Readers' Choice: Saucon Rail Trail Named Best Park

, and the  has been named the best park in Hellertown and Lower Saucon Township!

The five-mile rail trail, which is less than a year old, received 44 percent of the vote. Runners-up in the Readers' Choice poll were Hellertown's and Lower Saucon's .

The Saucon Rail Trail's northern terminus is at Bachman Street in Hellertown, with popular access points in the borough being and .

The trail is , or simply enjoy the beauty of nature, as well as .

, near the intersection of Bingen and Reading roads.

If you've used it for recreational purposes, be sure to review or rate the Saucon Rail Trail--which extends all the way to Upper Saucon Township Community Park near Route 378--on .

And check back Monday for our next poll about the best place to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the Saucon Valley!