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.”