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Trip 01: Twisty Tail 56+ Valley Forge to Reading’s Pagoda |
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Trip Nr: |
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Title: |
Twisty Tail 56+ Valley Forge to Reading’s Pagoda |
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Date: |
8/23/2003 |
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Author: |
Ed Trahan |
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Mileage |
Leg
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Instruction |
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0.0 |
0.0 |
Leave parking lot and follow signs for “encampment auto tour". Follow
this route through Valley Forge Park. Watch your speed - 25 mph MAX! |
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2.9 |
2.9 |
RIGHT onto PA Route 252 N |
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3.3 |
0.4 |
LEFT onto Yellow Springs Road; go through covered bridge.
Be careful
turning, opposing traffic does not stop! |
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5.9 |
2.6 |
Sharp RIGHT onto Diamond Rock Hill Road. Old Octagonal school house on
right. |
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6.3 |
0.4 |
Quick LEFT onto Clothier Spring Road. Blind turn,
look carefully |
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6.9 |
0.6 |
RIGHT at "Stop, Right Turn Keep Moving" |
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8.3 |
1.4 |
Bear LEFT onto Valley Park Road. |
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8.6 |
0.3 |
Cross White Horse Road going straight onto Creek Road (Pickering Creek
is on right) -One lane bridge on this road |
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9.6 |
1.0 |
LEFT onto PA Route 29 South - CAUTION - Hard to see
traffic from right |
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12.3 |
2.7 |
RIGHT onto Charlestown Road at Traffic Light |
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12.8 |
0.5 |
LEFT onto Pikeland Road |
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15.3 |
2.5 |
LEFT onto Street Road - CAUTION - Hard to see
oncoming traffic |
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16.6 |
1.3 |
RIGHT onto Yellow Springs Road at second STOP SIGN |
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18.1 |
1.5 |
LEFT onto RT 113 south (Kimberton Road) |
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19.6 |
1.5 |
RIGHT onto RT 401 west (Conestoga Road ) at Traffic Light |
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23.9 |
4.3 |
Cross RT 100 (Pottstown Pike) at Traffic Light |
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31.7 |
7.8 |
RIGHT onto Brick Lane |
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32.3 |
0.6 |
RIGHT onto RT 23 east (Main Street) |
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34.0 |
1.7 |
LEFT onto RT 345 North (Pine Swamp Road) - a twisty road |
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34.5 |
0.5 |
LEFT- still following 345 North |
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35.8 |
1.3 |
LEFT onto Harmonyville Road |
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37.3 |
1.5 |
RIGHT onto Park Road at STOP SIGN, enter park and continue STRAIGHT at
entrance road |
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38.7 |
1.4 |
RIGHT into parking lot. Restroom and regroup. Stop here |
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38.8 |
0.0 |
RIGHTout of parking lot - Back on Park Road |
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40.7 |
2.0 |
LEFT onto 345 North |
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42.8 |
2.1 |
LEFT onto Geigertown Road |
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46.0 |
3.2 |
(Geigertown Outdoor Museum on right) |
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46.2 |
0.2 |
RIGHT onto PA Route 82 North at STOP SIGN |
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48.2 |
2.0 |
LEFT at STOP SIGN onto Hay Creek Road |
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48.3 |
0.1 |
followed by a very quick LEFT onto Rock Hollow Road |
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49.4 |
1.1 |
RIGHT at STOP SIGN onto Cocalico Road - twisty zone ahead.
Entering historic Birdsboro - watch your speed
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51.5 |
2.1 |
Bear RIGHT at STOP SIGN and stay on Cocalico Road. |
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51.9 |
0.4 |
Bear RIGHT onto Douglas Street |
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52.0 |
0.1 |
Cross Railroad tracks and turn LEFT onto PA Route 82 North
STRAIGHT - Go through traffic lights; stay on Route 82 North. We will
cross the Schuylkill River |
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53.9 |
1.9 |
LEFT at light turn onto US Route 422 West - stay in RIGHT lane |
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56.3 |
2.4 |
RIGHT at Shelbourne Road Exit - At the end of the exit ramp, turn RIGHT
onto Shelbourne Road |
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58.4 |
2.1 |
LEFT onto PA Route 562 West. - Watch traffic at this intersection - now
St. Lawrence Avenue |
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60.1 |
1.7 |
RIGHT at light onto Business Route 422 West entering Mount Penn. |
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61.1 |
1.0 |
RIGHT onto Glen Road - Watch for this intersection and look for the red
sign for Stokesy Castle |
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LEFT at STOP SIGN onto Hill Road and follow this for about a mile. |
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RIGHT at light and go for about 200' turning onto Dureya Drive. Hill
climb begins!! Watch your speed and follow the signs to the pagoda. Once
we arrive, find a spot in the parking lot. Climb on foot to the
observation post. |
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Exit the parking lot going back down Duryea Drive |
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Second LEFT onto Hill Road |
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RIGHT onto Spook Lane |
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RIGHT onto Friedensburg Road |
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RIGHT at traffic light onto Dengler Street |
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Bear RIGHT onto Bus 422 |
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RIGHT into Arners Restaurant parking lot. |
DIRECTIONS HOME:
Turn RIGHT out of restaurant parking lot and follow US Business Route
422 West for about 1 mile, going through the center of town. You will
cross a bridge over the Schuyikill River and then you will see the
junction of US 222/US 422 By-Pass.
Get on US Route 422 East (By-Pass). Follow East until you get to 1-176
Morgantown Expressway. Follow this south until you get to the end at
I-76 the PA Turnpike. Head east, back toward Valley Forge. From Valley
Forge you are on your own.
Good luck and I hope you enjoyed the run. Note: The Vanity Fair outlets
are straight ahead in West Reading. If you want to visit the outlets,
don't get on the 422 bypass but continue on 422 business. Outlets will
be on your right. |