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From the nature center, it’s another 7 miles to Weissport. Note the 1-mile-long section of shared roadway on Riverview Road between East Penn Township and PA 895. Lehighton to Weissport has another 1-mile on-road segment that heads north on Lehigh Drive and then east across the river at Bridge Street to a section of trail heading 1.7 miles south to Parryville or 3 miles north toward the borough of Jim Thorpe. Just before crossing the river, you can also head 0.5 mile north to Lehighton on a spur that provides access to the downtown area, where you’ll find a variety of restaurants and the headquarters for the Lehighton Outdoor Center, a biking and whitewater rafting outfitter.

On the east side of the river, the route from Weissport formerly ended just before Jim Thorpe, requiring local shuttle services to serve trail users passing through. Through a partner effort, a new pedestrian bridge, completed in the summer of 2019, enables users to seamlessly cross from Weissport west over the Lehigh River into Jim Thorpe on off-road trail, where trail users can head north along the river to Lehigh Gorge State Park and beyond.