General Club Facts:

Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States
Membership in the BCHC is $10.00 per person per year in order to receive the quarterly newsletter. Further information on membership can be obtained when attending a scheduled hike. Other subgroups within the BCHC are the "Thursday Wanderers." Most hikes are followed by a dinner stop. We call ourselves "The Eating Club with a Hiking Disorder"! ****Hiking and Trail Guidelines: ** Be courteous & stay behind the leader unless directed otherwise.** Offer $.10/mile to driver when carpooling. * *In the event of inclement weather, the hike may be canceled.** Please leave your pets at home.**If unable to keep a club commitment, please find a replacement. * Wear blaze orange during hunting season (Sept 1 to last day of Feb). * Appropriate footwear and attire should match the type of hike.** If you leave the hike early, notify the hike leader or ask someone to do that for you.** Bring water and food as the hike description and weather demand.* * Hiking involves risk. Come out prepared and know your capabilities. Each hiker is responsible for their own safety and well-being.

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Saturday June 25, 2022 - Blue Marsh

 6 Moderate miles

This loop hike at Blue Marsh passes the Old Dry Road Farm on our way to inspecting the buildings at the transplanted Hottenstein homestead. We then connect to the main trail for a mile before returning via Sterner Hill and Landis roads. Expect a good variety of terrain.

Meeting placde: 9:30 a.m. at Spring Creek trailhead on Brownsville Rd

Directions: Take State Hill Rd to its end at Brownsville Rd. Turn left onto Brownsville Rd and travel 2.9 miles. The parking lot is on the right at a bend in the road at the bottom of a hill. Normally there is a drop off turning into the parking lot, take it slowly.

GPS: Approx. 1143 Brownsville Road, Wernersville [40.369922, -76.080776] 

For more information or further directions: 610-850-1855


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Saturday, May 14, 2022

Saturday June 18, 2022 - Union Canal Trail

 4 Easy miles

Join me as we hike over the former "mule bridge" leading to the Union Canal trail. Starting at the Berks Leisure Area parking lot we'll hike the trail and then cross over to Penn State Berks Campus to explore that trail. Watch for Great Blue Herons along Tulpehocken Creek and maybe a few other early signs of summer. This is a rerun of March 12 hike that rain and snow cancelled!

Meeting place: 9:30 a.m. at Berks Leisure Area

DIRECTIONS: Berkshire Blvd past Fox Movie Theater, at the stop sign turn right onto Tulpehocken Road, then left into the parking lot, just after Country Meadows. 

GPS: 1901 Tulpehocken Road, Wyomissing

For more information or further directions, contact: 610-750-2748


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Sunday, May 8, 2022

Saturday June 11, 2022 - Robesonia Hike

 4 Easy miles

This hike will be mostly in the woods. Possible lunch stop afterwards. Call leader for more details.

Meeting place: 9:30 a.m. at Conrad Weiser Middle School and carpool to hike start.

Directions: From Sinking Spring, head west on Rte 422 through Wernersville. Just before you get to Robesonia, turn right onto C.W. School Road, and right again to parking lot. If you get to Ozgood’s, you went too far. 

GPS: 347 Penn Avenue, Robesonia 

For more information or further directions, contact: 610-507-5600


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