The Murrysville Trail Alliance
Celebrating Outdoor Murrysville

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Photos from Hike Murrysville have been posted

The Murrysville Trail Alliance is a group of people
working to expand opportunities for Murrysville trail-based recreation.
Please explore our site to discover trails and learn about the MTA's activities.
If you are interested, please join us for a meeting or activity!
If you like, you may also email asking to be added to our mailing list.

MTA Meetings

The MTA meets at 7 pm on the third Tuesday
of each month, at the East Suburban
Unitarian Universalist Church
at 4326 Sardis Road (across from Mamont Road).
Anyone interested is welcome to participate
in any MTA meetings or activities.
Please join us!

New Trail Map for PV Park

The MTA has finalized a new trail map
for PV Park, which is available
in both color and black and white.
The map shows trails and farm roads
along with contour lines, tree cover,
and other information.

Wish List of Trail Books

A wealth of information about trails and trail building
is available through the Murrysville Community Library,
either from the Library's own collection or
from other libraries in Westmoreland County via
the Polaris system. In addition, the MTA has developed a
"Wish List" to expand the Library's collection of trail books:

2011/2012 Allegheny Trail Alliance TrailBook
(about the Great Allegheny Passage and the C & O Canal Towpath); available for $10 from www.GAPtrail.org

The Laurel Highlands: A Hiking Guide;
available for $8.95 from www.alleghenysc.org

Hiker's Guide to the Laurel Highlands Trail;
available for $7.00 from www.alleghenysc.org

Please contact the MTA if you might like to sponsor
purchase of one of these books or know of other worthwhile
trail books (if regional, addressing southwestern PA).

A Pittsburgh Hiking Meetup group hosts several hikes in our area, including hikes in Duff Park. Join the Pittsburgh Hiking Meetup group at www.meetup.com/pittsburghhikers to obtain current information about their hikes.

Friends of Murrysville Parks hosts a series of nature walks in Murrysville parks.

Westmoreland Conservancy hikes and excursions are listed at the Conservancy website, for which the home page is www.westmorelandconservancy.org.

The Botanical Society of Westmoreland County hosts many events and field trips throughout Westmoreland County, as shown at http://www.botanicalwestmoreland.org/fieldTrips.html.

The Botanical Society of Western Pennsylvania hosts many events and field trips throughout western Pennsylvania, as shown at http://www.botsocwpa.org/calendar.php.

The Sierra Club Allegheny Group lists several hikes in southwestern PA on an "Upcoming Events" calendar at http://alleghenysc.org/?cat=13&ec3_after=today.

The Explorers Club of Pittsburgh includes backpacking, cycling, and other outdoor activities in southwestern PA under Events at http://www.pittecp.org/index.asp.

Venture Outdoors hosts many southwestern PA outdoor events and activities, shown at http://www.ventureoutdoors.org.

Keystone Trails Association provides much information about trails and recreational trail use throughout PA at http://www.kta-hike.org.

American Trails provides much information about trails and recreational trail use throughout the U.S., including in Pennsylvania, at http://americantrails.org.