Leaser Lake Park offers a 4-mile loop trail around the edge of the lake, providing a very flat and scenic place to get exercise. Along this trail, there are numerous locations where you can stop to fish from the water’s edge, picnic at one of the many tables or groomed lawns, and watch some wildlife. The trail includes forested areas, wetlands, grassland, and meadows, providing diverse ecologies to explore.
The Lehigh County park is a beautiful place to see birds, fish, turtles, and deer, among other wildlife that prefer life near bodies of water. The Fish and Boat Commission stocks the lake with Largemouth Bass, Channel Catfish, White Crappie, Muskellunge, Walleye, and Trout for consistent fishing. The birds native to the area range from Canadian geese to red-tailed hawks. Eastern bluebird, northern mockingbird, song sparrow, and other songbirds and warblers are also common.
Walking along the 4-mile loop trail will take hikers through oak, hemlock, and beech forests with Christmas fern and fan clubmoss floors. It will also take them through wildflower meadows featuring dame’s rocket, Canada mayflower, and yellow star grass, with milkweed and blackberry flowers lining the lake’s edge. The wetlands harbor skunk cabbage and mayapples.
Leaser Lake owes its namesake to Frederick Leaser, who had a hand in transporting the Liberty Bell to safety during the Revolutionary War. When the British were on the verge of seizing Philadelphia, the Liberty Bell was moved to Allentown’s Zion Reformed Church in fear of its destruction. Frederick Leaser, who lived with his family in Lynn Township, was commemorated for his actions when the lake was given his name upon its creation in 1971.
Wildlands has worked alongside Lehigh County as an official park partner, promoting environmental protection, restoration, and education across all of Lehigh County’s parks. Wildlands has also been known to run some events at the lake, like the ‘Get Out! For Wellness’ walks.
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