Bartram Trail in Landingville Extended

This past weekend, the Schuylkill County Commissioners cut a ribbon to mark the Landingville section as being completed. The completed work included the repair of a bridge that crossed over Mahannon Creek and the trail coming out near the intersection of Main St and Meadow Drive in Landingville. This will allow hikers and bicyclists to continue on the road into either Landingville or Schuylkill Haven.

The trail from near the Auburn Dam to Mahannon Creek was approximately 1.5 miles and now extends about 400 to the road. When fully completed in Schuylkill County, the trail will run from Pottsville to Hamburg. The Schuylkill River Trail when fully completed will run from Pottsville to Philadelphia.

Here are some pictures from the newly completed section in Landingville, PA.



Along the Schuylkill River (Images of America) (Images of America (Arcadia Publishing))
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Walking Schuylkill River Trail Landingville PA

Today was a nice day to take a walk. So I took the dogs and the camera and headed to the Bartram Trail, also known as the Schuylkill River Trail, in Landingville, PA.

I thought I would see more people, but I only saw one other car and didn't even come across anybody in person.

So here are the photos I took. The trail runs from the area near the Auburn Dam to Meadow Drive in Landingville. The total length of the trail is about one mile.

October Winter Storm in Pennsylvania Schuylkilll County

It really was a surprise to have 6 inches of snow fall October 29, 2011. It was the first time we had a snowstorm this size in over 100 years.

This snowfall caused power to go out and caused road closing here in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The main reason being that the snow was a real heavy, wet snow that caused power lines to fall and tree limbs to break.

The following day the temps got into the high 40 and quickly proceeded to melt the snow and ice from the night before.

Schuylkill County had its first snowstorm early
October 29, 2011.

Internet service was intermittent both days, while land line phones were also without service for a number of hours.

Only about a week ago, forecasters were predicting this would be a mild winter in terms of snowfall and also temperature. If this is any sign of the coming winter I may have to buy a new snow shovel since my plastic one is already cracked