Let's take a walk through Lake Lenape Park

Looks there is a cute little nature/exercise trail running through the park that we can explore. Afterward, we'll find some ice cream

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Hike / bike / on-water distance: 2-3 miles
Meeting place: Lake Lenape Park, 210 E Walnut Street, Sellersville PA
Posted on meetup.com? NO
Leader: Cynthia Paetow 215-494-6973 cpaetow@hotmail.com
Co-leader: Michelle Hinkle 484-221-3172

Looking at a map, you wouldn’t give this park a second glance, but the Trexler Nature Preserve is a local jewel. It has some wonderful hills & valleys, amazing wildlife, several covered bridges, and a plethora of stunning views... I hope you can join us for an excellent day on the trails.

We’ll be keeping the group together throughout the day, so it’s important that you can maintain a 3 mph average pace. But this is a perfect hike for those people who want to attempt a 3 mph hike because there will be a pre-planned bail out at 9 miles into the hike. We’ll be first hiking the red trail which loops the boundary of the park. This will take us through the North Range of the park which has some truly great views of the area. At roughly 9 miles, we’ll be back at our cars, where people can call it a day if they want. For the rest of us, we’ll continue to explore the park using the interior trails. During this time, we’ll go by the Bison & Elk pens, the river, the covered bridges, etc. Like I mentioned, this park has a lot to offer… Hope to see you there!!!

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 9or 18 miles
Hike rating: E
Meeting place: Please contact the event leader Brian T Miller 732-289-5506 or shirati1980@gmail.com
Posted on meetup.com? YES

Join us for a short walk before the Allentown Hiking Club Meeting

Let's get a little exercise before the meeting starts. We will meet at St. Timothy's and walk about .6 miles on Reading Road to Cali Burrito for some dinner. Afterward we'll head back to the church for the club meeting. Thunderstorms or heavy rain cancel the walk

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 1.5 miles
Hike rating: A+
Meeting place: St. Timothy's Lutheran Church, 140 South Ott Street, Allentown, PA
Posted on meetup.com? NO
Leader: Michelle Hinkle 484-221-3172
Co-leader: Cynthia Paetow 215-494-6973 cpaetow@hotmail.com

Monthly business meeting.

Quarterly scheduling meeting.

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Meeting place: St. Timothy's Lutheran Church, 140 South Ott Street, Allentown, PA
Posted on meetup.com? NO
Leader: Lucy Cantwell 267-664-3550

Come join us for a great midweek workout hike in a wonderful park, with some amazing views & a great company of fellow hikers. This will be a workout hike, so be expected to hike at above a 3 mph average pace.

The plan is to go as a fast as possible, staying together as a group, getting in as many miles as possible before sunset. But it’s always a good idea to bring a headlamp in case we have to do those last couple of miles in the dark. Please note, only a Red-light headlamp is allowed. Sorry, white-light headlamps are not permitted on this hike

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 9 miles
Meeting place: Please contact the event leader at shirati1980@gmail.com for meeting location
Posted on meetup.com? YES

Join us for a great day on the trail as we hike to a massively long Boulder Field that not many people know exists. We’ll take fire roads until we get close to it, and then have to go off trail / bushwhack to the eastern edge a field. This field is just one of several fields that make up almost a 2 miles long chain of a geographic feature that you must see to believe. At the end of the this chain there’s a couple hundred feet climb up a rock field until we get back onto the fire roads and wooded trails back to our cars. Expect about 3-4 miles of this hike (out of an overall 10 miles total) to be off trail.

This hike is for Adventurous Hikers Only. We will be keeping the group together throughout the day. Thus it’s important that your able to comfortably hike at a 3.0 mph on hilly wooded trails (obviously, we’ll only go as safely possible while on the boulder fields). There are more details, and pictures of our previous hike to this area on Meetup. This will be one of two hikes in the same location. We’re going to break them up in case there are people who just want to do one hike over the other. But hope to see you on both hikes.

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 10 miles
Hike rating: E
Meeting place: Please contact the event leader
Posted on meetup.com? YES

Pulpit Rock & Pinnacle are often considered the two premier vistas on the entire PA stretch of the AT, offering endless views of Lehigh valley and its surrounding ridges. With about 1300 feet in elevation gain, it’s also a great workout, with most of the gain happening within a 2 mile stretch. We’re going to keep the group together, hence it’s important that you’re able to maintain a 3.0 mph pace. We will watch the sunset at the top of the mountain, & walking down in the dark. Having a red-light only headlamp is required to do this hike, sorry no white lights.

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 9 miles
Hike rating: E
Meeting place: Please contact the event leader
Posted on meetup.com? YES

Enjoy a hike and concert in Bethlehem.

We will meet at Illick's Mill and walk the Monocacy Trail to Center City Bethlehem, where we will attend the Bach at Noon concert in the Central Moravian Church at Main and Church Streets. The program includes Bach's Sonata in B Minor and two works by Handel's - Susse Stille, sanfte Quelle and Zadok the Priest. The concert is free, but donations are appreciated. After the concert, we will eat our lunches in the Colonial Industrial Quarter and then walk back to our cars. Bring lunch and water. If it rains on the morning of the hike, the hike is canceled, but we will meet at 11:30 in the balcony of the church for the concert. No phone calls on day of event.

