. In Slatington there are places to stop and get something to eat. If you ride to Bowmanstown there are also places to eat. Rest rooms are being built in Slatington and should be open very soon. I hope in the future the trail gets extended toward Coplay and the Ironton Rail Trail.

I confirmed this with the Northampton assistant borough manager. You can still use Canal Street, a relatively lightly-traveled street, to reach the new Cementon trailhead, and I have corrected the Google Maps site that shows it as a bike path. For what it's worth, Northampton is only in the discussion phase when it comes to the D&L Trail bicycle route through Canal Park.

This is section through Northampton Canal Park. It's paved, and is close to the river. However it is also prominently signed "no bicycles" . We enjoyed riding that section very much yesterday...even if we were breaking the law...

My wife and I rode this trail two weeks ago on our mt. bike tandem, and I can honestly say it may now be the best trail in the surrounding area. In May of this year a new section of trail was completed, and it is now possible to ride about 17 miles on this D&L portion in one direction. This new portion starts at the Cementon trail head and continues on to Laurys Station where you encounter another trail parking area. Continue on to Treichler's bridge and yet another trail parking area and then on to Slatington. All of this is new trail and not yet shown on the current map. In Slatington is another parking area, and the trail continues on to a park in Bowmanstown. The trail, as of last week, had a closed sign from the nature center to Bowmanstown as they put the final touches on the new trail surface, but we rode it on a weekend when no work was being done to the trail. As for the canal trail in Walnutport which is across the bridge from Slatington, it remains, in my opinion,safe ( except for the Canada geese when they have their young) but does appear in need of some TLC.

Today was the first time I was on this trail. (I usually walk on the Ironton Rail to Trail) Anyway, my son and I decided to try this trail out. We entered the trail from a playground off of 2nd Street in Cementon and walked toward Laury's Station for about a mile or so. It was a nice shaded walk to do in the afternoon. Does anyone know if they are continuing to do work on this part of the trail? Also, I didn't see a place to park to enter the trail at the D & L Cementon Trail Head- does anyone know if there is parking there?

I've also seen ATV's and loud motorized vehicles on the trail most times I've been on the Laurys Station stretch and on the railroad side of Walnutport Canal. Now there are concrete barriers by the entrances at 329 and along the trail. They are making an effort on parts of some of the Lehigh Valley trails, but I think the fact that the trails go through numerous jurisdictions it makes laws tough to enforce.

This is a nice trail and is my favorite local trail so far. It offers a nice ride from Walnutport to the 873 bridge then the trail has a rough patch of the ballast rock but it is pretty well packed down. Then it is just a dirt trail after that. There is great scenery along the way, including small water falls and views of the valley.

I didn't see the trail name for the Laurys station Portion of the D&L, but we just tried it tonight and we were rather disappointed to say the least. We understand this trail is not completed yet, but thought it connected up to the Walnutport portion of the D&L. We headed out towards Walnutport from the trailhead in Laurys Station. The trail starts out with rail to trail feel, but then that ends and you head through the woods. This is fine except you pass what looks like an abandoned campground with broken down campers etc on the right. It looked like some sort of horror movie scene to be honest, then you pass by some nicer homes a little further up and it feels like you're driving thru their front yard. We got up to the 145 bridge and heard a bunch of yelling and screaming and a bunch of dirt bikes and 4 wheelers. Since we were trying to ride to enjoy nature etc, we turned around to the other way on the trail. After we turned around 3 minutes later their was a scruffy looking guy following on us on a motorized mini scooter. Then another scruffy guy came up behind him on a mini dirt bike. we pulled over to allow them to pass and only one did. Then he stopped and we passed him. They ended up following us the entire way. We felt like we were somewhere we didn't belong and were being chased. I actually thought about reaching for my cell phone several times. When we got back to the completed part of the trail, the two guys on the motorized bikes went right up on the trail and passed us as if the rules didnt apply to them. (NO MOTORIZED VEHICLES!) Thankfully they ran out of fuel about half way up then we passed them and continued on our way. We decided to take the trail in the opposit direction towards cementon. This part of the trail looks really nice we went only about 3 miles up to the water authority and turned around. It was getting dark and after being chased through the other part of the trail we wanted to be safe getting back. We will ride the southern part of this trail again but will not be going towards walnutport that is for sure. Is there a number to call to report motorized vehicles on the trails or do the police handle it?

This "trail" really consists of 4 trails. Ones is not even listed.

The southern starting point of this trail shows a spot a few miles south of walnutport/Slatington. The best advice is to drive into from 145 Walnutport, head towards Slatington and as soon as you cross the river, there is parking next to the Pizza parlor on the right or a big parking lot on the left.

1) If you head north(right side of the road), take the west side of the river if you want some incredible views. Be advised though that about 2 miles into the west side trail, you will hit some really bad trail right after the airport. the stones are the big 2 inch chunk type found along most railroads. Tough it out for about 1/4 mile for the best part of the whole trail. You will come to a point where the trail splits off to the left and goes straight up hill. Take this if you want to see the whole valley, go straight if you want to stay near the river. The ride is pretty rough though. Not a whole lot of fun. When you come back, if taking the high route, pass the exit coming back down, and continue to the end of this trail. this leads to the highest spot your going to get access to on a bike. There is an antenna mounted at the end, and a big rock jut, that is great for some cool photos.
2) if you head north again, but this time take the right side of the Lehigh, its a really nice stroll down mostly macadam. It has a lot of nice spots that are very pretty in the fall etc.. The views are basically water level river to the left and canal to the right. The trail ends at the bridge down by 873. Kind of tame.
3) Now if you head south from the parking lot go off to the left if you want to take the old canal tow path. Basicall a tame little ride to nowhere. Views are all nice, but basically woods and canal.
4) A trail that isn't even marked is the one that heads off to the right. it looks like a little alley as it follows past the backyards of a whole bunch of older houses. There is a dog that is usually tethered to back of one of these homes, so be on the look out. He scared the crap out of my wife the last time we went that route. Once you get away from the homes, this trail turns into a really nice ride through the woods and follows trout creek. As it comes to road crossings, dont give up, keep looking for the trail on the other side. Usually it will be located near the stream. One point it actually looks like you have to go though a persons backyard as the trail is very faint. But dont worry, its state land. Stay on the trail until it ends in Slatedale.
That wraps up this entire trail system. As I write this though, they are actively working to expand the system all the way down to Laurys Station.