Canal Park

Always loved coming here. Still very peaceful and relaxing. Generally clean. As a teenager in the 80s, we would come every weekend in summer and cook out across the bridge, sadly that area is no longer accessible. Looks like the parks department finally trimmed the weeds along the canal. Thanks for that.

I really enjoy riding bike in this trail, it is very well maintained, the people you come across are friendly and keep their distance. Everyone follows road rules so its very easy to navigate, even when there's others walking. Theres parking , benches along the way, and of coarse the water. If you are looking to decompress after work, or get out of the house to get some air this is a nice place to do it .

Great access to the Lehigh River, D&L Trail, and Lehigh Canal. Public restrooms sometimes available. There's a pavilion that can be reserved with Allentown City Parks. The park is in need of some love and care: there's a perpetual litter problem, ear splitting music, jet skiers who routinely violate basic boating laws and safety, and occasional car break-ins have been reported. The park is regularly policed by the City of Allentown.

We were here early because of heat it was quiet and peaceful. Excellent tow path walk.

Cool place to give shot

Beautiful and so peaceful. Best place in all of the Lehigh Valley in my opinion. The river is so amazing, straight out of a book like. And the wild life is flurising and blooming more and more every year. So happy everybody is keeping this place beautiful, please let keep it this way my good people :)

Amazing Lake, very clean.

Great place with many spots and can sleep there over night if you are looking for a spot

Absolutely love this park beautiful landscapes plenty to see one of the best walking trails in the lehigh Valley and carbon County it's somewhere that I spend a lot of time at! You gotta at least give it a shot

Took my grandsons there we had a great day fishing on the canal. It was a little noisy with all the jet skis, but it was fun to watch and just had a good day relaxing and fishing.

I love this place in fall ❤‍🔥🤩

Great place to get some quite away from city life. Also good place to magnet fish.

Nice trail along the canal. Nice to bike from Allentown to Bethlehem, however I'm told you can take it all the way to Easton with no problem. Also nice for dogs.

This is hardly a hidden gem of the Allentown park system. It is well hidden from the public and not easy to access by car. Amenities include a boathouse, a pavilion, and locked restrooms.

More interesting is the mix of four transportation modes from the region's history, beginning with roads, and continuing through canals, railroads, and finally bicycles. A steel girder bridge, a canal lock, and industrial structures add to the visual appeal of the park.

Arriving at Canal Park by bicycle on the D&L Canal towpath trail from Bethlehem is easy. It's 3.9 miles from the far-more-lively Sand Island park in Bethlehem. The trail is well-maintained by the two cities' parks departments. A recent tree fall completely blocking the towpath after a storm was cleared after a report by one of the volunteer trail keepers who do patrols along the towpath.

The surface of the trail is packed gravel and dries quickly after rainstorms.

Cute little place to walk the trails ,picnic or sit by the water . I take the kids bike riding there and they love it

Great spot to put your raft in and float anywhere you would like I usually go to sand island plenty of parking here and always seems safe to me

Nice place to go and relax and spend sometime with nature

Very peaceful to walk and relax

I ran along the trail next to the canal, which was quite nice. The serenity and beautiful path made for a very nice run.

Great place to come down and throw line in. I could only find two barbecuers though so they need to step that up otherwise beautiful walk pass Serene environment.