3-5 miles (depending on conditions)
Will it be another “meander in the mud” or will there be some snow around? Maybe some snow
geese too as they are on their annual migration.
Meeting place: 1:00 pm, Middle Creek Visitors Center
For further directions & information, contact: 610-589-5575
approx. 8 miles
We will hike from Oaks to downtown Phoenixville using a spur of the Schuylkill River Trail and some roads. This is mostly a flat hike along the Perkiomen creek and the old Schuylkill canal. Winter conditions and weather may alter this hike. Dress warm, bring a snack. Lunch will be our reward once we reach Phoenixville.
Meeting place: 9:00 am, Boscov’s East (east end of lot), Business Rt. 422 East, Exeter Twp; Hike will start from Lower Perkiomen Park around 10:00 am
For further information & directions, contact: 610-488-9269
approx.6 miles
Come out to hike with the leaders to see one of the leader's house from every angle! There will be two separate in-and-out hikes. The first hike will be on the unfinished Neversink Trail located on the East side of the Schuylkill River. Then we will trek to Heritage Park to see Jackson’s Landing, an old bridge abutment, and foundations from the glory days of the canal. We will proceed to the end as far as we can go then turn around and return to RACC. Next we will travel across the Schuylkill to the West Shore and hike past the Bertolet Fishing Pier, walk a section of the West Reading Bike Trail, and travel under a bypass tunnel.
Meeting place: 10:00 am, Goggleworks (Walnut & 2nd Streets, Reading) rear parking lot.
For further information & directions, contact: 610-373-8625 or 610-796-7602
6.5 miles
Generally easy walking on roads with 1 real hill. Among the historic sites that we will pass are the Abraham Levan Homestead lot of the 1750’s, Lesher, Peter, Pott and Hoch homesteads, the Hoch-Peter mill, and the Jacob Keim Homestead of the 1750’s, now owned by the Historic Preservation Trust of Berks County.
1st Meeting place: 9:45 am, Weis Market, Rt. 73 and Friedensburg Road in Oley
2nd Meeting place: 10:00 AM, Oley Valley Youth League, Bertolet Mill and Mud Roads, Oley (enter from Bertolet Mill Road),
For further information & directions, contact: 610-323-1703
5 miles
Short, easy trek to the open Mansion, watch family films then head to Middle Creek to see swans and/or snow geese, then approx. 5 miles fairly difficult hike on Millstone Trail. Bring boots for snow, money for lunch & beer and $10 for driver (100 miles total drive)
1st Meeting place: 9:00 am at C.J. Hummels Route 143, Lenhartsville
2nd Meeting place: 10:00 am at Saw Mill parking lot on RTE 625
For further information & directions, contact: 484-269-0852 or 484-515-8001
