by Paige Gregorzek | Jul 9, 2015
Once a grand estate of the Coleman Family with mansions, stables, an ice-house, and gate house, it lives on today as a community-focused park with an amphitheater, ball fields, and playgrounds. However, with more than half of the park remaining natural forest, it is...
by Paige Gregorzek | Jul 9, 2015
One notable trail that winds itself through the Lebanon Valley is the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail. This mixed-use greenway offers users of all ages and abilities the opportunity to explore the social and industrial history of our area. Discover Mt. Gretna and it’s...
by Paige Gregorzek | Jul 9, 2015
A mecca for wildlife, this 6,254 acre facility is home to pheasants and deer, blue-birds and cottontails and many other wild animals. The area is particularly noted for the thousands upon thousands of ducks, geese and swans that drop in during their spring and fall...
by Paige Gregorzek | Jul 9, 2015
Nicknamed the “Quittie,” this 16.8-mile-long waterway rises east of Lebanon City and flows westward through Lebanon and Annville until joining the Swatara Creek northeast of Palmyra. Its central walking path meanders beside the spring-fed Quittapahilla...
by Jim Kemble | Mar 25, 2019
Fort Indiantown Gap has restored an Eastern Native Grasslands for the repatriation of the threatened Regal Fritillary Butterfly. Twice a year, on consecutive weekends, the grasslands is open for public tours and a glimpse of this threatened butterfly. Best Known...
by Jim Kemble | Mar 25, 2019
Sand Siding, one of the stops along the former Lebanon & Tremont Railroad Company, is now situated in the 3,520-acre Swatara State Park along the Swatara Rail Trail. Just a 5-minute walk from the Sand Siding Trailhead and Parking area, the Sand Siding Trail...
by Jim Kemble | Mar 22, 2019
Perched atop the ridge, Second Mountain Hawk Watch overlooks Fort Indiantown Gap and Stony Valley. Its location lies in the path of hawks migrating from August through December. A variety of raptors can be seen from Second Mountain Hawk Watch, including harriers and...
by Jim Kemble | Mar 22, 2019
At 44,343 acres, State Game Lands 211 has so much to explore and experience. Set off on foot about a 1/4 mile along the Stony Valley Rail Trail from Gold Mine Road heading west, then turn north into the woods and you’ll see one of several American Beaver dams...
