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Perkiomen 7 Rail Trail Oaks to Collegeville Collegeville to Schuylkill River Trail Montgomery County Special Amenities Access Overview The Trail passes through three public parks. The Trip Ideas General Characteristics segment featured in this tour passes through: Out to Lunch Loop Public Transit Start the trip in Lower Perkiomen Valley Park. Lower Perkiomen Valley Park: SEPTA Bus • Trail segment length: 6 miles Picnic pavillions, tables, and grills Head north on the trail toward Collegeville. Route 93: Collegeville Trailhead • Surface: Mostly crushed stone with a few Playground and recreational fields Route 99: Arcola and Egypt Rd. trail entrances sections paved with asphalt Creek-side fishing When you reach Collegeville, eat lunch at one of Restrooms the restaurants near the trail. Bicycle • Multiuse trail allows pedestrians, cyclists, horseback riders, and cross country skiiers Farther north, the trail passes through: After lunch, return to the trail and head south The Perkiomen trail links with the Audubon back to Lower Perkiomen Valley Park. Loop Trail at Egypt Road at Lower Schuylkill • Direct connection between the Schuylkill Central Perkiomen Valley Park: Valley Park, and with the Schuylkill River Trail River Trail, three major county parks, and Picnic pavillion, tables, and grills Tour length: 10 miles near the mouth of the Perkiomen Creek. two important historic sites as the trail Playground and recreational fields Biking - 1 hour parallels the scenic Perkiomen Creek Creek-side fishing Walking - 3 hours 15 minutes Refer to the Bicycle Coalition of Greater Restrooms Philadelphia’s regional map for recommended • Varied terrain, elevation, and views make Historic mill house Perkiomen History Tour on-road bicycle routes linking with the Trail this a unique rail-trail experience Green Lane Park: Start the Trip in Collegeville. Overnight campgrounds • Town services and shops are accessible as Head south on the trail toward Oaks. When Boat rentals on lake Vehicle Parking the trail passes through historic villages you reach the Lower Perkiomen Valley Park, Fishing, fly fishing, and ice fishing There is limited parking available behind visit the historic Audubon Center at Mill Grove Twenty-five miles of trails the Collegeville Station and the Collegeville History and Future (admission $4). Picnic and restroom facilities Post Office. There is also on-street parking in The Perkiomen Valley Railroad was built in the Collegeville. The John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Continue south as the trail connects with mid-19th century. It served both the agricultural the Schuylkill River Trail. Take the Schuylkill community, and the many city dwellers who built in 1762 as Audobon’s first home in America, Trailhead at Lower Perkiomen Valley Park Trail across the river to Valley Forge National sought refuge in the beautiful countryside along serves as an educational center of the National 40.131701, -75.446353 Historical Park. the Perkiomen Creek. This railroad became Audubon Society. The site contains a museum Trailhead at Pawlings Road part of the Reading Railroad System, and was displaying orginal art and memorabilia. After exploring Valley Forge, return to the 40.115057, -75.455837 abandoned in the 1980’s. After a long effort, The Berman Museum at Ursinus College in Schuylkill Trail and take it north to the Perkiomen the right of way was acquired by Montgomery Valley Trail, then return to Collegeville. This is actually on the Schuylkill River Trail and Collegeville offers trail users two modern County and the trail constructed in the early is a short distance from the trail junction with galleries, housed in what was originally Tour length: 18 miles 2000’s. Linking historic towns, parks, woodlands the Perkiomen Trail the college library, which host the rotating Biking - 2 hour and the beautiful stream valley, it is one of the exhibits of art ranging from Japanese prints to County’s and the region’s very popular gems. Pennsylvania Dutch artifacts. Perkiomen Overnight In the future, development of the Circuit Many restaurants and cafes are accessible from Any trip can be made into an overnight by in Montgomery County will connect the the trail as it passes through Collegeville. reserving a campsite at Green Lane Park at the Perkiomen Trail with the proposed Evansburg northern end of the Perkiomen Valley Trail. Trail in Lower Providence, the Sunrise Trail in Valley Forge National Historic Park is accessible Schwenksville, and the West County Trail in to the Schuylkill River Trail, which connects to Length from Lower Perkiomen Valley Park to Upper Frederick. the southern end of the Perkiomen Trail. Green Lane Park: 19.5 miles one way.
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