The yellow bikes, available for free in Pottstown, encourage people to ride around town and on the Schuylkill River Trail. Now, Pottstown is adding walking & biking paths to eight city streets in a effort to make the community even more bike friendly. Read more....

Bike Pottstown Bikes took center stage when the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources launched its 2014-19 Outdoor Recreation Plan at the Pottstown Rumble in Pottstown's Memorial Park on June 25. Roughly 20 participants and announcers, including DCNR Secretary Cindy Dunn, took a short ride to the event using Pottstown's signature yellow bikes. They...

Officials from Bern Township and the Schuylkill River Heritage Area cut the ribbon on a new section of trail Wednesday, December 11. The ribbon cutting ceremony will took place near Washington Street in Bern Township, where the trail ends at Herbine’s Lock, a canal remnant from the former Schuylkill Navigation System. The 2,100-foot long, 10-foot wide,...

FREE full-color Schuylkill River Trail accordion-style brochures contain a map of the entire trail (including finished, proposed and on-road sections), distances between trail heads, and places to visit along the route. These maps are created, produced and distributed by the Schuylkill River Heritage Area, and are available free at many of the Heritage Area's Gateway...