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RECREATION
Continued from Page 43 Emily Hirsch/Special to The Morning Call competitions and social activities.
A visitor studies the trail map at Wildlands Conservancy’s Pool Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus.
TREXLER NATURE PRESERVE, 4931 Orchard NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION
Road, Schnecksville, 610-965-4397, BLUE RIDGE SKI CLUB, P.O. Box 102, LEHIGH VALLEY KAYAK & CANOE CLUB, JERRY ZIMMERMAN MEMORIAL CHAPTER,
www.trexlernaturepreserve.org. Biking, hiking, Bangor, 610-599-3017 P.O. Box 20194, Lehigh Valley, LEHIGH COUNTY, 610-393-9761,
equestrian use, fishing, hunting and EASTON WOMEN’S SOFTBALL LEAGUE, Bob www.lehighvalleycanoeclub.org. Year-round www.panwtf.org. Educational opportunities in
picnicking. Rute Fields at Hackett’s Park, Hackett Ave., educational forums, trips, racing and social wildlife conservation, wild turkey
TROUT CREEK PARKWAY, southeastern Easton, 610-559-7131, www.ewsl.org activities. management and hunter safety. Monthly
section of Allentown along Mack Blvd., INGERSOLL-RAND SKI CLUB, LEHIGH VALLEY SPORTING CLAYS, 2750 meetings held at Grouse Hall Fish & Game
Allentown, 610-871-0281, 610-252-1680 (Tom Smith). Limestone St., Coplay, 610-261-9616, every second Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Scott
www.allentownpa.gov. Ball fields, biking, Easton/Phillipsburg club meets in Wilson www.lvsclays.com. An area designed for Richards, president.
picnicking, playground, trout fishing. Borough and offers discount lift tickets, local shooting clay targets with a unique setting NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION
TROXELL-STECKEL HOUSE AND FARM trips and social activities. No employer that includes a wooded area, water, fields WALKING PURCHASE CHAPTER,
MUSEUM, 4229 Reliance St., Egypt, affiliation necessary. and old quarry buildings. 908-489-0070, www.pawtf.org.
610-435-9601, LEHIGH VALLEY FLYING CLUB, Lehigh Valley LEHIGH VALLEY WHEELMEN, P.O. Box 140, Educational opportunities in wildlife
www.lehighvalleyheritagemuseum.org International Airport, Allentown, Trexlertown, www.LehighWheelmen.org. conservation, wild turkey management and
WALDHEIM PARK ASSOCIATION, Waldheim 610-264-5832, www.lvfc.org Coed cycling organization dedicated to hunter safety. Monthly meetings held at the
Park, 2400 S. Hall St., Allentown, LEHIGH VALLEY HORSE COUNCIL, recreational touring and road racing. Lappawinzo Fish & Game every first
610-798-9767, www.waldheimpark.org 610-837-7294 or 610-759-7985. Offers a MACK SKI CLUB, 756 delong Road, Alburtis, Wednesday at 7 p.m. David Lee, president.
WALNUTPORT CANAL ASSOCIATION, 417 wide variety of assistance to local 610-845-0954 (Gail Eichelberger), PTARMIGAN SKI CLUB,
Lincoln Ave., Walnutport, 610-767-5817. equestrians. Holds six seminars a year. www.mackskiclub.com. Reduced-rate lift www.ptarmiganskiclub.org. Mary Ann
Biking, canoeing, cross country skiing, tickets, local and cross-country trips, team Bedics, president. The Ptarmigan Ski Club is
fishing, hiking, picnicking. 2015 Canal a nonprofit organization dedicated to the
Festival Oct. 18 (rain date Oct. 27). promotion of all facets of skiing and other
WEONA PARK, Pen Argyl, 610-863-9249, winter sports.
www.penargylborough.com. Jewel of the THE SALVATION ARMY, 144 N. Eighth St.,
Slate Belt carousel and new mini-golf course. Allentown, 610-432-0129. Community
Swimming pool closed. programs: after-school programs,
WEST PARK, between Linden and Turner community center with structured activities.
streets, Allentown, 610-871-0281, THIRD STREET ALLIANCE, 41 N. Third St.,
www.allentownpa.gov. Summer concerts at Easton, 610-258-6271,
the bandshell, European-style fountains and www.thirdstreetalliance.org. Offering tae
benches. kwon do and tai chi classes, circuit training,
WIND GAP PARK, Wind Gap, dog training and a couturiere workshop.
