Celebrate Trails Day 2025

Celebrate Trails Day Along the D&L Trail 

Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (DLNHC) will be engaging in Celebrate Trails Day activities on Saturday April 26, 2025 throughout the corridor. Join us at one of the events!  Guests are invited to engage by participating in the Quest for the Golden Grabber via a cleanup; joining a social bike ride with a delicious destination; and showing your trail towns some love by visiting a Trail Friendly Business. Celebrate Trails Days is an annual springtime celebration of America’s trails started by Rails-to-Trails Conservancy over a decade ago.  

Quest for the Golden Grabber 

DLNHC is hosting the second annual Quest for the Golden Grabber trash collection contest along the D&L Trail from April 1 – 30, 2025. Participation is free and open to everyone.   Click here to learn more about the contest, find a cleanup to join, or register your group! 

D&L Trail Tenders and East Penn Township 

On Celebrate Trails Day join DLNHC at the Boat Launch in Riverview Park in East Penn Township to clean up the D&L Trail. Together, we’ll remove litter and clear vegetation along the trail heading south towards Lehigh Gap Nature Center.  Rain Date on Sunday 4/27/2024, 9 am – 12 pm.  Register here

Celebrate Trails Day Winter Market Bike Ride

DLNHC is hosting a free guided bike ride on Celebrate Trails Day that will take participants from Hugh Moore Park to the Easton Winter Farmers Market and back along the D&L Trail and though downtown Easton.  Learn to navigate trail and roads to reach nearby destinations and avoid parking a vehicle in the city.   Helmets and registration are required, and all participants will be required to sign a waiver upon arrival. Participants are encouraged to bring a bicycle basket and/or backpack to transport their purchases. The Easton Winter Market is located outside of the Easton Public Market – one of the many D&L Trail Friendly Businesses. Learn more here

Support D&L Trail Friendly Businesses 

Is shopping more your speed? Check out these great Trail Friendly Businesses!  D&L Trail Friendly Businesses are located within proximity to the D&L Trail and offer trail users the accommodations they are looking for and may include refilling water bottles for free, safe bike parking, knowledgeable staff, trail maps and more! You can find the full list of certified businesses here. 

However you celebrate trails, we encourage you to spread the love on social media by tagging @DLNHC #CelebrateDLTrail #CelebrateTrailsDay.    

Celebrate Trails Day Events within the Corridor

Bucks County  

Bristol Borough – Bristol Borough townwide cleanup. Saturday April 26, 10am-2pm, rain date April 27. Meet at 9:45 at Snyder-Girotti School, 450 Beaver Street.  All are welcome to participate – individuals and community groups.  

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/26 from 10am-2pm  

• Location: Bristol Borough, meet at Snyder-Girotti School 450 Beaver Street 

• Website/Event Information: www.bristolborough.com/?p=749  

Tinicum Conservancy – River Road Clean-Up, April 26, 8 – 10 am at the Schneiderwind Farm. Volunteers will meet at the Schneiderwind Farm parking lot just across from the Frenchtown Bridge at 8:00 AM.  Safety vests, various types of gloves, pikstiks, and plastic trash bags will be provided. Participants are invited to arrive a little early and enjoy some coffee and pastries with us before we get started. Tinicum Township Police will provide a presence to help keep everyone safe. Please RSVP to Linda McNeil at lmcneill51@gmail.com if you plan to join. 

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/26, 8-10am 

• Location: Schneiderwind Farm & Nursery1073 River Road Upper Black Eddy, PA, 18972 

• Website/Event Information: https://www.tinicumconservancy.org/events/river-road-clean-up 

Northampton County  

Walnutport Canal Association Canal Cleanup – The event will take place on April 12th from 9am-12pm. The Walnutport Canal Assocation (WCA) is hosting a canal cleanup on Saturday April 12 meeting at the canal pavilion. This is a wonderful opportunity to help WCA, meet some new and old friends, and spend a beautiful spring morning outdoors helping beautify a picturesque canal. Refreshments will be provided by Thrivent Financial. WCA thanks them for their continued support!   