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 4 miles
Hike rating: A+
Meeting place: Meet at Monocacy Park, 237 Illicks Mill Rd., Bethlehem.
Posted on meetup.com? YES
Leader: Barbara Wiemann 610-262-6977 blwiemann@gmail.com

Join us for a 2.3 mile hike at Lehigh gap

We will start at the Nature Center and go up the LNE trail. There is an incline and the trail can be rocky so wear boots. We will walk to the Bobolink Trail which will take us down to the D & L trail along the river.

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 2.3 miles
Hike rating: A
Meeting place: Lehigh Gap Nature Center 8844 Paint Mill Rd, Slatington, PA 18080
Posted on meetup.com? NO
Leader: Karen Gradel 215-536-5857
Co-leader: Michelle Hinkle 484-221-3172

Come join us for a great midweek workout hike in a wonderful park, with some amazing views & a great company of fellow hikers. This will be a workout hike, so be expected to hike at above a 3 mph average pace.

The plan is to go as a fast as possible, staying together as a group, getting in as many miles as possible before sunset. But it’s always a good idea to bring a headlamp in case we have to do those last couple of miles in the dark. Please note, only a Red-light headlamp is allowed. Sorry, white-light headlamps are not permitted on this hike

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 9 miles
Meeting place: Please contact the event leader Brian Miller at shirati1980@gmail.com
Posted on meetup.com? YES

Loop hike to Pulpit Rock and the Pinnacle.

This is a loop hike, starting at the Hamburg Reservoir parking lot, first climbing to Pulpit Rock and then onward to the Pinnacle for spectacular views of the Lehigh Valley from both locations. This is not a beginner's hike due to the 1000' ascent and very rocky terrain. Bring a least 2L of water and lunch / snacks. Steady rain cancels.

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 10 miles
Hike rating: D
Meeting place: Hamburg Reservoir parking lot; 410 Reservoir Rd, Hamburg, PA
Posted on meetup.com? YES
Leader: Paula Uhrin 484-951-4299 jcnj168@ptd.net

We’re organizing a hike on the AT on the section that goes from Bake Oven Knob through the Lehigh Gap all the way to Little Gap. But with this hike, people are able to choose how far they would like to hike. Option A is 11 miles, Option B is 13 miles, and Option C is 22 miles. We’re going to keep all three groups together, so you must be able to maintain a strong 3 mph average pace

This section of the AT is a must for any hiker! In a very short section, there are inspiring views of the multiple valleys & several spots where you walk along ridgelines with commanding views of the area. There are boulder fields, followed by sections where you are hiking in pine trees, then in fields of dense ferns, then in tall grass with little to no trees. There are spots where you find yourself climbing hand over hand up a very steep incline that is full of rocks. Hope to see you on the hike!!

Details
Round trip road miles distance: o miles
Hike rating: E
Meeting place: Please contact the event leader
Posted on meetup.com? YES

Work on the Chestnut Oak Trail.

This trail was adopted by the Allentown Hiking Club. Bring gloves and Water.

Details
Round trip road miles distance: 5 miles
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 2 miles
Hike rating: A+
Meeting place: Osprey House Lehigh Gap Nature Center
Posted on meetup.com? NO

Join us for a one hour walk through Robert 0. Keller Memorial Park in Richland Township

Join us for a one hour walk through the nature trail at Robert 0. Keller Memorial Park in Richland Township. Afterward we'll head down to The Pub in Quakertown Shopping Center for refreshments. Heavy rain or Thunderstorms cancel.

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 2 miles
Hike rating: A
Meeting place: Please meet in the parking lot located next to the Township Building at 1328 California Road.
Posted on meetup.com? YES
Leader: Michelle Hinkle 484-221-3172
Co-leader: Cynthia Paetow 215-494-6973 cpaetow@hotmail.com

Come join us for a great midweek workout hike in a wonderful park, with some amazing views & a great company of fellow hikers. This will be a workout hike, so be expected to hike at above a 3 mph average pace.

The plan is to go as a fast as possible, staying together as a group, getting in as many miles as possible before sunset. But it’s always a good idea to bring a headlamp in case we have to do those last couple of miles in the dark. Please note, only a Red-light headlamp is allowed. Sorry, white-light headlamps are not permitted on this hike.

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 9 miles
Meeting place: Please contact the event leader Brian T Miller at shirati1980@gmail.com
Posted on meetup.com? YES

Join us for a walk at Molasses Creek Park

The end of summer is here but we can still get a couple of miles in before dark. Spinnerstown Hotel may be a good place to stop for refreshments.

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: 2-3 miles
Hike rating: A+
Meeting place: Molasses Creek Park, 2075 Krammes Road, Quakertown, PA
Posted on meetup.com? NO
Leader: Michelle Hinkle 484-221-3172
Co-leader: Cynthia Paetow 215-494-6973 cpaetow@hotmail.com

Come join us for a great free concert in Jim Thorpe’s Historic Mauch Chunk Opera House. Tonight is a special line up where they are going to have three Acoustic Bands in one night. We’ll be parking & meeting at the Jim Thorpe Train Station and walking up to the Opera House together. After the show, we’ll walk back together along the historic main street that’s lit up in Christmas Lights.

Please contact the leader, or register on Meetup, so you can stay up to date on any last minute changes in this event. We’ll be meeting at the train station at 6:45 pm. The doors open for the show at 7 pm, and the show starts at 7:30. So if you are running late from work, you can still make it. Hope to see you there.

Details
Hike / bike / on-water distance: .75 miles
Hike rating: A+
Meeting place: Please contact the event leader
Posted on meetup.com? YES