Roll the windows down, enjoy the scenery and breathe in the fresh air. The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s driving tours through state game lands are just up the road.
Nine tours are scheduled for 2024, the first of which will be held Sunday, Oct. 6. Other tours will be held on Sunday, Oct. 13 and Sunday, Oct. 20. The tours provide a good example of the opportunities available on game lands statewide, while showcasing how habitat work being done on these tracts benefits wildlife.
All tours are free, held rain or shine and open only to vehicles licensed for travel on public roads.
The tour schedule follows:
State Game Lands 110, Berks County, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. – This tour begins at the Mountain Road gate approximately 5 miles west of Hamburg Borough and ends at the state Route 183 gate, 4 miles north of Strausstown.
State Game Lands 110 offers over 10,000 acres of wildlife habitat in Berks and Schuylkill counties. In addition to hunting opportunities, the historic Appalachian Trail runs through the game lands paralleling much of the driving tour. This forested ridge is an important corridor along the Kittatinny Ridge that tens of thousands of hawks use every fall to migrate south along their migration route.
Game Commission personnel will be stationed along the tour route to provide site-specific information and answer questions.