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/12 from 9-12  

• Location: Walnutport Canal Pavilion  

• Website/Event Information: www.walnutportcanalassocation.tripod.com 

Palmer Township – the event will take place on April 19th beginning at 8am at Fairview Park in Palmer Township. Join The Palmer Township Environmental Steering Committee on April 19th for a day of community engagement, environmental education, and sustainable practices. There will be several vendors, presentations, pickleball, a 2-mile fun walk, and demonstrations. They will also have a drive to collect gently used blankets, towels, empty rolls of paper towels and toilet paper for The Center of Animal Health & Welfare. For more information, contact: earthstewardsofpalmer@gmail.com.  

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/19 from 10-2  

• Location: Fairview Park – 3501 Fairview Ave., Easton  

• Website/Event Information: www.facebook.com/palmertownshipdpw  

Easton West Ward Earth Day Clean up – The event will take place on April 26th, from 9am-12pm, with volunteers picking up supplies from 100 North 12th St at 8:30am. Join your neighbors to spruce up the West Ward. You can work on your own, work with your neighbors, or join one of the larger neighborhood clean-up efforts. All volunteers must check in at 100 North 12th Street on the morning of the event. Register by April 9th to snag yourself a West Ward Clean Up Day t-shirt. Clean up supplies include FREE trash bags, gloves, and a few other surprises. Trash grabbers will be available for only $5 (cash only).   

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/26 from 9am-12pm  

• Location:  100 North 12th St., Easton  

• Website/Event Information: https://gedp.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=97833 

Easton Scott Park – The event will take place on April 26th from 9am – 12pm in Downtown Easton Scott Park. Scott Park is going to look spiffy once you’re done with it! Volunteers will be pulling up the invasive Japanese Knotweed by the waterfront, and planting native plants provided by Easton Garden Works. They will also be doing some litter cleanup by the waterfront as well. Join the fun of planting native plants this Earth Day Weekend! 

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/26 from 9am-12pm 

• Location:  Scott Park, Easton 

• Website/Event Information: https://gedp.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=97743 

Lehigh County 

Catasauqua Spring Cleanup – The event will take place on Saturday April 12th from 9am –11 am. Meet at Borough Hall parking lot. Water and snacks provided as well as garbage bags, gloves, and litter picking tools. Whitehall Area Rotary Club will be participating    

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/12 from 9-12  

• Location: Catasauqua Borough Hall   

• Website/Event Information: www.catasauqua.org  

Keep Slatington Beautiful Cleanup – The event will take place on April 26th from 9am-12pm.  A cleanup of all borough-owned parks and playgrounds, Victory Park, West End Playground, Slatington Memorial Park, The Slate Heritage Trail, Trout Creek and the confluence of Trout Creek and the Lehigh River. Meet at the Slatington Borough Municipal Garage, 524 W. Church Street at 9am to clean up the different parks around town and then have lunch at noon. Individuals, civic groups, and area Boy & Girl Scout Troops are invited to participate. Please dress appropriately: sturdy shoes & long sleeves recommended.  The event will be held rain or shine, although heavy steady rain/downpours will cancel the cleanup. Groups interested in participating are asked to call Robert at (610) 554-4099 or message on Facebook Messenger via Slatington Parks & Recreation Commission.  

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/26 from 9-12  

• Location: Slatington Borough Municipal Garage, 524 W. Church Street  

• Website/Event Information: www.slatingtonborough.org 

Lehigh Gap Nature Center Annual Earth Day Cleanup, Slatington – The event will take place on Saturday May 3th from 9am to 12pm. Join the Annual Earth Day Clean-up. Lehigh Gap Nature Center is getting the gardens and refuge ready for the coming spring and summer! All volunteers are welcome.  

• Date/Time: Saturday 5/03 from 9-12  

• Location: Lehigh Gap Nature Center  

• Website/Event Information: www.lgnc.org   

Ironton Rail Trail Group Bike Ride – Join the IRT Group Bike Ride from 1pm – 3pm on April at 26 Saylor Park 245 N. 2nd St. Coplay for a 5-mile Loop and 4-mile Spur bike ride. 

