Upper Schuylkill Valley Park

Very cool park to take young ones too. It resides on the Schuylkill river and has a wildlife center with a variety of animals. Donkeys, turkeys, goats, wolves, racoons, a bobcat, owls, bunnies and more. Even though we have a membership to the local zoo my daughter loves coming here as much.

A great, quiet place to spend the afternoon, picnic, take a walk or water activities.

This was the best trail by far.
Finding it was a little difficult,even with GPS. If on route 113 south,make sure when aproaching, there is a 1/2 mile sign, look left and for the red building. There is a sign for the visitor center. Otherwise it will be missed. 😮
Once there, take the wildlife trail to see the animals. Although, must say, they looked sad. Plenty of voultures flying around.
Once done cross over to the river trail. It includes picnic tables with grills spread out with the view of the river.
The trail starts unpaved and is along the river. But the transition to unpave trial is seemless, no rocks or fallen trees branches in the way, do look out for muddy areas.
The river is calming for the nice long walk to the dam. Bikers look like they were enjoying the trail as well. Some avid fishers located strategically around the river, with some on the river in boats.
It was so delightful, picturesque with mountain rocks good for climbing.
Worth Exploring!

What a great time we had at the butterfly "festival". Lots of kids activities and even got to touch and hold some butterflies. There's a nice park area as well and got to see a few cool animals including wolves, donkeys, fish, turtles, goats. Not a full zoo, but fun none the less. There's a bank to go fishing in but beware lines get caught pretty easily out there.

Seriously an amazing place! This park is full of native animals so you probably haven't/won't see them in a zoo, it has nice covid 19 precautions, the worker was nice, it has awesome river views and the pics I got were amazing! It's free too but you can donate If you want.

I had to drive a whole hour to get there and it was still worth every minute.