610-863-7288, www.windgap-pa.gov. Play VALLEY CONTRA DANCE, Unitarian
equipment, sports fields, picnic pavilions and Universalist Church of Lehigh Valley, 424 N.
concerts in summer months Center St., Bethlehem, 610-868-7432,
WY-HIT-TUK COUNTY PARK, Route 611 (three www.valleycontradance.org
miles south of Easton), Easton,
610-746-1975, WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY AT POOL
www.northamptoncounty.org. Camping WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, 3701 Orchid Place,
permit required and organized group southeast of Cedar Crest Boulevard,
camping only, picnicking, and walking trails. Emmaus, 610-965-4397,
www.wildlandspa.org. Nature walks,
RAFTING beautification, volunteer and social activities.
YMCA AND YWCA OF ALLENTOWN, 425 S.
LEHIGH RIVER RAFTING, Jim Thorpe, 15th St., Allentown, 610-434-9333,
570-801-1231, www.lehighriverrafting.com www.allentownymcaywca.org
POCONO WHITEWATER, 1519 State Route YMCA OF BETHLEHEM, 430 E. Broad St.,
903, Jim Thorpe, 570-325-8430, Bethlehem, 610-867-7588,
www.poconowhitewater.com www.ymcabethlehem.org
WHITEWATER CHALLENGERS, P.O. Box 8, YMCA OF EASTON, 1225 W. Lafayette St.,
White Haven, 570-443-9532, Easton, 610-258-6158,
www.whitewaterchallengers.com www.familyymca.org
WHITEWATER RAFTING ADVENTURES, 101 YMCA OF NAZARETH, 33 S. Main St.,
W. Adventure Trail Road, Nesquehoning, Nazareth, 610-759-3440,
570-669-9127, www.adventurerafting.com www.nazarethymca.org
RECREATIONAL SCUBA DIVING
ORGANIZATIONS
DUTCH SPRINGS, 4733 Hanoverville Road,
ALLENTOWN HIKING CLUB, Allentown, Bethlehem, 610-759-2270,
www.allentownhikingclub.org www.dutchsprings.com
LEHIGH VALLEY DIVE CENTER, 231
Nazareth Pike, Route 191, Bethlehem,
610-746-4016, www.lvdive.com
RECREATION
Continued from Page 43 Emily Hirsch/Special to The Morning Call competitions and social activities.
A visitor studies the trail map at Wildlands Conservancy’s Pool Wildlife Sanctuary in Emmaus.
TREXLER NATURE PRESERVE, 4931 Orchard NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION
Road, Schnecksville, 610-965-4397, BLUE RIDGE SKI CLUB, P.O. Box 102, LEHIGH VALLEY KAYAK & CANOE CLUB, JERRY ZIMMERMAN MEMORIAL CHAPTER,
www.trexlernaturepreserve.org. Biking, hiking, Bangor, 610-599-3017 P.O. Box 20194, Lehigh Valley, LEHIGH COUNTY, 610-393-9761,
equestrian use, fishing, hunting and EASTON WOMEN’S SOFTBALL LEAGUE, Bob www.lehighvalleycanoeclub.org. Year-round www.panwtf.org. Educational opportunities in
picnicking. Rute Fields at Hackett’s Park, Hackett Ave., educational forums, trips, racing and social wildlife conservation, wild turkey
TROUT CREEK PARKWAY, southeastern Easton, 610-559-7131, www.ewsl.org activities. management and hunter safety. Monthly
section of Allentown along Mack Blvd., INGERSOLL-RAND SKI CLUB, LEHIGH VALLEY SPORTING CLAYS, 2750 meetings held at Grouse Hall Fish & Game
Allentown, 610-871-0281, 610-252-1680 (Tom Smith). Limestone St., Coplay, 610-261-9616, every second Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Scott
www.allentownpa.gov. Ball fields, biking, Easton/Phillipsburg club meets in Wilson www.lvsclays.com. An area designed for Richards, president.
picnicking, playground, trout fishing. Borough and offers discount lift tickets, local shooting clay targets with a unique setting NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION
TROXELL-STECKEL HOUSE AND FARM trips and social activities. No employer that includes a wooded area, water, fields WALKING PURCHASE CHAPTER,
MUSEUM, 4229 Reliance St., Egypt, affiliation necessary. and old quarry buildings. 908-489-0070, www.pawtf.org.
