‘Eager and excited’: State parks near the Lehigh Valley prep for summer crowds amid federal closures

BUSHKILL TWP., Pa. — When it comes to capacity issues at Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center, it’s often because visitors don’t know there are other parts of the park to explore, Rob Neitz said.

“The Henry’s Woods Trail, our main parking lot and the visitor center parking lot on a nice spring day, nice summer day, get slammed and people wind up parking on the grass and things like that,” Neitz, Jacobsburg’s manager, said.

“But there are other parts of the park with other parking lots that have space available…

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