Bethlehem Rose Garden is a park that can be found off of W Union Blvd and Eighth Ave…read more This park is clean, well maintained, and yup you guessed it, has a beautiful rose garden that just went through a restoration in 2020-21. It's a great place to walk and enjoy the outdoors without going to far.

What a surprise! A few years ago this garden was in very rough shape, but it's been restored in the…read morelast couple of years and now is quite impressive! It's full of mature roses of all sorts mixed with other perennials, well designed and maintained with obvious care. I thought I'd spend ten minutes walking though it and was there for over an hour. This free garden is a real bargain and a treasure for Bethlehem. If I lived there, I'd go walking there every day. Kudos to whoever took on this project and made this delightful garden!

Nice park, spacious, several basketball courts. Great for leagues and tournaments. Very nice…read moregrounds and easy to get to.

This park is great . Although walking into the bathroom you would never know your at cedar beach…read more These bathrooms are FILTHY and my poor daughter actually vomited walking in there because of the smell. I really wish they would clean it up! Experience overall is great but I'm giving it a one star for their bathroom facilities because I cannot go here with a young child anymore. Once they need to use the bathroom, we have to leave and use our own.

Small walking park with some improved (rubber chips / gravel / asphalt) trails with exercise…read morestations and an outer grass loop. Has pavilions and park benches. Also all the trees are labeled with the varietal which will be cool when they flower. This visit was a bit early in the year. A few people out, some with dogs but not crowded.

This is a great place to go for a stroll after coming from the awesome diner not too far from this…read morelocation. The park is well-kept and clean and it's a perfect afternoon or morning walk that is not too long. I think it's about 1.85 miles long if you do the whole track. But it has a nice little pavilion where you can barbecue and probably have a little get together. Lots of grass. The pathway is made of recycled, shredded rubber from tires I believe. It gives you a nice soft, cushiony feel when you walk. Throughout that trail you will see different exercise systems, that will help your exercise regime throughout. Incredible park to visit!

Love this trail, so peaceful and a great walk whether it is during the summer or winter. Just make…read moresure to bundle up! I like walking my dog here and he surely loves it.

The natural jewel of Allentown! So appreciating the work of the wildland conservatory restoring the…read moreriparian zones. Eliminating the erosion and encouraging more wildlife . The reduction of mowing and over grooming has created a more natural space that is a joy to behold! Many people complain that they want it back to where it was -over groomed and mowed -however, we know better these days and people need to be immersed in nature in its true form and wildlife needs a safe place to thrive Only complaint is the litter left behind. Particularly by the fisherman. Empty hook bags, Styrofoam, worm, cups, and long dangerous strands of fishing line endangering wildlife. The labor hours saved from the former excess mowing & maintenance can be used to provide extra trash cans and have them emptied regularly

Nice trail along one side of the creek. My only suggestion would be for them to put up a visual map…read moreof the trail because we made the mistake of going from one end, down to the bridge and didn't realize the the trail abruptly ends (we were left in a situation where we had to turn back or continue on to an area that was without a sidewalk and maybe may not have been as safe possibly - we thought maybe the sidewalk might pick back up so we continued on and thankfully we're safe though we had to walk in the road a little due to a bit of a muddy situation). I hope they will possibly make the trail a loop around the creek to the bridge and the Silk center one day if that's possible to make the trek a bit nicer and safer. Also - I imagine that putting up a sound barrier might be very cost prohibitive so walkers should be aware that there's a section that goes close to the highway and is fairly noisy. Overall, I enjoyed my day & seeing the art installations and would recommend it as a place for others to visit.

Easy paved trail along the creek. It's part of the two rivers trailway and features interesting art…read moreexhibits. Shaded by trees and is a pleasant walk. It's not a loop so you'll backtrack. Only downside is the busy highway so it's loud.

