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TRAIL CLOSURE ALERT:

The trail near Monocacy Station in Union Township, Berks County will close beginning Feb. 1 for construction. More details available under the "Trail Alerts" section on the Schuylkill River Trail Overview page.

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Academy of Natural Sciences Allegheny Aqueduct Historical Park American Philosophical Society Museum American Swedish Historical Museum Antietam Lake Park and Angora Fruit Farm Appalachian Trail Conservancy Appalachian Trailhead ArtFusion 19464 Awbury Arboretum Barnes Foundation Bartram’s Garden Bear Creek Environmental Area & Dr. James S. Shadle Nature Center Belmont Mansion and Underground Railroad Museum Berks County Genealogical Society Berks County Heritage Center Berks Nature Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia Binky Lee Preserve Black Rock Dam Black Rock Sanctuary Blue Marsh Lake Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club Boathouse Row Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles Cabela’s Carousel at Pottstown Cedar Grove Mansion Central Perkiomen Valley Park Chester Springs Studios Cliveden of the National Trust Colebrookdale Railroad: The Secret Valley Line Colonial Theatre Conrad Weiser Homestead Crow’s Nest Preserve Cynwyd Trail Bridge Daniel Boone Homestead Delaware Valley Orienteering Association Destination Schuylkill River East Falls Glassworks Eastern State Penitentiary Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Elmwood Park Zoo Evansburg State Park Fairmount Park Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center Fairview Union Sunday School Fitzwater Station Canoe and Kayak Rentals Fort Mifflin on the Delaware Fort Washington State Park Franklin Institute French Creek State Park Fricks Locks Village Tours Germantown White House (Deshler-Morris House)Goggleworks Center for the Arts Goschenhoppen Historians, Inc.Great Valley Nature Center Green Lane Park Green Valleys Association Gring’s Mill Recreation Area Grumblethorpe Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve Hamburg Area Historical Society Hamburg Field House Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hermitage Mansion Hex Barn Art Tour Highlands Mansion and Gardens Historic Houses of Fairmount Park Historic Joanna Furnace Historic RittenhouseTown Historic Yellow Springs Historical Society of Berks County Museum and Library Historical Society of Montgomery County Historical Society of Schuylkill County Historical Society of Phoenixville Area Hope Lodge Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site Hunsicker’s Grove Independence National Historical Park Japanese House and Garden Jenkins Arboretum Jerry’s Classic Car Museum Jewish Museum of Eastern PA John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge John James Audubon at Mill Grove Kernsville Dam Recreation Area Keystone Canoe Club King of Prussia Shopping Kutztown Area Historical Society Laurel Hill Cemetery Laurel Hill Mansion Leesport Locktender’s House Lemon Hill Locust Lake State Park Lorimer Park Lower Merion Conservancy Lower Perkiomen Valley Park Manatawny Green Mini Golf Manayunk Arts Center Manayunk Towpath Mary Wood Park House Mennonite Heritage Center Mill at Anselma Molly Maguire Auto Tour Monocacy Hill Recreation Area Montgomery Cemetery Montgomery County Community College West Campus Morlatton Village Morris Arboretum Mutter Museum National Constitution Center National Iron & Steel Heritage Museum National Museum of American Jewish History Nicholas Stoltzfus House Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center Norristown Farm Park Orwigsburg Historical Society & Museum Our Town Foundation Gallery PA German Cultural Heritage Center Paoli Battlefield Historical Park Pennypacker Mills Perkiomen Trail Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Peter Wentz Farmstead Philadelphia Canoe Club Philadelphia History Museum at Atwater Kent Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia Zoo Phoenixville Foundry Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine Please Touch Museum Port Clinton Peanut Shop Pottsgrove Manor Pottstown Riverwalk Powel House Railway Restoration Project 113 Reading Area Community College Yocum Library Reading Area Firefighters Museum Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad Reading Pagoda Reading Public Museum Reading Railroad Heritage Museum Ridgewood Farmstead & Winery River of Revolutions Interpretive Center Riverbend Environmental Education Center Rosenbach Museum & Library Ryerss Museum and Library Santander Arena and Performing Arts Center Schuylkill Banks Schuylkill Canal Lock 60 Schuylkill Canal Tow Path and Locks Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education Schuylkill County Agricultural Museum Schuylkill Highlands Conservation Landscape Initiative Schuylkill River Greenways NHA Schuylkill River Trail Boardwalk Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center Sculpture Tours Sovereign Majestic Theatre Spring-Ford Area Historical Society Museum Stenton Strawberry Mansion Sullivan’s Bridge Sweetbriar Mansion Take it Outdoors Adventures Tamaqua Train Station The Speaker’s House The Woodlands Tuscarora State Park University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Upper Schuylkill Valley Park Valley Forge National Historical Park Venice Island Interpretive Walk VF Clothing Outlet Center Walk In Art Center Warwick County Park Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R)Welkinweir / Green Valley Association Wissahickon Valley Park Woodford Woodmere Art Museum Wyck Yuengling Brewery Tours

Shoemakersville

Shoemakersville, Shoemakersville PA (Get Directions)

Shoemakersville was founded in 1765 by Charles & Henry Shoemaker. The area was incorporated as a Borough in 1921. Shoemakersville is located in northern Berks County on the east bank of the Schuylkill River. PA Route 61 passes through the borough, leading south 12 miles to Reading, and north four miles to Interstate 78 in Hamburg. For more about Shoemakersville, visit shoeyboro.org.

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