Directory of Parks,
Nature Centers / Camping / Recreation, etc.
in the Phila PA Area
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 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
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. Beach/boulder fields exit 41 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 & Paddle boats Kayaks ( sailboats ?) Camp at Ringing Rocks campground 10 min away Upper Black Eddy ) – 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 – 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 Day swimming, fishing, rafting
