Decided on Green Lane Park in southeastern Pennsylvania in an attempt to find some fall foliage.
Miles: 9.7
Complete hike details found on the main Green Lane Park page.
While open areas like the highways on the way or around the water were past peak or had mostly leaf drop, in the forest on the trails themselves the leaves were gorgeous so it ended up being a good choice.
We’d never been to this park before, so we decided to follow a book Best Day Hikes Near Philadelphia) instead of trying to whip up our own route.
We did end up modifying the route on the fly, and if we went here again I think we’d start at another lot around the reservoir instead of the Snyder Lane parking lot.
We didn’t care for walking through the general use area to get to the trails, plus it was somewhat confusing.
This park is multi-use and allows horses. There was some manure and the trails were torn up a bit with deep mud in spots.
Hikers have many more options than equestrians do for trails, and we really didn’t find it to be a big deal.
But it’s worth a mention as I’d read some negative comments online in regards to that. We saw just two horses all day, but in summer surely there are more.