French Creek Hike

Join us for this interesting point to point hike focusing on the French Creek!
The hike will NOT be at all within French Creek State Park! Instead, we will be using a budding trail system that is partially in place, but also requires a little bit of road walking on unconnected sections. A few bits will always be road walk, but they are unpaved and quite lovely.
Some of the route of this hike will be on the long forgotten "Sow Bell Railroad" right of way that ran between Kimberton and St. Peters.
After we meet at the Ashland Street trailhead on the Schuylkill River Trail in Phoenixville, we will shuttle with as few vehicles as possible to our starting point, near where we left off on our recent Horse-Shoe Trail hike.
This time, we'll shift away from the HST again, and focus on the creek itself and closest possible greenways.
We'll trace some of what we did the last time to the north meadows and though Warwick Park, then through Coventryville, Pughtown, Wilson's Corner, and Kimberton to name a few. We'll pass through and by covered bridges, stone bridges, truss bridges, old mills, and more.
Some of the trail sections might be a bit rough or muddy. Some are very well mowed, and a few bits are paved.
Several maps cover what we will be walking including these:
West Vincent: [16c450_29213b688e5b413cad392fb0c7432583-compressed.pdf](https://westvincenttwp.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/16c450_29213b688e5b413cad392fb0c7432583-compressed.pdf)
Hopewell Big Woods: Hopewell Big Woods
Lundale Farm: [Lundale_Sum_Outside.ai](https://lundalefarm.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/LundaleMapandBrochure2015.pdf)
Sow Belly: PDT_10_DR&LRR_(Cropped).png (2369×700)
Chester County: Chester County Trailfinder (Beta)

This should be really very interesting. Distance is just about exactly 15 miles.
If needed, contact me at 908 343 8374