Health and Heritage Walks 2023
Get Your Tail on the Trail is offering a free trail walking program this year. Vary up your exercise routine and meet new people, learn new things, and experience different areas of the D&L Trail.
Although these walks are free, we do ask that you sign up for them. Walking with a group is fun, energizing, and social; walking in a horde is not. We are limiting our walks to 30 people.
Cancellation policy: We will cancel if the heat index is above 92°, if it is expected to rain during the walk, or if there were heavy rains leading up to the walk that make the trail difficult to navigate.
Rescheduling: Not all walks have rain dates. Please check the description to see if there is a rain date. If it is cancelled it will be on the website.
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HMP History Walk: River & Canal
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Sunday, April 2 at 1 PM (No Rain Date), Hugh Moore Park, Easton
Leader: Jeff Muchlin
Discover Hugh Moore Park’s fascinating past along the Lehigh River and Canal, highlighting how it helped spur America’s Industrial Revolution. Participants will learn about the park’s flora and fauna, the locktender’s house, and Island Park.
Becoming a Backyard Naturalist
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Saturday, April 22 at 10 AM (No Rain Date), D&L Trailhead – Morrisville
Leader: Brit Kondravy
Celebrate Trails Day by joining us for a guided 2-mile walk along the D&L Trail. You will focus on developing backyard naturalist skills through nature journaling and the iNaturalist app. This walk is appropriate for all levels including families. There will be an opportunity for those taking part to pause and reflect on the nature around them as well.
CANCELED: HMP History Walk: Industry & Iron
Sunday, May 7 at 1 pm (No Rain Date), Hugh Moore Park, Easton
Leader: Jeff Muchlin
Discover Hugh Moore Park’s fascinating past while exploring its industrial ruins. Participants will learn about the Lucy Furnace and Glendon Iron Works, the Abbott Street industrial complex, and telegraph communications.
NEW DATE: Bike Into Geological History
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Saturday, May 13 at 10 am, Water Street Park, Hellertown
Leader: Jeff Muchlin
May’s walk is actually a BIKE RIDE. Join us on a 4-mile bike ride along the Saucon Rail Trail. Along the way, we will look at how the landscape of the Lehigh Valley was sculpted over millions of years by geologic forces that have left their mark in the rocks around us; from ancient oceans to primeval swamps to iron furnaces and cement factories, we will trace our geologic past and how it impacts our present.
HMP History Walk: River & Canal
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Sunday, June 4 at 1 PM (No Rain Date), Hugh Moore Park
Leader: Jeff Muchlin
Discover Hugh Moore Park’s fascinating past along the Lehigh River and Canal, highlighting how it helped spur America’s Industrial Revolution. Participants will learn about the park’s flora and fauna, the locktender’s house, and Island Park.
Take a Walk with your Goodest Buddy!
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Saturday, June 10 at 9 AM (No Rain Date), Hugh Moore Park Dog Park, Easton
Leader: Anna Kristjansen
Get your fur baby tail out on the trail with us! Bring your leashed, people and dog friendly, pup out for a 1-mile morning walk, beginning and ending at the dog park in Hugh Moore Park. There will be an optional puppy social hour at end of walk.
HMP History Walk: Industry & Iron
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Sunday, July 2 at 1 PM (No Rain Date), Hugh Moore Park, Easton
Leader: Jeff Muchlin
Discover Hugh Moore Park’s fascinating past while exploring its industrial ruins. Participants will learn about the Lucy Furnace and Glendon Iron Works, the Abbott Street industrial complex, and telegraph communications.
Let’s Take a Walk Along the New D&L Trail: Closing the Northampton County Gap
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Saturday, July 8 at 10 AM (Rain Date: Sunday, July 9), Northampton Canal Park, Northampton
Leader: Liz Rosencrans
Join us for a 3-mile round trip walk along the newly completed D&L Trail in Northampton and North Catasauqua Boroughs. During your walk, you will learn how the old Lehigh Canal Towpath was revitalized as the D&L Trail, take a look at innovative green infrastructure in the form of a living wall, check out a lock re-imagined as a pedestrian bridge, view a historic canal overflow, and note future plans for Lock 6 and a Feeder Gate.
HMP History Walk: River & Canal
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Sunday, August 6 at 1 PM (No Rain Date), Hugh Moore Park, Easton
Leader: Jeff Muchlin
Discover Hugh Moore Park’s fascinating past along the Lehigh River and Canal, highlighting how it helped spur America’s Industrial Revolution. Participants will learn about the park’s flora and fauna, the locktender’s house, and Island Park.
The History of Bushkill Park
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Saturday, August 20 at 12 PM (Rain Date: Saturday, August 27), Bushkill Park, Easton
Leader: Jeff Muchlin
This walk is for those who enjoy the kookier side of historical places. Come join us for a walk around Bushkill Park and listen to a history lesson surrounding the building of the park, the flooding, the building, the flooding, and now the slow rebuild once again. The river is not Bushkill Park’s friend, but people’s love of fun, local, and different types of entertainment is. Admission to the park is not included.
HMP History Walk: Industry & Iron
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Sunday, September 3 at 1 PM (No Rain Date), Hugh Moore Park, Easton
Leader: Jeff Muchlin
Discover Hugh Moore Park’s fascinating past while exploring its industrial ruins. Participants will learn about the Lucy Furnace and Glendon Iron Works, the Abbott Street industrial complex, and telegraph communications.
Audubon Walk
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Saturday, September 9 at 9 AM (Rain Date: Sunday, September 10), Lehigh Gap Nature Center
Leader: Terry Master
Join Terry Master, retired professor of Biological Sciences from East Stroudsburg University who taught courses in ornithology, general ecology, animal behavior and tropical ecology with specific research efforts in songbirds, on a 2.5-mile hike along the Bobolink Trail of the D&L. Along the way, topics of discussion will center around the history of the location, ecology, and the behavior of local wildlife, specifically the birds we come along. It is suggested to bring a set of binoculars, although there will be some on hand for lending.
HMP History Walk: River & Canal
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Sunday, October 1 at 1 PM (No Rain Date), Hugh Moore Park, Easton
Leader: Jeff Muchlin
Discover Hugh Moore Park’s fascinating past along the Lehigh River and Canal, highlighting how it helped spur America’s Industrial Revolution. Participants will learn about the park’s flora and fauna, the locktender’s house, and Island Park.
Washington Crossing During the Canal Era
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Sunday, October 15 at 10 AM (No Rain Date), Washington Crossing Gateway Heritage Park
Leaders: Kim McCarty and Martha Capwell Fox
Join us at Washington Crossing for an ~2-mile walk focusing on the history of the Washington Crossing area during the 19th century. The historical talk will focus on the canal history of Taylorsville.
HMP History Walk: Industry & Iron
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Sunday, November 5 at 1 PM (No Rain Date), Hugh Moore Park, Easton
Leader: Jeff Muchlin
Discover Hugh Moore Park’s fascinating past while exploring its industrial ruins. Participants will learn about the Lucy Furnace and Glendon Iron Works, the Abbott Street industrial complex, and telegraph communications.
White Haven Tannery Walk
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Saturday, November 19 at 10 AM (No Rain Date), White Haven D&L Trailhead
Leader: Vince Hydro
Join us as we explore the remnants of the Lehigh Tannery factory. The walk will head south on the D&L Trail to the ruins of the Lehigh Tannery. The tannery was the largest in the United States in the 1860s and 70s. At its peak, it produced 80,000 hides per year. Distance is approximately 3-miles roundtrip, along flat terrain. If there’s time, we will head north of White Haven to see the remains of one of the Upper Grand Section locks.
