Auburn Trail Access Closed Due to Bridge Work

Currently, the Trail Head section of the Bartram Trail in Auburn, PA is closed due to the new bridge being installed on Rt. 895. However, you can still access the trail where it currently ends on River Road.

River Road is located off of Fort Lebanon Road, going past the Auburn Fish and Game. Here is a map showing the location where you can access the trail from the south.


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Some people are still able to put kayaks in the Schuylkill from the north of the bridge over Rt. 895.

Snapping Turtle Laying Eggs

A few months ago, I was walking on the Bartram Trail in Landingville, PA when I came across a female Snapping Turtle laying eggs. I didn't try to get too close. I didn't want to scare or agitate her, so I kept a decent distance and took these photos of the Snapping Turtle laying her eggs. It looks like she had dug a decent sized area to lay her eggs.

A few weeks after the Snapping Turtle laid her eggs I came across the nest. I don't know if the snapper eggs hatched out or if a predator like a raccoon or an opossum had a great meal.

Another pic of where the snapper nest was and the cracked open snapper turtle eggs laying there.

The Snapper about ready to start covering the nest with dirt after laying her eggs.

Mama Snapper laying her eggs.

The first picture I took of the Snapping Turtle laying eggs as I approached. I didn't want to spook her.

Close look of the Snapper Turtle laying eggs.

Another view of the Snapping Turtle laying eggs.

Mama Snapper doing her business.

Bartram Trail Stony Creek Trail Access Open

The Stony Creek Trail Head which is located by PA State Game Lands 110. The trail can be accessed by following Bear Creek Street in Auburn, which then turns into Bear Creek Road as you travel south.

Once you reach the gate, the road is gravel and care should be taken as some washing out is to be expected. Still, the road can currently be traveled by car at low speeds.

As you reach the bottom of the hill, just before the parking lot, you will cross a small wooden bridge and then park in the parking lot.

From there, you now have access to the 7 mile stretch of the Bartram Trail that currently runs between Auburn and Hamburg.


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Winter on the Bartram Trail

The Bartram Trail near the Stoney Creek Trailhead.

Bartram Trail During the Winter Months

It's that time of the season. Old man winter is here and letting us all know it. With the current weather only being in the teens and twenties since last week, walking or jogging outside isn't on the minds of many. Although, some people are currently out there getting their exercise or enjoying the solace of the outdoors.

I was out last week with the dogs, but it was a short walk - about a 1/2 mile. That was enough for me and I didn't want the dogs to freeze. They seemed like they were enjoying it. Spring will be here soon enough.

Getting out on the Bartram Trail this time of here is refreshing. I personally can only take a couple of days of being indoors all the time before I feel irritated or down. They even have a name for it now, it's called SAD. I know it as the winter blues.

Man just wasn't meant to be stuck inside a building for days at a time.

The winter is showing a break in the temperature next week with two days in the 40s and 50s. Of course, rain is accompanying the day it will be in the 50s. It doesn't matter to me. At least one day next week I will be walking somewhere on the Bartram Trail.