Ironton Rail Trail Clean-Up Saturday

Volunteers are needed Saturday to help clean up the North Whitehall section of the Ironton Rail Trail, from Portland to Quarry streets.

Please gather at 8:30 a.m. at the Portland Street trail head. Organizers will bring chainsaws and loppers, but you are welcome to bring your own equipment. There will be a chipper to mulch the vegetation.

Doughnuts, coffee, tea and other beverages will be provided.

The former Ironton Railroad was transformed in 1996 into a 9.2-mile recreational trail for the community. It provides a link for Whitehall, Coplay and North Whitehall. The trail is 10-feet wide, flat and covered with rolled, crushed stone. It is ADA-compliant and has numerous easy access points. A 5.3-mile loop portion of the trail has been paved.

The trail follows the Coplay Creek from North Whitehall to the 110-acre Natural Whitehall Parkway. The trail is a spur of the Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Trail.

For more information, contact Ray Bieak, Ironton Rail Trail commissioner, at 484-860-1498 or rail.trail@yahoo.com