Hiking Around Philly

March 7, 2010 10:45 AM. 13 attended.

Explore Lorimar and Fox Chase Farm

Lorimar Park (map)

Selected By: Sidney G

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Uploaded by: Aileen McHugh

Lorimar is a beautiful park in Abington that runs along Pennypack Creek. Most of the trails are maze-like, so we often need to bushwhack to get somewhere. A new rails-to-trials segment is being built in this area, so we might walk on it for a bit. Fox Chase Farm which looks like an Amish farm and Pennypack Park in Philadelphia which has 20 miles of trail are both right next to Lorimar. Pennypack Ecological Trust is about 1 mile away.

We will explore the area for 2.5-3.5 hours at a moderate pace.

Afterwards we can get a bite at the buffet at Whole Foods in Jenkintown.

We will meet at the parking lot on Moredon Rd. Use this Google Map link to the starting point.http://local.google.c...

To carpool from Hill House (201 W Evergreen, 19118) meet at 10:15am. Carpoolers chip in $2. Here's a Google Map link to Hill House.
http://local.google.c...

Two days before the event I will email a weather update.

Have your event fee of $2 ready in dollar bills. No coins, dubloons, or 5's or 10"s.

If you change your mind please change your RSVP. No-shows may be barred from my events. Email or call if you have a problem.

Great to bring fido.

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Sidney G
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We made it back alive again. Found our way from Lorimar to Bryn Athen.
Aileen McHugh
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Beautiful place with nice trails so close to Philadelphia
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Will Hill
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Henry
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Annemie
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Marianne G
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Norman
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Susan Landick
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Hiking Around Philly is different from most hiking groups because we hike (and sometimes bicycle) off the beaten path. We hike in the woods and the city. We go places that won't be found on any hiker's map. The events are usually within a 1.5 hour drive from Philly, though we sometimes visit NYC or the Jersey shore. Once each year we go to Acadia National Park in Maine, one of the best places in the world to hike. We sometimes participate in a conservation work party in a area we hike.

And, we do a lot more than hike; we explore. Whether it be a trail in a park or a back alley in the city, we always look for neat things, and we find them. Did you notice the 25 foot dinosaur made from pink suntan lotion bottles? We take time to appreciate a beautiful tree, a low flying eagle, or a hickory horned devil (look it up). We visit museums, historic houses, bakeries, battleships, and other neat places. We appreciate architecture, sculptures (Philly has more than any other US city, yea!), or whatever we find near our path. After a hike we often eat at a special place. And, we rarely repeat ourselves.

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