This park is very clean and scenic. Even in the winter it is kept nicely cleared. There is a good…read moreamount of parking. Just be aware that there are times that the lot does get full; however there is street parking. I was surprised that we had no difficulty with parking today. It was such a gorgeous, dry late Sunday morning. For parents with babies and young children in strollers (and for other "pet parents" using strollers) I have a beagle who has difficulty walking. She needs a stroller so I have brought her many times with it.... I don't have difficulty on the walking paths or in the parking lot... it's very easy for me which is so nice. It means I can bring both dogs with me alone at times (today was a super bonus because my husband walked our other pup). As far as wheelchair accessibility, I need to check it out more carefully next time. Having spent only a small amount of time in a wheelchair a few decades ago - I can relate to how difficult it can be to get around. I am pretty sure it's very easily accessible. I will check everything when I go back... The restrooms are pretty clean most of the time. It's nice that they are there!! There are many benches throughout the park. It's hard not to be "in the moment" and "mindful" while at this park. There's so much beauty. Today we saw many ducks swimming. And the sunlight against the bright blue sky...... Didn't want to leave!!

A sprawling 134 acre municipal park along Cedar Creek named after prominent industrialist Harry…read moreClay Trexler. With grassy fields, woodland routes, historical structures, and a duckpond this green space has something for everyone. Well maintained paved walking and biking loops of varying lengths and elevation provide a customizable outdoor experience. If you arrive early in the morning you're sure to run into friendly local fauna who call this place home. Find Trexler's cabin at one of the trail forks, and head up the hill to find a monument to the man himself. There are no picnic tables around but there are ample benches for resting and taking in the sights, and there is a public bathroom near the parking lot.

Great little park with two playgrounds, a pavilion, grills, and fields. Also noticed a wheelchair…read morefriendly swing. Lost one star because the bathrooms were locked and I wish the playgrounds were either fenced in or further away from the road.

This is actually one enormous dog park split into three fenced-in areas! Which is great for small…read moredogs who are spooked by big dogs, dogs who play too rambunctiously, or anyone looking to do some dog training outside of the house. One of the enclosures has more trees providing shade than the other, which is where the dogs tend to be. There is water available for the pups in all of the areas, as well as bags for picking up their poo. It's also great that the park is so near to the trail that runs along the railroad, so that you can take your pooch on a walk before/after/instead of playing in the park. It's a little tough to find, not visible from Illick's Mill Road. It's behind Memorial Pool, down the hill from the ice rink.

Address is accurate, park at the parking lot and then walk to the back of the parking lot, the ice…read morerink is to the right, look straight ahead, slightly to the left is the dog park. Three sections, double gate. Water source and trees, along with benches and trash can. Doesn't seem like it gets crowded but could be that I am here at 6:45pm on Saturday at the end of September? Just glad there is a free dog park that is well maintained and spacious.

Let's bring this one up to the current…read more Since my last ramblings on Mariton, thankfully, very little has changed with one exception. That exception would be for the past two years the sanctuary is closed on Mondays for maintenance. Also, and admittedly this is technicality, the hours for the preserve are not set in stone like the Yelp listing indicates but since there isn't an option for sunrise to sunset, whatever. For every time I've come here and checked in, I probably forgot to check in and least twice as many times. Point being I've been here a good bit over the past six years and I've seen basically every trail, some a lot more than others and thankfully nothing with this has changed. If you're looking for paved, groomed or manicured grounds you're not going to find that here. Everything is kept up with by the caretakers but it's also overall in a fairly au natural state which means random rocks, tree roots, mud, leaves all over the place as it should be. Aside from some Spring and Fall weekend afternoons, there are never more than one or two cars here and more often than not there is no one. In twenty plus visits maybe I've seen other people on one of the trails two or three times. Aside from some squirrels and birds over at the bird blind feeders, I've never seen any wildlife here although you would think this would be a hot spot for deer, fox, racoons, etc. Although no trails here are terribly long, there is some variety between the mostly flat Chimney Rock, Woods and parts of the Main Trail to the River Lookout and Turnpike Trails which comparatively have far more incline. Overall still a great spot especially in late Fall/Winter to go out and turn up the quiet in the middle of nowhere.

Just went there for the second weekend in a row (mid April). I enjoyed the trails. Good peaceful…read moreplace to walk around. Grab a paper map and ask your kids to navigate to different areas of the sanctuary. There is an app for this place but that's cheating. Alot of interesting placards that tell the history and make you appreciate the diversity. My BIG reason to come review this place is a small bird blind they have there. Two Saturday afternoons in a row and I consistently had hours of photographing a dozen different bird types. If you want to dabble in bird photography this is a GREAT place to start. Just sit there quietly and they come to you! I know of few other bird blinds so well visited by so many birds.