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Technically, the starting point for the trail begins at Bristol Lions Park (100 Basin Park, Bristol, Pennsylvania); however, a gap currently exists between the park and the trailhead at Jefferson Avenue (near Prospect Street), making the Jefferson Avenue trailhead the best place to begin your journey.

One short gap, requiring some general route finding and road crossings, occurs in the first 3 miles. At Lincoln Highway/Bridge Street in Morrisville, about 9 miles along the route, a blockage on the trail requires a detour. Three former gaps—at Tullytown by the Levittown Town Center, at Tyburn Road in Morrisville, and at the CSX rail corridor just farther north of Tyburn Road—were resolved and formally opened in 2019 through efforts by the Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor and partners.

Washington Crossing Historic Park marks the site where George Washington gathered troops before embarking on the famous crossing of the Delaware River during the Revolutionary War.

A side trip across the Calhoun Street Bridge in Morrisville leads to New Jersey and the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trail, which runs along the Delaware River for almost 73 miles. Back on the D&L Trail, Washington Crossing Historic Park, a major attraction, lies 8 miles up from Morrisville. It marks the spot where General George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware on Christmas night in 1776 for a successful surprise attack on British forces.