Allentown Hiking Club

10/02/2026

Give this a try the next time you’re hiking around the Lehigh Gap Nature Center!

NEW! 📣📸 On your next visit, be sure to stop by our brand-new Photo Station installed between the LNE and Bobolink trail and snap a photo! Created by our Seasonal Naturalist Jenna Goff, place your phone on the mount provided, take a picture, and submit it to our database. Help us monitor the changing landscape in the Lehigh Gap and contribute to community science! See you on the trail 🥾

09/25/2026

09/24/2026

What a beautiful morning to check out Allentown‘s Lehigh Parkway. The schedule is being worked on for the last three months of the year, so check out our website often to see what’s new end of interest!

www.allentownhikingclub.org

09/08/2026

The trails don’t maintain themselves and this is a great way to get involved!

09/03/2026

Last night’s Allentown Hiking Club September Meeting included a presentation by our very own Program Chair… Cripple on the Trail: A Love Affair with Hiking and the Appalachian Trail. Thanks for sharing your story Four Feet!

We’re currently working on the schedule for the last three months of the year, so stay tuned!

www.allentownhikingclub.org

08/29/2026

I got out on the Allentown Hiking Club section of the Appalachian Trail between Fort Franklin Rd and Rt 309 with an excellent crew of volunteers from the club on Tuesday 8/25 to clear seven blowdowns and a leaner identified by a member of the club who walks that section regularly. It took us 4.5 hours on the trail to cover about 1.5 miles out and back, carrying my chainsaw, gear, and PPE, and clearing all the downed trees. I was glad to have this crew of 6, especially when dealing with two huge multi-trunk blowdowns, which I highlight here. It is hard work, but brings a great feeling of accomplishment for all involved! Thanks to Heidi for her hard work on the trail and her photos.

08/06/2026

Tonight’s August monthly meeting included a lively presentation by Steven C. Wright on his book The Weight I Carried: Hiking Through Grief and Healing on the Appalachian Trail. Our upcoming calendar is still developing so keep an eye on our website for future events!

www.allentownhikingclub.org

07/14/2026

Glad to get out on the trail yesterday before it heated up too much and after Appalachian Trail Conservancy's ridge runner for central PA identified 5 new blowdowns on the Allentown Hiking Club's section of AT south of Fort Franklin Road. In a good half-day's work, my capable crew and I were able to hike the ~5.5 miles and clear all 5 blowdowns. If this kind of work looks like fun to you, contact Kerry from AHC, because we can always use more volunteers! (see captions, and thanks to Heidi and Sue for the pictures!)

07/13/2026

Saturday it was a humid day but that did not stop our hikers from enjoying the Sand Springs - Tom Lowe Trails Loop Hike with a lunch visit to the Eagle's Nest Shelter on the Appalachian Trail.

If you ever wanted to meet interesting hikers with big hearts who enjoy the forest and sharing lots of sweat and laughs then pleased join us for one of our hikes or cool events !

07/08/2026

Evening 4 mile loop around Leaser Lake. Two of us paddled afterwards and one did a second loop. Cloudy, but nice evening to be out.