Saturday March 30, 219 - Wyomissing Park Hike

4 to 5 easy to moderate miles

Join our leader to look for signs of spring as we meander along the Wyomissing Creek and walk through the woods near the Highlands in Wyomissing.

Meeting place: 9:30 am, park in the lot along the 1600-1700 block of Parkside Drive South, across from the YR Club, Wyomissing.

for more information and further directions, please contact:  610-670-2412

Saturday March 23, 2019 - Furnace Creek Hike

3 to 4 moderate miles

Look for signs of early spring flowers at the Furnace Creek area near Robesonia. This is a wooded area near the Robesonia Furnace Historic district. This will be a shuttle hike. Lunch later at Ozgoods.

Meeting place: 10:00 am, Conrad Weiser Middle School, 347 Penn Avenue, Robesonia 

For more information or further directions, please contact: 610-589-5575; Cell – 610-507-5600

Saturday March 16, 2019 - Pine Swamp hike

4 to 5 moderate miles

Discover the Pine Swamp Natural Area located in French Creek State Park. The hike will be on back roads, the Horseshoe Trail and other park trails. We will circle back to our cars. Lunch after is an option.

Meeting place: 10:00 am

Directions: 422 East to 345 to Birdsboro. Continue on 345 to French Creek S.P. entrance. Bear right on Park Rd to parking lot across from the Park office 

For more information or further directions, please contact: 484-252-9493

Saturday March 9, 2019 - Middle Creek Hike

6-7 moderate to difficult miles

We will be lead a 6-7 mile hike in the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area. The tour road will be followed, so the first few miles will be in the sun. The second half of the hike will be on shaded unpaved road.

Meeting place: 10:00 am, Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Visitors Center 

Directions: From 272 South, take 897 North for 14 miles to Kleinfeltersville, then first left after stop sign onto Hopeland Rd, then 2 miles to Visitors Center 

GPS: 100 Museum Road, Stevens

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

Saturday March 2, 2019 - Schuylkill River Trail Hike

6.5 moderate miles

This shuttle hike begins on the Horseshoe Trail as it leaves French Creek State Park. We will enter the Birdsboro Watershed and hike to Kulptown. Then the connector trail with a great view of Amity Township takes us to the Schuylkill River Trail and the hike’s end.

Meeting place: 9:45 am, Schuylkill River Trailhead on Rt. 724 in Monocacy, behind the Fork and Ale where the Schuylkill River Trail crosses Rt. 724

Directions: Eastbound on Rt. 724, just east of Center Rd, take the first left 

GPS: approximately 1273 East Main Street, Birdsboro

PLEASE NOTE: Snow, ice or rain cancels the hike 

For more information or further directions, please contact: 610-323-1703

Saturday February 23, 2019 - Warwick Furnace Hike

4-5 moderate miles

This will be a road hike in a very charming valley in Chester County, near Warwick Park. See the newly uncovered stonework of the 17th century furnace. Some hills, but very little traffic on these roads.


Meeting place: 9:30 am, Warwick Park to carpool as parking on site is very limited 

Directions: Take I-176 South to Morgantown, proceed East on Route 23 approximately 9 miles to Warwick village. Turn right on County Park Road (between houses in the village). Proceed 1/4 mile to park entrance on the left. Go to office, turn left into lower parking lot.

GPS: 191 County Park Road, Pottstown 

For more information or further directions, please contact: 484-948-5084

Saturday February 16, 2019 - Middle Creek Hike

5-6 moderate to difficult miles

We will be lead on this 5 to 6 mile hike in the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area. Weather permitting, we will start by hiking up a steep fire road to Elders Run Trail. Elders Run Trail will be followed to the Middle Creek Trail, then back to the parking area. There will be a long steep hill and stones to contend with. If there is much snow on the ground, we will find an alternate route. Bring water and snacks. This is a nice wooded trail hike. There are several places in the area to stop for lunch after the hike.


Meeting place: 10:00 am, Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Visitors Center 

Directions: From 272 South, take 897 North for 14 miles to Kleinfeltersville, then first left after stop sign onto Hopeland Rd, then 2 miles to Visitors Center 

GPS: 100 Museum Road, Stevens

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

Saturday February 9, 2019 - Skinner's Loop at Blue Marsh Lake

5-6 moderate miles

This year we will hike Skinners Loop and not what I previously thought was Skinners Loop! Since this is winter, be prepared for seasonal weather. If there is snow on the ground we may need to make alternate plans; however, we will have the same meeting place.

Meeting place: 9:30 am, Old Church Rd parking lot where we will carpool to a closer lot. 
Directions: Left from 183 North (Bernville Rd) approx. 6 miles from 222. NOTE: Snow, rain or extreme cold cancels the hike

For more information or further directions, contact: 717-376-5289

Saturday February 2, 2019 - Sheerlund Forest Trail Hike

5 moderate miles

Leader hopes to have snow to make the hike bright! We will hike to Sheerlund Forest and back on trails, roads and sidewalks. There will be a few inclines that are not too bad. Lunch later of course!

