Directory of  Parks 
  Nature Centers / Camping / Recreation, etc
in the Phila PA Area 
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FOR MORE COMPLETE INFO ON PA PARKS - 1-888-PA-PARKS 
(  888-727-7257) Monday thru Saturday, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. request  park maps and brochures  mailed to you
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Alverthorpe Park Abington Twp -camp sites - boats - chip&putt golf- wading pool -courts etc
Briar Bush Nature Center Edge Hill Rd. Abington 215 887-6603
Beltzville Dam & Lake  -Beltzville State Park 2950 Pohopoco Drive
     Lehighton, PA 18235-8905   610-377-0045     
     Boat rentals   9 a.m.- 610-377-7738.  motor, paddle , row,  pontoon boats, canoes etc. 
     Don-Laine Campground 610-381-3381 8 miles from the state park & 
     Blue Mountain RV & Camping Resort, 610-377-5313  4 miles away
     Mauch Chunk Lake Park  570-325-3669  -  12 miles away
Churchville Nature Center  501 Churchville Lane 215-357-4005
Core Creek Park-215-757-0571/ Main Bucks Co   
     Core Creek Boat Rentals 757-1225
Delaware Water Gap (camp)
Delaware Raritan Canal State Park - 609-397-2949 
      tent camping at Bull's Island -individual $10 nite     ($7 reservation fee)-
      no group camping  2 mi from Point  Pleasant raft & tube -  
     Fishing - Nature trail -       bridge across canal allows you to drive onto island 
Fort Washington State Park Rt. 73 Whitemarsh 646-2942 hike/ bike 
Four Mills Nature Reserve Morris Rs. Ambler 646-8866
French Creek State Park  610 - 582 - 9680  Elverson Pa 
         Camp at Warwick Woods  Campground St Peters Pa  Olympic pool Fish Pond
         playground  sports facilities  activities  family rv tent & primitive  
         From Valley Forge get 23 West stay to rt 100 cross over it  5 mi past 100 turn 
          ($26 basic tent site for 2 in '02)   
Great Valley Nature Center Devault, PA 610-935-9777 
Green Lane
Hawk Mountain Bird Sanctuary 756 6961 NE Extension exit33 w rt22 I78 til exit 11 n rt143
       No pets Open 8-5 everyday November redtail hawks & golden eagle migrate Mid October
      migration is most dramatic along the Appalachian Trail
Hickory Run State Park  ( Poconos ) 1.5hrdrive/(camp 6.00 nite in '98 
        beach/boulder fields exit41 off rte 80
Honey Hollow Watershed assn rd1 New Hope 297 5677
Lower Perkiomen 666 5371
Morris Arboretum (U of PA) 100 Northwestern Ave. Chestnut Hill 247-5777
Marsh Creek State Park  -  north of  Exton Pa  
          Camp at Hidden Acres Campground  - Coatesville , Pa 1610 857 3990
Muddy Run 284 4325
Morristown National Historic Park
Nockamixon / Haycock Mt Info Quakertown 215-529-7300-
       BaitShop /Pontoon Boats - Paddle boats Kayaks ( sailboats ?)
       Camp at Ringing Rocks campground 10 min away Upper Black Eddy 
        ($25 per nite in '02) - Milford Bridge - walk towpath - New Hope 20 min away -
        or Camp at Tohickon family campground - 215- 536 - 7951  Bath laundry fishing - 5 mi 
          away  On Tohickon  creek -  nature trail -   wwww.tohickoncampground.com 
New Britain Nature Center 345 7860
Peace Valley 215 822-8608 or 348-6114  no tent camp - bike path - boat rental 215 345 1097 
Penllyn Natural Area Penllyn-Bluebell Pike 646-8866
PennyPack Watershed 2955 Edgehill Rd HV 657 0830
Pennypack Park Pine Rd Phila NE Phila near Moredon Rd  bike / hike/ dogs
Rickets Glen State Park (4 hrs?from Phila ) 717 477-5675 
Riverbend Environmental Education Center  Gladwyne, PA 610-527-5234
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education Philadelphia, PA 215-482-7300 
Schuykill Valley Nature Center 8480 Hagey's Mill Rd 482-7300
Tamanend 1255 2nd St. Pk. Southampton 355-9781
Trexlertown Game Preserve Rt 100 Schnecksville Pa 18078 767 1076
Tyler Park 968-2021
Upper Perkiomen 234 4528
Valley Forge 933 8825
Washington Crossing 493 4076 - historic trails & building - no  tent camping 
          Washington Crossing New Jersey side - 609-737-9304  Camping  reservations 
           - rustic  group camping only (ie scout groups) 609- 737-0623

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AREA CAMPING OF INTEREST 


Knobles Grove off rt 8o - 3 1/2 hrs n of Phila water park too &Camping 717-672-2572
     717-672-9555. 1-800 ITS 4 FUN W/E Elysburg near Bloomsburg
Hidden Acres Campground  - Coatesville , Pa 1610 857 3990
Ocean View Campgropunds (Sea Isle City 609-624-1675) off Gdn St Pkwy  ext17 to N rt 9
 Ringing Rocks campground 10 min away Upper Black Eddy 
        ($25 per nite in '02) - Milford Bridge - walk towpath - New Hope 20 min away -
Tohickon family campground - 215- 536 - 7951  Bath laundry fishing - 5 mi 
          away  On Tohickon  creek -  nature trail -   wwww.tohickoncampground.com 
P.A.R.K. Poconos-Weatherly PA 717-427-4392 $2.75 pp/nightly
     $30/wk 2people in '00 day swimming, fishing, rafting