{"id":229960,"date":"2026-06-27T23:48:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T23:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229960\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T23:48:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T23:48:30","slug":"popular-scranton-walking-path-closed-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/229960\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Scranton walking path closed for summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE\/WYOU) \u2014 A popular walking path in Lackawanna County is shutting down for the summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pennsylvania American Water says a section of the Lake Scranton trail will be closed starting Friday through August 21 due to safety concerns along the roadway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The closure affects the stretch from the Small Stone Bridge area, where the path meets the road to the dam near the fishing pier.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/us\/articles\/inmates-receiving-college-level-education-003628221.html\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Inmates receiving college-level education across multiple counties;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Inmates receiving college-level education across multiple counties&quot;}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Inmates receiving college-level education across multiple counties <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some daily walkers say they do not mind the extra steps, even with the detour in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWell, they are closing a small section so it would actually make our daily walks longer because you would walk from one closed part to the next closed part and that adds about an extra mile or so to the distance you\u2019d walk every day,\u201d John Corkill of Scranton said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pennsylvania American Water wants to remind visitors not to go around gates or fencing to access the closed section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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