Meeting place: 9:30 am, Brentwood trailhead parking lot, Rt. 10, Morgantown Road 
NOTE: Steady rain or snow cancels the hike

for more information or further directions, contact: 610-750-4097

Saturday January 26, 2019 - Perkiomen Trail - Graterford Trailhead

6-8 moderate milesWe will hike from the Graterford Trailhead and do an “in and out” hike from that location. Celebrate co-leader Karen’s 60th birthday afterwards at a restaurant or diner in the Collegeville area! You can watch Karen order her “senior meal”! Should be minimal hills, mostly flat trail. Winter conditions and weather may alter this hike. Dress warm, bring a snack. Lunch will be our reward once we reach the end of our hike.

Meeting place: 9:00 am, Boscov’s East (east end of lot), Business Rt. 422 East, Exeter Twp; Hike will start from the Graterford Trailhead off Rt. 29 near Collegeville around 10:00 am

for more information and further directions, contact: 610-823-9023 or 610-909-5018

Saturday January 19, 2019 - Nolde Forest Winter Hike

approx. 5 difficult miles

Follow leader on this winter hike through the beautiful, manmade Nolde Forest. Expect some hills and maybe some snow.

Meeting place: 9:30 am, Sawmill parking lot

Directions: Off of Rt. 625, 2 miles south of Rt. 724 GPS: 2910 New Holland Road, Shillington

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

Saturday January 12, 2019 - Winter Walk Along the Tully

4 easy miles

Once again join your hiking friends in a winter walk along the Tulpehocken from the Berks Leisure area, passing Grings Mill, on to the Red Bridge area. Sip a cup of hot chocolate before heading back. Extreme weather and/or adverse trail conditions will cancel this hike.

Meeting place: 10:00 am, Berks Leisure parking lot

DIRECTIONS: Berkshire Blvd past Fox Theater, at stop sign turn right onto Tulpehocken Rd, then left into the parking lot, just past Country Meadows 
GPS: 1901 Tulpehocken Road, Wyomissing

For more information and further directions, contact: 610-301-7271

Saturday January 5, 2019 - Lehartsville Loop

approx. 5 easy miles

Join our “traditional” January hike along the Maiden Creek and country roads in the hills near Lenhartsville. This is an easy road hike with some nice views of the Maiden Creek and the hill country south of town. We will pass the remains of the 19th century Maiden Creek Iron Furnace as well. Lunch afterwards at C.J. Hummel’s restaurant.

Meeting place: 10:00 am, at the rear of the side parking lot of C.J. Hummel’s Restaurant, Rt. 143 in downtown Lenhartsville. 
GPS: 28 Willow Street 

For more information or further directions, contact:  610-921-3252 or 610-451-5380 on the day of the hike

Tuesday January 1, 2019 - Polar Bear Dip Hike without the Dip

4–5 moderate miles

Although this annual dip has been moved to another location, we will keep the tradition alive by leading the hike to the Myerstown Quarry, where we will probably see many others who did not know that the Polar Bear Dip is being held somewhere else. This will be a loop hike. We will return along country roads and go to Dutchway for the pork and sauerkraut buffet. Bundle in layers, it’s usually cold.

Meeting place: 10:45 am, Christ Lutheran Church, Stouchsburg

Directions: Go West on 422 past Womelsdorf, past the town of Stouchsburg on your left. The church sets back off 422W on the left, before the Blue Spruce Orchard on the right
GPS: 27 Longs Church Lane, Womelsdorf

For more information or further directions, contact: 610-678-5245

Saturday December 29, 2018 - Yuengling & Pottsville Hike

3-4 easy miles

End the year and begin the New Year with a visit to America’s oldest brewery, only a short drive from Reading. The brewery tour will be followed by a walk around Pottsville, stopping for lunch at Grandmas in the middle of the hike. Dress for the weather.

1st Meeting place: 10:00 am, Redners Market, Rt. 61 North, Leesport
GPS: 5471 Pottsville Pike, Leesport

2nd Meeting place: 10:45 am, Yuengling Brewery, 420 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville 

NOTE: Extreme weather cancels

For more information or further directions, contact :  610-589-5575, Contact Cell day of hike – 610-507-5600

Saturday December 22, 2018 - Perkiomen Trail Hike

4 to 5 moderate miles


Our Leader will lead this hike from Central Perkiomen Valley Park at Plank Road & Rt. 29 to the Collegeville Diner. It’s a fairly level walk on a cinder and packed gravel multi-use trail that follows Perkiomen Creek.

1st Meeting place: 8:30 am, Boscov’s East parking lot, Business. Rt 422 East, Exeter Twp. 
GPS: 4500 Perkiomen Avenue, Reading (east end of lot)

2nd Meeting place: 9:15 am, Collegeville Diner, 290 East Main Street, Collegeville, Pa. to shuttle to the Plank Road starting point (there are parking and restrooms available). 

Carpool if possible, although this is a shuttle hike and we will need to make sure we have enough cars, so please call if you intend to meet us somewhere else. 

Lunch will be at a hiking favorite – the Collegeville Diner! 

For more information or further directions, contact: 610-796-7602