The Schuylkill Center
“With 340 acres and over three miles of hiking trails, we welcome visitors to explore our forests and fields, our ponds and streams.”
Here is the Center’s website. Phone 215-482-7300 Trails Trail Map
Widener Trail 0.25 miles, paved. The trail “leads through fields and forest to the Widener Bird Blind. Feeders are filled year-round so you can observe local and migrating birds. Midway along the trail is Shadow Bog with a wooden deck and seating area.”
Hagys Mill Road 0.3 mile is flat. Call first to be sure of conditions.
Author: Cecilia
Delaware & LeHigh National Heritage Corridor
Delaware & LeHigh National Heritage Corridor
From Wikipedia: “The D&L Trail is a 165-mile (266 km) multi-use trail. The trail incorporates rail trails, rails with trails, share-the-road sections, and canal towpaths…The trail follows the route that anthracite coal took from mine to market. It winds through northern mountains and along the banks of the Lehigh and Delaware Rivers through northeast Pennsylvania, the Lehigh Valley, and Bucks County. The D&L Trail passes through towns, industrial powerhouses, and along remnants of the Lehigh and Delaware canals. This earthen path exposes walkers, hikers, bicyclists, and others to Pennsylvania wildflowers, waterfalls, and wildlife.” The corridor crosses may state, county and local parks.
Here is their website. Map
Lehigh Canal North from TrailLinks
Lehigh Canal South from TrailLinks
Walnutport to Weissport from TrailLinks
Lancaster County PA
Lancaster County
Parks, Trails, & Map 717-299-8215 Here is the County website.
Central Park Trails and facilities brochure and map
Conestoga Greenway Trail 1.3 miles paved pathway “that runs along the outer bank of the Conestoga River as it encircles the Sunnyside peninsula.” It “provides educational opportunities to study the riverway itself, as well as the wildlife and flora and fauna that call it home. ”
Conewago Recreation Trail 5.5 miles which “follows the Conewago Creek through scenic farmland and woodlands, and links to the Lebanon Valley RailTrail. ” Note, when I posted this in March 2016, there was a warning on the website that some sections of this trail are washed out.
Lancaster Junction Recreation Trail “runs for 2.3 miles between the hamlet of Lancaster Junction and Route 283. Like the Conewago Trail, Lancaster Junction Trail travels through some of Lancaster County’s most scenic farmland, and borders Chiques Creek in its northern half.”
Both Conewago and Lancaster Junction trails have “well-graded, level surfaces.”
? The Northwest Lancaster County River Trail Parts of this “fourteen-mile, multi-use, public recreation trail adjacent to the Susquehanna River” are accessible for wheelchairs, but not all. Call the county, the borough, or township numbers given in the website for information.
Asbury Woods
Asbury Woods
Asbury Woods is an independent non-profit organization with a mission “to provide all members of the community with meaningful environmental, educational and recreational experiences…”
Here is their website. 814-835-5356 Trail Guide Trail Map
Boardwalk Trail 1/3 mile located just behind the Nature Center. Trail features include mature woods, access to a quiet gazebo and a wetland deck where visitors can see summer dragonflies, turtles, ducks and more.
Varden Conservation Area
Varden Conservation Area
The 444-acre Varden Conservation Area is in Wayne County and is protected for future generations as a respite from daily life and a “place to learn about Pennsylvania’s wonderful natural history.”
Here is the Area website. Phone 570-676-3428 Trail descriptions.
Pond Loop Trail 0.73 mile ADA compliant “This trail begins at the teaching pavilion at the Tannery Tract, loops around to Middle Creek, passes through a forested area around a pond, and wraps back to the pavilion.”
Tobyhanna State Park
Tobyhanna State Park
5,440 acre Tobyhanna State Park is in Monroe and Wayne counties in northeastern Pennsylvania and includes 170-acre Tobyhanna Lake.
Phone 570-894-8336 Here is the Park website. Brochure
Lakeside Trail: 5.1 miles, “This improved trail has a hardened base for hiking and bicycling in summer and cross-country skiing and snowmobiling in winter. Although not recommended for people with disabilities, wheelchair users have completed the trail. Part of the trail is on the paved road. ”
Swatara State Park
Swatara State Park
“The 3,520-acre Swatara State Park consists of rolling fields and woodlands situated in the Swatara Valley, between Second and Blue mountains. The scenic Swatara Creek meanders the length of the park and is surrounded by forests and wetlands that support a diversity of wildlife.”
Phone 717-865-6470 Here is the Park website. Brochure
Swatara Rail Trail: 10 miles, “extends from Lickdale Interchange (Exit 90) of I-81 to the Pine Grove Interchange (Exit 100) of I-81. The trail is relatively flat, with variable surfaces: dirt, gravel and pavement.”
Sinnemahoning State Park
Sinnemahoning State Park
“Sinnemahoning State Park, located near the center of the Pennsylvania Wilds’ scenic steep valleys region, encompasses 1,910 acres of beautiful scenery and outstanding wildlife habitat.” The Park lies in Cameron and Potter counties and includes lands on both sides of First Fork Sinnemahoning Creek, and a 145-acre reservoir.
Here is the Park website. Phone 814-647-840 Brochure Map
Lowlands Trail 5 miles along “the course of the First Fork …..passing through open fields, shrubby riparian zones and mature, towering forests. “….. Interpretive panels along the way provide insights into the wildlife and ecology of the park. An ADA accessible wildlife viewing platform is located at the northern trailhead of the Lowlands Trail. This area is ideal habitat for deer, elk, woodcock, migratory songbirds and monarch butterflies. The trail from the wildlife viewing platform to the 40 Maples Day Use Area is ADA accessible. A spur of the trail near the 40 Maples Day Use Area leads to a secluded viewing blind that overlooks an abandoned beaver pond. Quiet visitors may be able to see great blue herons wading in the pond or painted turtles basking on partially submerged logs. Osprey, green herons, belted kingfishers, bobcats and whitetail deer also frequent the area.”
Presque Isle State Park
Presque Isle State Park
“Presque Isle State Park is a 3,200-acre sandy peninsula that arches into Lake Erie.”
Here is the Park website. Phone 814-833-7424 Brochure
Karl Boyes Multi-purpose National Recreation Trail “makes a 13.5-mile circuit in the park. This paved trail is designated as a National Recreation Trail. This ADA accessible trail is popular with bicyclists, in-line skaters and joggers. During the winter, the trail is plowed from the entrance to the ranger station for hikers.”
Great Allegheny Passage
Great Allegheny Passage
“Now the longest rail-trail east of the Mississippi River, the 150-mile Great Allegheny Passage (GAP) spans two states in its course along great rivers and across mountain passes. Running from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Cumberland, Maryland, the trail traces the paths of railroads that helped build America.” Here is the website. Described in TrailLink. Trail Grade and Surface