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/26, 1-3pm 

• Location: Saylor Park, 245 N. 2nd St. Coplay 

Carbon County 

Pick up the Poconos – The event will take place on April 26th from 9:30am-12:30pm and will happen rain or shine at locations throughout Carbon, Monroe, Pike & Wayne Counties. This event is intended to encourage everyone to do their part in keeping the Poconos clean and green. The deadline to sign up is Friday, April 18, 2025 by 5 p.m.   

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/26 from 9:30 – 12:30  

• Location: Downtown Jim Thorpe, Mauch Chunk Lake Park, Weissport Lehigh Canal Park 

• Website/Event Information: www.poconomountains.com/pick-up-the-poconos, membership@poconos.org, 570-402-0265 

Jim Thorpe Lehigh River Clean up – The event will take place on April 26th rain date April 27th at 8:00 am in Josiah White Park (train station). Participants can meet in the gazebo for trash bags, vests and gloves. Lend a hand to the land and help clean up the riverbed and community. If you have any questions or want to register a a troop or organization, please call Shelli at 570-325-2079. 

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/26 at 8:00 am  

• Location: Joshiah White Park, Jim Thorpe 

• Website/Event Information: www.jimthorpeearthday.com  

Lehighton Borough Parks Cleanup – Join the Lehighton Borough Parks & Recreation Board to clean up the parks in Lehighton. The event will take place on April 26th from 11am and 4pm. Participants will be putting mulch around the trees, removing underbrush from around the creek, and freshening up the courts at Baer Memorial Park. 

• Date/Time: Saturday 4/26 from 11am-4pm 

• Location: Baer Memorial Park, 1101 Bridge Street, Lehighton 

• Website/Event Information: https://www.lehightonborough.org/parks-recreation 

Luzerne County 

White Haven Earth Day Celebration Clean-up –  A clean-up will take place on April 25, from 9am-12pm.  Join an Earth Day Celebration Clean-up on Friday, April 25 starting at 9am at the Main Street Caboose. Join the White Haven Community to Clean-up Main Street and beyond.   

• Date/Time: Friday 4/25 from 9am – 12pm  

• Location: Main Street Caboose, White Haven  

• Website/Event Information: https://www.whitehavenborough.org/event/earth-day-celebration  

White Haven Community Pollinator Garden Workshop & Cleanup – The event will take place on April 26th. Volunteers will Help restore the environment one plant at a time! There will be a workshop exploring the power of native species in revitalizing ecosystems. There will be morning lecture (11:00 AM–1:00 PM) at the White Haven Area Community Library that will cover the environmental benefits of native plants and their role in restoring biodiversity. Experts will discuss how industrialization has impacted local ecosystems, strategies for soil remediation, and how to select species that thrive in Pennsylvania gardens. After a lunch break, there will be an afternoon Hands-On Garden Planting session (2:00 PM–5:00 PM) at the Old Red Caboose that will demonstrate proper planting techniques and maintenance strategies for native species. Participants will help establish a community pollinator garden and receive a native plant plug to take home. Attendees are encouraged to bring gardening gloves and tools. The morning lecture will take place rain or shine, while the garden planting has a rain date of April 27 (2:00 PM–5:00 PM) at the Old Red Caboose. Additionally, registrants can sign up to volunteer for the clean-up session, which will be on April 27 (2:00 PM–5:00 PM) at the Old Red Caboose in White Haven.  

• Date/Time: 4/26 from 11am-1pm and 2-5pm and 4/27 from 2-5 

• Location: White Haven Area Community Library 121 Towanda Street, White Haven, PA 18661 (11:00 AM-1:00 PM) and Old Red Caboose 501 Main Street, White Haven, PA 18661 (2:00 PM-5:00 PM)  

• Website/Event Information: https://extension.psu.edu/restoring-the-earth-build-a-community-pollinator-garden