Walking Fridays Summer 2025
We look forward to enjoying nature as we catch up with old friends and meet new ones during Walking Fridays again this summer. Following is a preview of our hiking schedule (subject to change). Detailed directions to each meeting point will follow the week before each walk.
Bring your water, bug spray, walking sticks, and hats. Wear your sturdy sneakers or hiking boots.
Walks begin at 9:30 am. Directions provided by email the week of the walk.
Please let us know if you are coming. We don’t want to leave you behind!
July 10: Bretzfelder Park
We will start the summer with everyone’s favorite Bretzfeler Park Trail. This walk will be about 1 ½ miles long, with some gradual ups and downs.
July 25th: Mud Pond Trail, Jefferson
We will meet at 9:30 AM at the trailhead. Bring bug spray!!!
The Mud Pond Trail is part of the Pondicherry trail system. It is an easy but beautiful 1.1 mile walk on hard packed dirt and gravel. It leads to an observation platform on the shore of Mud Pond.
August 1: Mount Agassiz, Bethlehem
Mount Agassiz is a short, steep hike (1.5 miles round trip) that leads to a stunning view from the summit. (We might choose to explore a different route to the top. The dirt bike trail is slightly longer but not as steep. Details will follow.)
We will meet at 9:30 AM
August 22: Bretzfelder Park Mushroom Walk, Bethlehem
Everyone looks forward to searching for mushrooms, especially with Dr. Roz Lowen, BHC’s incredibly knowledgeable mycologist, leading the way. There are several possible trails at Bretzfelder. Our walk will depend on where we most likely will find mushrooms!