610-435-9601, LEHIGH VALLEY FLYING CLUB, Lehigh Valley LEHIGH VALLEY WHEELMEN, P.O. Box 140, Educational opportunities in wildlife
www.lehighvalleyheritagemuseum.org International Airport, Allentown, Trexlertown, www.LehighWheelmen.org. conservation, wild turkey management and
WALDHEIM PARK ASSOCIATION, Waldheim 610-264-5832, www.lvfc.org Coed cycling organization dedicated to hunter safety. Monthly meetings held at the
Park, 2400 S. Hall St., Allentown, LEHIGH VALLEY HORSE COUNCIL, recreational touring and road racing. Lappawinzo Fish & Game every first
610-798-9767, www.waldheimpark.org 610-837-7294 or 610-759-7985. Offers a MACK SKI CLUB, 756 delong Road, Alburtis, Wednesday at 7 p.m. David Lee, president.
WALNUTPORT CANAL ASSOCIATION, 417 wide variety of assistance to local 610-845-0954 (Gail Eichelberger), PTARMIGAN SKI CLUB,
Lincoln Ave., Walnutport, 610-767-5817. equestrians. Holds six seminars a year. www.mackskiclub.com. Reduced-rate lift www.ptarmiganskiclub.org. Mary Ann
Biking, canoeing, cross country skiing, tickets, local and cross-country trips, team Bedics, president. The Ptarmigan Ski Club is
fishing, hiking, picnicking. 2015 Canal a nonprofit organization dedicated to the
Festival Oct. 18 (rain date Oct. 27). promotion of all facets of skiing and other
WEONA PARK, Pen Argyl, 610-863-9249, winter sports.
www.penargylborough.com. Jewel of the THE SALVATION ARMY, 144 N. Eighth St.,
Slate Belt carousel and new mini-golf course. Allentown, 610-432-0129. Community
Swimming pool closed. programs: after-school programs,
WEST PARK, between Linden and Turner community center with structured activities.
streets, Allentown, 610-871-0281, THIRD STREET ALLIANCE, 41 N. Third St.,
www.allentownpa.gov. Summer concerts at Easton, 610-258-6271,
the bandshell, European-style fountains and www.thirdstreetalliance.org. Offering tae
benches. kwon do and tai chi classes, circuit training,
WIND GAP PARK, Wind Gap, dog training and a couturiere workshop.
610-863-7288, www.windgap-pa.gov. Play VALLEY CONTRA DANCE, Unitarian
equipment, sports fields, picnic pavilions and Universalist Church of Lehigh Valley, 424 N.
concerts in summer months Center St., Bethlehem, 610-868-7432,
WY-HIT-TUK COUNTY PARK, Route 611 (three www.valleycontradance.org
miles south of Easton), Easton,
610-746-1975, WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY AT POOL
www.northamptoncounty.org. Camping WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, 3701 Orchid Place,
permit required and organized group southeast of Cedar Crest Boulevard,
camping only, picnicking, and walking trails. Emmaus, 610-965-4397,
www.wildlandspa.org. Nature walks,
RAFTING beautification, volunteer and social activities.
YMCA AND YWCA OF ALLENTOWN, 425 S.
LEHIGH RIVER RAFTING, Jim Thorpe, 15th St., Allentown, 610-434-9333,
570-801-1231, www.lehighriverrafting.com www.allentownymcaywca.org
POCONO WHITEWATER, 1519 State Route YMCA OF BETHLEHEM, 430 E. Broad St.,
903, Jim Thorpe, 570-325-8430, Bethlehem, 610-867-7588,
www.poconowhitewater.com www.ymcabethlehem.org
WHITEWATER CHALLENGERS, P.O. Box 8, YMCA OF EASTON, 1225 W. Lafayette St.,
White Haven, 570-443-9532, Easton, 610-258-6158,
www.whitewaterchallengers.com www.familyymca.org
WHITEWATER RAFTING ADVENTURES, 101 YMCA OF NAZARETH, 33 S. Main St.,
W. Adventure Trail Road, Nesquehoning, Nazareth, 610-759-3440,
570-669-9127, www.adventurerafting.com www.nazarethymca.org
RECREATIONAL SCUBA DIVING
ORGANIZATIONS
DUTCH SPRINGS, 4733 Hanoverville Road,
ALLENTOWN HIKING CLUB, Allentown, Bethlehem, 610-759-2270,
www.allentownhikingclub.org www.dutchsprings.com
LEHIGH VALLEY DIVE CENTER, 231
Nazareth Pike, Route 191, Bethlehem,
610-746-4016, www.lvdive.com
