Found a great beginner hike in PA

I'm an intermediate hiker and my girlfriend told me she wanted to try some backpacking, so I started looking around for trails. This past weekend we had our first trip together and it was a blast.

We parked my car at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center, located at the lehigh water gap. We had a friend drop us off at PA 309, about 13 miles away. The road rises up to meet the trail, so there was no initial uphill hike to get onto the trail. The first several miles were all flat and wide, perfect for inexperienced hikers to get their footing. There was some rock scrambling at the knife's edge and bake oven knob, but it was still fairly easy. We stayed at the bake oven knob shelter overnight, which was about 6 miles from our start. Next day we hiked out to the nature center at the water gap. This day was a little over 7 miles, had less rocks and was mostly downhill all day.

Anyone in eastern PA or Western NJ looking for an easy 2 day hike should definitely look here. It is perfect for the inexperienced to get a taste of the AT.