Blue Marsh Lake - US Army Corps of Engineers
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 40.37274, -76.00872
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| Rebers Bridge Parking Area |
TRAIL MAP:
Blue Marsh Lake Trail Map and Guide - US Army Corps of Engineers
HIKE DISTANCE: 10.4 miles
THE HIKE:
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| From the parking lot left on Rebers Bridge Road over the grated bridge. Brodie wasn't fond of walking on that but he did it. |
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| Just after the bridge left on the Rebers Bridge Connector Trail. |
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| A Common Merganser in Tulpehocken Creek. |
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| The trail follows along Tulpehocken Creek for a bit. |
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| Swiftwater Lane parking area, an alternative to where I parked at Rebers Bridge. Parking here would make this hike about 2 miles shorter. |
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| This female Northern Cardinal was posing nicely. Her husband, however, was very shy but I could see some if his red feathers in his attempt to hide in the more dense part of that tree. |
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| Crossing through the Stilling Basin parking area. |
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| Eastern Bluebird |
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| Coming up on Dry Brooks Boat Launch. |
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| Views of Blue Marsh Lake along the way. |
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| After the last two hikes on solid ice, seems Brodie has taken to ice hiking because while I was off the ice, he was on it. |
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| Taking a short trail to the lake. |
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| Frozen Blue Marsh Lake |
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| I was going to walk along the lake instead of going back up to the trail until Brodie snarfed something down. I have no idea what it was but back to the trail we went. You would think the darned dog gets nothing to eat at home. |
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| There are a few more opportunities to leave the trail for lake views. |
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| I should have turned right at the top of this hill but I missed the turn. It was actually impossible to see going in this direction. |
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| Having missed it, I came up on some nice views before I realized what happened and headed back. |
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| Back on the trail connecting over to ... |
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| ... the trail along fields. |
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| Bats roost in this barn. |
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| Taking a detour around the visitor center. (Those knots in the leash are because the retracting mechanism broke. They last a few years so time for a new one.) |
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| Lake view from the visitor center. |
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| We had come in from the left, now turning right on a trail to Stilling Basin. This will loop around and connect back to where we need to be. |
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| Back to the connector trail. |
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| Across Rebers Bridge Road is the Berks County Union Canal Trail where dogs are not allowed. |
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| For us it is right on Rebers Bridge Road back across the grate to the parking lot. |
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