Category: Pennsylvania private

Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow
Honey Hollow has 1″10-acres with 6 miles of trails, meadows, forests, ponds, wetlands, and streams. Visit our Healing Garden, Explore the Honey Hollow Creek and Pond, and Discover our Agricultural Fields!”
Here is their website.   Phone 215-297-5880  Trail Map
Diane Smith, Educational Director, writes, “We have one trail that I consider accessible (although maybe not fully ADA compliant), our Visitor Center is accessible and some trails are very easy.”  “On the …. map, trail L, Bird Blind or Lavender trail is accessible. “

“All of the trails in the bluebird meadow (M, pink) are easy, as are some of the approaches to the pond (G, green).  None of the trails are paved but the easy/accessible ones are smooth, grassy and not steep.”

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
“Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is the world’s first refuge for birds of prey and an international center for raptor conservation. Our 2,600-acre mountaintop preserve offers incredible scenic overlooks, eight miles of trail, a Visitor Center, native plant garden, and the Acopian Center for Conservational Learning.”
Here is the Sanctuary website.  (610) 756-6961   Accessibility  Trail Map  slide show of Lookout Trail
Thanks to Annie Trexler who writes that “the native plant garden, bird blind and south lookout are all now wheelchair accessible.”
The Lookout Trail to South Lookout is  900 feet long with a grade of less than 8.3 percent, ….. Most areas are even less steep and overall, the trail averages an 8 percent grade. …Bench seating with pull bars are located every 100 feet….Trail connects to the Laurelwood Niche, a secluded area for education programs and designed to provide space for a wheelchair or stroller.  The South Lookout includes a smooth, flat, and natural viewing area with one bench with pull bar. Nearby are two additional benches that offer a place to rest. Binoculars are recommended at all Lookouts.
The Native Plant Garden features a brick walkway that is accessible by wheelchair. The pathway makes a short loop and includes a viewing deck over a small pond. Gates are opened during the daytime hours.

Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust
“The Trust maintains “..almost 11 miles of trails in the Preserve open free to the public to explore and enjoy the natural world all year long.”
Here is the Trust website,   Phone 215-657-0830   Trails
Thank you to David Robertson for the following information:
“The Pennypack Parkway (between Mason’s Mill Road and Pennypack Road) is very accessible for disabled visitors.  It was an old, flat, level road that is now abandoned and surfaced with crushed stone grit.  It may have a few minor erosion rills in places, but I recommend it to people in wheelchairs and families with children in strollers.”
“Montgomery County’s new Pennypack Trail, a rails-to-trails project created on the bed of the old Fox Chase-Newtown regional rail line, parallels the Creek Road Trail on the east side of the creek.  That trail is flat, even, and level–perfect for disabled users.  It is heavily used.  The Pennypack Trust does not maintain that trail; it is the responsibility of Montgomery County, and it extends southward to the county’s Lorimer Park for a total length of just over 5 miles.”
?? “The Creek Road Trail, also an old abandoned road, is subject to flooding because it is located so close to the creek.  While the trail is mostly flat and level, the surface is very, very uneven.  In places, it is gravel, in other places it is paved, and in still other places it has washed out down to the ballast under the asphalt. I wouldn’t recommend it for a disabled person.”

The Schuylkill Center
“With 340 acres and over three miles of hiking trails, we welcome visitors to explore our forests and fields, our ponds and streams.”
Here is the Center’s website.   Phone 215-482-7300  Trails  Trail Map
Widener Trail 0.25 miles, paved.  The trail “leads through fields and forest to the Widener Bird Blind. Feeders are filled year-round so you can observe local and migrating birds. Midway along the trail is Shadow Bog with a wooden deck and seating area.”
Hagys Mill Road 0.3 mile is flat.  Call first to be sure of conditions.

Conemaugh River Lake
“An abundance of cultural resources and recreational opportunities coupled with a great river revival and trail has certainly made Conemaugh River Lake the place to be for outdoor fun!”
Here is their website.   724-639-9013 option: 7  Maintained by the Conemaugh Valley Conservancy
West Penn Rail Trail  “Interpretive signs along the trail point out interesting parts of the historical legacy.  Over three miles of the [17 mile] trail is level and accessible by wheelchair at the Livermore and Westinghouse trail heads.”  Call before you go.  There is a note on the Map that the access at Westinghouse is closed.