Saturday July 30, 2022 - Enola Low Grade Trail - Quarryville Section

 4-5 Easy miles

The trail is over 26 miles long so we will not be doing it all this day. We'll walk west for a couple of miles, turn around and walk east for a couple of miles.

1st Meeting place: 8a.m.at Ollie’s Outlet, 2251 Lancaster Pike, Shillington, to carpool. Leave at 8:08 and drive 31 minutes to Intercourse Fire Company for breakfast.

Directions: South on US-222 to Rte 340E, past Bird-in-Hand and go through Intercourse. Turn onto Shirk Road, the Fire Company will be on the left.

GPS: 10 N. Hollander Road, Intercourse

After breakfast we will drive 23 min. to Bushong Road Trailhead.

Directions: South on US-222, through Lancaster, east on 372 to Trailhead. 

GPS: 112 Bushong Road, Quarryville

Foir more information or further information, contact: 610-562-8680 or 484-515-8001 or email Mercedes.Jurkiewicz@gmail.com

Saturday July 23, 2022 - Blue Marsh

 4-5 Moderate miles

We will have refreshing lake views while hiking some of the trails in this local recreational park. Rain cancels.

Meeting place: 9:00 a.m. at Blue Marsh Visitor’s Center

Directions: Head north on 183. Just before Plum Creek Farm Market, turn left on Palisades to Visitor’s Center on the right. 

GPS: 1268PalisadesDrive, Leesport 

For more information or further directions, contact: 610-926-3452

Saturday July 16, 2022 - Nolde Park

6-7 Moderate / Strenuous miles 

Expect some hills as we meander through these woodland trails.

Meeting place: 9:30 a.m. at Sawmill parking lot off Rte 625

Directions: Rte 625 two miles south of Rte 724 and Kenhorst Shopping Center 

GPS: 2910 New Holland Road, Reading

For more information or further directions, contact: 484-824-2740

Saturday July 9, 2022 - Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area

 5-6 miles

This hike will visit Valley View overlook with a hill to climb to get there. Lunch at The Kville after the hike

Meeting place: 10:00 a.m. at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Visitors Center

Directions: From 272 south, take Rte 897 north for 14 miles to Kleinfeltersville, then take the first left after the stop sign onto Hopeland Road, then travel 2 miles to the Visitors Center. 

GPS: 100 Museum Road, Stevens 17578

For more information or further directions, contact: 717-949-2056

Saturday July 2, 2022 - Neversink Mountain

6 miles - strenuous, difficult

We will hike for half a mile thru streets of Mt Penn from Antietam Valley Shopping Center parking lot to the start of the East Ridge trail and continue hiking the Neversink trails for 5 miles, finally retracing our steps back to the parking lot for a 6-mile hike. Wear comfortable hiking shoes. Bring water.
Note: Inclement weather cancels the hike.

1st Meeting place: 9:30 a.m. at the northwest corner of the Antietam Valley Shopping Center parking lot. DIRECTIONS: From Reading take US-422 east to Mt Penn exit. Turn left onto E Neversink Rd (signs for St Lawrence/Mt Penn). After 0.6 miles, turn left onto US-422 BUS W/Perkiomen Ave. After 1.3 mile, make a sharp right onto PA-562 E/St Lawrence Ave. After 0.2 mile make a right into the Antietam Valley Shopping Center parking lot. The NW corner is next to the bank.

GPS: 2962 St Lawrence Ave, Reading [40.32817077351543, -75.87895581601859]

2nd Meeting place: 9:40 am at intersection of Fairview Ave and S 27 St, Mt Penn. Street parking only. 

For more information or further directions, contact: 484-467-8976