MJWA Preserves & Trails

The mission of MJWA is to promote stewardship of, to protect and to enhance the watersheds of the Bangor Area which include: Slateford Creek, Jacoby Creek, Allegheny Creek, Oughoughton Creek, Little Martins Creek, Martins Creek, Waltz Creek, Greenwalk Creek, Mud Run, and the unnamed tributaries draining directly to the Delaware River between the Delaware Water Gap and Easton, PA.


Preserves & trails
Northampton County Open Space Program In 2003, Northampton County established an Open Space program to preserve farmland and natural lands within the County.		Northampton County Farmland Preservation Program Northampton County established a Farmland Preservation Program to promote stability of the agricultural values and general welfare of Northampton County by the preservation of farmland, and to encourage the economic and financial health for the long-term sustainability of agriculture. Contact Information: Northampton County Farmand Preservation Office 14 Gracedale Avenue Nazareth, PA 18064-9211 Ph: 610-746-1993 Fax: 610-746-5262 Maria Bentzoni, Farmland Preservation Administrator Email: Mbentzon@northamptoncounty.org Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
Hit the trails! Martins-Jacoby Watershed Association, in cooperation with PPL, local municipalities, and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has established trails connecting to and within the Martins Creek Natural Area. All of our trails are open to the public for low-impact use. Well-behaved pets are welcome. Please note that surrounding lands are open for hunting in season; hikers are encouraged to be aware of hunting seasons and wear blaze orange or other brightly colored clothing. Martins Creek Natural Area & Tekening Trails contains hundreds of acres of wooded upland along the Delaware River north of Martins Creek. Driving Directions: From Easton, Take 611 North to the town of Martins Creek and turn right at the light. Go approximately 1 mile and exit off of 611 on the right at the hard curve and this puts you on the Martins Creek-Belvidere highway. You will travel roughly three miles before you will see the power plant immediately on your right. Look for Foul Rift road and turn right. Directly across from the newly constructed power plant is the parking area for the Tekening trail system.		Minsi Lake is located in Northampton County. Minsi Lake is a 117-acre impoundment within Northampton County's Minsi Lake Wilderness Area, a 300-acre County park reserve with hiking trails, wilderness and wetlands. For more information and directions, click here. Mount Bethel Fens Preserve is a 2,000 acre natural area managed by The Nature Conservancy, located in Northampton County, adjacent to the northwest side of the town of Mount Bethel. The Preserve includes marshes, wood swamps, seeps and globally rare calcareous fens. Special vegetation which may be observed at the Preserve includes grass-of-parnassus, Indian paintbrush, rose pogonia, fringed gentian and other flowering sedges. Rare whorled nutrush and brook lobelia are also found on the site. For more information, click here. The Appalachian Trail runs along the northernmost border of the Martins-Jacoby Watershed, along the top of the Blue Mountain Ridge. Parking areas and trail heads may be found at Delaware Water Gap, the Route 191 crossing of Blue Mountain, and Wind Gap. For more information, click here.