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Donna Intrepido, Lon Turnbull and Becca Dickstein will be leading a series of walks approximately once a month, starting in late August, to explore different parts of the Wissahickon Park.

These walks will vary from easy, with flat walking surfaces along Forbidden Drive, to challenging, along trails that have too many obstacles so that bicyclists aren’t allowed on them. The walks will introduce our group to some of the myriad places in the Wissahickon.
Wear appropriate clothing (no flip flops), insect repellent; bring your water bottle, a snack and hiking poles if you want.

These walks are separate from the Thursday morning walks led by Donna.

This first walk will be an easy one, one mile round trip along the hard packed gravel of Forbidden Drive. It should take no more than an hour. We will meet at Bells Mill Road and Forbidden Drive at 3:30 on August 25. From there we will walk south to the historic Thomas Mill Covered Bridge, stop there to explore it and return. Rain date, same time, the next day. The most difficult part of the walk is the walk from either parking lot on Bells Mill Road to the intersection where we will meet. It is not handicapped accessible.

You can download a free map of the Wissahickon Park. Go to your app download place on your phone and find the “Friends of the Wissahickon” map and guide and save it to your phone.