SUE will lead a 4-5- miles hike in the NOLDE FOREST with some hills. This is a moderate, pleasant walk in a wood land environment. Lunch afterwards is an option.
MEET: 9:30 AM at the MANSION PARKING LOT.
ADDRESS: 3025 New Holland Road, Reading
DIRECTIONS: Rte. 625 two miles south of Rte. 724 and Kenhorst Shopping Center.
TELEPHONE: Leader Sue 484-948-5084 with questions.
BEVERLY will lead a moderate 4 to 5 mile hike on a mountain bike loop in Swatara State Park in Northern Lebanon County. We will hike sections of loops A and B to get to Loop C. We will do the entire Loop C and return on A and B. We will meet at the trail head at the Mountain Bike complex (NOT Trout Run).
MEET: 10:00 A.M. at State Park Lane trail head.
DIRECTIONS: Interstate 78 to Interstate 81North. Exit at first Exit (Lickdale/Ft Indiantown Gap, Route 72). Left at light on top of exit. Left at the next light (North on route 72). Continue on Route 72 until it changes to Route 443 East. 0.9 miles to the entrance to State Park Lane, turn right, continue to the parking lot on the left. (the sign for State Park Lane is hard to see, it is opposite of Chapel Drive.) If you get to Twin Grove RV Resort, you went too far. If you come over the mountain and through Pine Grove, use 443 west. State Park Lane is on the left 2.4 miles after Twin Grove RV Resort. For those who use GPS, 0 Chapel Dr, Jonestown, PA 17038 should get you to the entrance to State Park Lane.
TELEPHONE: Leader Bev 484 665-0196 or 610 603 6876c the day of the hike.
HERB has planned a 4-4.5 mile round trip walk around Scott's Run lake in French Creek State Park. We will walk on the Horse-Shoe Trail, other park trails and some park roads. We will be looking for signs of beaver activity, walk though several organized group camping areas, an old gravel pit and return to our cars. There is a rumor of a lemonade stand along the trail! There are some rocky areas and several short hills. Maybe it will be cooler by the lake. Lunch afterwards is an option.
MEET: 9:00 A.M. Scott's Run Lake second parking lot after the dam.
CONTACT: Leader Herb 484-252-9493c with questions.
LES will lead a 5 mile hike in Bryn Coed Preserve, a Natural Lands Park in northern Chester County. This hike utilizes new trails recently opened beginning from a township park at the western end of Bryn Coed. The township park has a 1.5 mile trail around its perimeter with a half mile connector trail to Bryn Coed. At the end of the connector trail, the hikers will have a choice of 2 possibilities. One is 3/4 mile to reach the area of Bryn Coed where prior hiking here has ended. The other is 1 mile through private land to a new entrance to Bryn Coed beyond its south western border. Either way, we return via the 1 mile or 3/4 mile trail, then take the half mile trail back to the township park.
MEET #1: 9:30 AM in the gravel parking lot in the rear of St Peters Village. There will be an approximate 10 mile shuttle to Bryn Coed.
MEET #2: Township parking at Bryn Coed, 1422 St Matthews Rd, Chester Springs
TELEPHONE: Leader Les with questions 610-323-1703
KAY will lead a fairly easy hike from Hopewell Lake to Scott’s Run Lake and return in French Creek State Park. Only one small hill and an option to return after 3 miles or hike all around the Lake for 4.5 miles. Mostly shady, except for the dam breasts. Call if the weather looks iffy.
MEET: 10:00 AM @ Hopewell Lake Boat Launch.
TELEPHONE: Leader Kay 610-796-7602 with questions.
KATHY will lead a hike in French Creek State Park on the red blazed Raccoon Trail. The trail is in & out-4 miles. It is a rocky trail. We will pass the remains of an old cabin, of a former Hopewell Furnace worker.
MEET: 9:30AM @ Hopewell National Park Visitor’s Center parking lot to carpool to start of the hike, due to limited parking there.
TELEPHONE: Leader Kathy 610-603-9461 with questions.
LES will lead a 4-5 mile hike along a road and a trail next to the Little Schuylkill River in Schuylkill County until it reaches Route 61. We will return along the same route. If the hike proves to be too short, an option will be to explore a trail at the rear of the parking lot.
1st MEET: 9:30 AM @ the Leesport Redner’s Market
2nd MEET: 10:00 AM @ a game lands parking lot on Rockland Rd. Take Route 61 north, turn right onto Route 895. In Drehersville, turn right onto Hawk Mountain Rd, then the first right onto Rockland Rd. Continue ‘till Rockland does close to a 90° left turn and soon after a 90° right turn. Instead of taking the right, turn left into a game lands parking lot.
TELEPHONE: Leader Les 610-323-1703 with questions.
