Choosing your location can mean everything! It all depends on what YOU are looking for. The locations below are a few of my favorites in or around the Lehigh Valley but I am open to a place that may be special to you. Heck, I'll meet you in the western mountains if you want!
Lockridge Park, Alburtis
Features include stone structures, open fields, a creek, bridges, and woods
Great for all seasons
Trexler Nature Preserve, Schnecksville
Features include sweeping views of the valley, big skies, tall grass, woods, a creek, bridges, and a covered bridge
Great for all seasons
Kalmbach Park, Macungie
Features include a magical tall pine forest, open fields, a creek, and a bridge
Great for all seasons but best in fall and winter
Pool Wildlife Sanctuary, Emmaus
Features a magical umbrella pine, woods, and a boardwalk
Best in fall, winter, and early spring
Lehigh Parkway, Allentown
Features walking paths, a covered bridge, a creek, a barn, and stone buildings
Best in fall, winter, and early spring
Cedar Beach/Rose Gardens, Allentown
Features manicured gardens, grassy fields, weeping willows, duck pond, bridges, columns, and stone paths
Best in late spring, summer, and early fall
Burnside Plantation, Bethlehem
Features mini apple orchard, split rail fence, walking paths, weathered barns, open fields, and wooded walking paths
Great for all seasons
Steel Stacks, Bethlehem
Features interesting metal textures, striking steel stacks, industrial feel
Best in all seasons except during Musikfest and Chriskindlmarkt
Lehigh University, Bethlehem
Features stone architecture, columns
Great for all seasons
Historic Bethlehem
Features stone buildings, weathered wood buildings, downtown Bethlehem, walking paths, bridge, and canal access
Great for all seasons except for during major events
Nockamixon Lake, Ottsville
Features beautiful lake, large boulders, tall grass, wooded path, and a creek surrounded by ferns
Best in spring, summer, and fall
Leaser Lake, New Tripoli
Features
Best in
Jacobsburg Park, Nazareth
Features hiking trails in the woods, wildflowers in late summer, a bridge, and a creek
Best in late summer, fall, winter, and early spring
Columcille Megalith Park, Bangor
Features unique stone structures, wooded paths, grassy hills
Great in all seasons
Flower Fields
Bluebells, Lockridge Park (April)
Wildflowers, Ballas Park (June)
Sunflowers, St. Luke's Anderson Campus (July/August)
Zinnias, Rodale Institute (July-September)
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