Approx 4-5 miles
Leader will begin hike at the Root Beer Barrel in Cornwall. We will walk towards Mt. Gretna. Individual hikers can turn around whenever they choose, but the objective is to get to Mt. Gretna before turning course.
Meeting place: 10:00asm at the route 419 trailhead in Cornwall.
GPS: 40.276849, -76.411277
Fort more information or further directions, contact: 610-850-1855
Approx. 4.5 miles
Leader will do some trails in the now closed Kaercher Creek County Park. We will see some remnants of the graded but never finished Allentown & Auburn Railroad from 1875, as well as a nice blend of woods, town roads, cemetery, and fields. Lunch to be decided the day of the hike.
Meeting place: 10:00 am at the Kaercher Creek boat launch area.
Directions: Take route 61 to Hamburg bear right onto 4th St., at third traffic light turn right onto State St. (Old Route 22) Proceed about one mile and turn right at driveway into the former park, across from the Hamburg Center.Look foir the red and white sign for the Hamburg Soccer Associastion.
GPS: 3501 Old Route 22, Hamburg
For more information or further directions contact: 610-603-6876
Approx 3-4 miles
Happy Halloween!Have you heard? There are man-eating spiders in Wyomissing climbing the walls of houses. Or...maybe you know about the skeletons running loose on rooftops of homes? If we keep looking, we may find some other spirits visiting Wyomissing at this time of year.
Wear your favorite mask and join the fun! Always dress appropriately for weather conditions.
Meeting place: 10:00am at 1700 Parkside Drive South, Wyomissing, 19610
Directions: Coming from Buttonwood Street on Museum Road, turn right onto Parkside Drive South & follow to the parking lot. Coming from Shillington on Museum Road turn left onto Parkside Drive South. and go to the parking lot.
For more information and further directions, contact: 610-796-7602
Approx 5 miles
Hike at Clarence Schock Memorial Park
Meeting place: 10:00 A.M. Environmental Center at 3283 Pinch Road, Lebanon, PA 17042.
GPS: 40 14 14.72N - 76 27 31.22W
DIRECTIONS: Route 422W to 501South in Myerstown; Route 419S in Schaefferstown; Route 72S in Quentin and 117N shortly afterwards (note: you will be merging on Rt 322/72 entering on the left and the exit is on the right very soon.) 2.2 miles turn left on Pinch Road (across from the Pizzeria immediately after the pull-in parking section of Mt Gretna.), 1 mile to Environmental Center entrance on the left. Note: May quest states to use the turnpike from Reading, these are how I get there from Hamburg.
Lunch afterwards: There are picnic tables at the Environmental Center.
For more information and further directions, contact: 484-665-0196 with questions.
Approx. 4-5 miles
L. ROHRBACH will lead a return to Roaring Creek. This is a watershed north of Centralia along Route 42. Three reservoirs adjoin an 8-mile rail trail that runs from Route 42 to Route 54. The hike will begin from Route 42 and proceed on the rail trail to the scenic 1-mile-long middle reservoir. For those desiring a modestly longer and more varied hike, we will take a side trail through the woods that might add about 3/4 mile to get to the middle reservoir. Bring a sandwich to eat at the picnic tables at the reservoir before the return hike
NOTE: If there is inclement weather, a Blue Marsh hike will be substituted.
Meeting place: 8:45 AM at Church Road off Route 183. From here there will be a drive of about 1 hour 15 minutes to reach the starting point.
For more information and further directions, contact: 610-850-1855
The weather looks good for this coming Thursday October 10th, so let’s plan to start hiking from the Brentwood parking lot. We will walk upriver and possibly make it to the West Reading fishing Pier and back.
Meeting place: 10:00 A.M. at Brentwood Parking Lot, 620 Morgantown Road, Reading.
DIRECTIONS: Coming from Reading over the Bingaman Street Bridge, turn left onto Morgantown Road (route 10). Travel .9 mile and look for Brentwood parking lot on the left side.
For more information and further directions, contact: 610-796-7602
No ALTERNATE hike scheduled this week.
