General Harry C. Trexler (1854-1933) contributed a great deal to
the growth and quality of life in the city of Allentown with his
parks and the surrounding county of Lehigh during his lifetime. In
1906, he began purchasing farms, in the hill country of Lowhill and
North Whitehall townships to create a 1200 acre game preserve to
protect bison, elk, and white-tailed deer. This game preserve was
transferred to Lehigh County by General Trexler in his 1933 will,
and it became the Trexler-Lehigh County Game Preserve. Today it is
known as the Trexler Nature Preserve
General Trexler expressed his satisfaction in establishing the Game
Preserve by stating: "If a trip through my preserve has opened to
you a little wider the great outdoors, and nature has revealed
something you may not before have seen or known, I shall feel
repaid in my efforts to help conserve in its proper setting some of
our wildlife."
Today the nature preserve includes a zoo, hiking trails,
picnicking, and a leisurely drive thru the hills watching for the
elk and bison that roam them.
This cache will take you to the parking area of the Zoo. You do not
have to enter the Zoo to find this cache, but you may want to visit
if you have children or are a child at heart yourself. Please visit
the website for hours and admission fees…..www.lvzoo.org
Please park in the parking lot and NOT ON THE ROAD. Walk to the
cache..DO NOT CLIMB THE STONE WALL. This should be an easy cache
meant to bring you to (or back to) this great gift the General left
for us to enjoy.
Trexler Nature Preserve Hours of Operation:.
April 1- October 31 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Seven days a week.
November 1-March 31 9:30 AM - 4:PM. Seven days a week. Gates are
closed before and after these hours so please do not try any other
time.
TNP is closed for New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
The cache container is from the challenge of the 7 Mile-7Day Cache
(GC1EGWT). We found it this morning 7-26-2008 and hid it within the
7 miles by this afternoon.