Baker Trail Maintenance at Mahoning Dam

Here is your chance to actually build a trail where there is only a hillside. Its not just maintenance and repairing but digging a path to walk on. We are relocating a section of the Baker Trail and need your help to get it done in time for the Baker UltraChallenge August 29th.
  • WhenJul 25, 2015 from 09:00 AM to 03:00 PM (Etc/GMT-4 / UTC400)
  • WhereMahoning Dam
    • 145 Dam Site RoadNew BethlehemPA16242
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  • Contact Phone724-325-3224
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We are in the process of rerouting the Baker Trail between Government and German Road. The trail will be relocated along the Army Corp property with the water as the view. It should be WONDERFUL once its done. We are building new trail and there is a tremendous amount of side hill work that needs done in time for the UltraChallenge August 29th. We will meet at 9AM at the Dam upper parking lot which overlooks the spillway and the out flow of the dam. If you do not have Pulaski or McLeod we can provide one along with the fine art of how to create a bench for foot traffic along a hillside. Please call and let me know you are coming. Bring gloves, lunch and plenty of water! If you only have a couple of hours to spare, that is fine. Hopefully you can join us!

CARPOOLING FROM BULL CREEK ROAD/TARENTUM EXIT OF RT. 28 - We will be leaving the Bull Creek park & ride at 7:45am. If you are interested, call Patty Brunner 412-609-8422

DIRECTIONS - CLICK ON THE LONGITUDE/LATITUDE LINK ABOVE AND IT WILL OPEN GOOGLE MAPS. YOU CAN GET SPECIFIC DIRECTIONS FROM YOUR LOCATION or:
From Indiana PA
Take US-119 N, PA-85 W and PA-839 N to Dayton
At the stop sign in Dayton make a LEFT onto 1018. Continue twisting and turning. Your will make 2 hard right turns still on 1018. After the second right turn look for Creek Road to the RIGHT. Continue on Creek Road a good way passing Belknap Road and crossing over the Mahoning Creek. Your next RIGHT will be on T850 and there is definitely a sign for Mahoning Reservoir/Dam. The entrance to the Recreational area will be on your RIGHT. As you come into the park stay right until you come to a Stop sign. Stay with the main road back to the parking area that dead ends. You will be at the top of the Dam. This is where we meet. If you come late, climb the steps and follow the fisherman trail until you come to the cable that crosses the water. Look for the yellow flags and follow the flags until you find people! Depending on where we are working this could be ~2 miles.

From Tarentum/Rt. 28
Take PA-28 N to Kittanning. Stay on Rt. 28 passing Rt. 422 and Rt 85. Continue maybe 10 miles to SR1018. Make a RIGHT onto SR1018 go to the T and Stop sign. Make a LEFT and then a RIGHT onto Belknap Road. At the T make a slight LEFT onto Creek Road. Make a RIGHT onto T850 and there is a sign for Mahoning Reservoir/Dam. Cross the Mahoning, the entrance to the Recreational area will be on your RIGHT. As you come into the park stay right until you come to a Stop sign. Stay with the main road back to the parking area that dead ends. You will be at the top of the Dam. This is where we meet. If you come late, climb the steps and follow the fisherman trail until you come to the cable that crosses the water. Look for the yellow flags and follow the flags until you find people! Depending on where we are working this could be ~2 miles.

From Brookville, PA
Take PA-28 S passing the towns of Summerville, Mayport and Hawthorn just after Hawthorn make a LEFT turn onto Oak Ridge/Mudlic SR1015. Slight LEFT onto 839S. When 839S makes a left turn KEEP STRAIGHT onto SR1021 which becomes SR1010. Slight LEFT onto Government Road T850. Maker a LEFT into the Mahoning Reservoir area. As you come into the park stay right until you come to a Stop sign. Stay with the main road back to the parking area that dead ends. You will be at the top of the Dam. This is where we meet. If you come late, climb the steps and follow the fisherman trail until you come to the cable that crosses the water. Look for the yellow flags and follow the flags until you find people! Depending on where we are working this could be ~2 miles.