The Brodhead Watershed Association Get Outdoors Poconos invites you to hike Stony Run, part of the Delaware State Forest in Monroe County.
Stony Run rushes about 12 miles in Price Township in northeastern Pennsylvania, tumbling over boulders into Brodhead Creek. Yet most people haven’t seen or noticed it.
A recently acquired part of the Delaware State Forest, the 300 forested acres surrounding Stony Run are an unblazed maze of trails. The route seems rambling, but the heading is consistently down a ridge, toward the south.
Along the way, hikers will see two huge hunks of rock, identical wedges for all the world like slabs of pie. And then the creek is there.
There can’t be any question where this creek gets its name-- Stony Run’s banks are littered with rocks of all sizes, from ankle-busting rubble to flat, tilted boulders that seem to be sliding into the water in glacially slow motion. Upstream, a surprise-- a natural waterslide formed in the bedrock.
A wide, well-maintained wooden bridge lets hikers continue across Stony Run to investigate a stone wall – taller than head height and 30 feet long, neatly and painstakingly built, without even a trace of what its purpose might have been.
Other signs of the past can be found around Stony Run: Painted trees still retain marks that show hunters the way home after a day exploring the outdoors.
If you go-- from Route 447 in Price Township, take Snow Hill Road for eight-tenths of a mile. The gravel parking area ringed with boulders is on your right. No signage. GPS 41.150676, -75.218824.
To learn more, visit the hike Stony Run webpage.
Visit the Get Outdoors Poconos for more information on this and other hiking areas in Monroe County. The series is administered by Brodhead Watershed Association and supported by a grant from the William Penn Foundation.
For more information on programs, initiatives and other upcoming events, visit the Brodhead Watershed Association website or Follow them on Facebook. Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Association. Click Here to become a member.
[Posted: November 4, 2020] PA Environment Digest
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