We will meet at 7:45 am at Penn Pump Park, north of Easton. To get there, take the exit off of Rt 22 for 13th St. Turn briefly left on Wood Avenue, then right on Hackett Ave.
Follow that to a right on Park Ave, then another right on Northwood Ave. Penn Pump Park is on the right just before the creek crossing.
The route includes a lot of paved trails that were developer's incentives during construction. It's nice that they created these pathways to allow for safe passage of pedestrians, but what is truly nice is that a good loop walk can be made of it. We'll also use Penn's Grant Path and a short back street at the beginning, as well as ball fields.
As the paths continue, they seamlessly transition into an unpaved rail trail, part of the Forks Recreation Trail. This lovely trail passes through fields as well as a high shelf above the Delaware River.
From the end of the rail trail, we follow a short road walk section to try to trace another short abandoned railroad spur line. It used to service a small quarry. From here, another brief road walk leads us to the still active Uhler Branch of the Lehigh and New England Railroad, which further back is now the Forks Recreation Trail. A path parallels this. One last brief road walk leads us to an abandoned right of way of the Lehigh Valley Railroad which is now the Palmer Bikeway.
The lovely rail trail continues south closely parallel with the Bushkill Creek, which will return us directly to Penn Pump Park.
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