Saturday, Dec 20, 2025, 1:00 PM 

Buena Vista Trail Access, Great Allegheny Passage, Allegheny County

Leader: Loree Speedy; Cell: 724-518-6022

Directions: The trailhead can be reached via PA48 in Boston, or PA51 south of Pittsburgh.  

GPS coordinates: 40.27724, -79.79794    Google Maps Link to Buena Vista GAP Trailhead

To celebrate the winter solstice, we will head north along a sunny portion of the trail below wooded slopes. 

This trip could be canceled due to unsafe driving conditions with ice and snow; to learn if the trip is canceled when weather conditions are uncertain, please call or text Loree at 724-518-6022 the day of the hike. 

Thursday, New Years Day, January 1 , 2026, NOON

NEW YEARS DAY Field Trip, Monroe Trailhead, Butler Freeport Trail, Butler County

Directions: From Pittsburgh: take PA-28 North to Exit 17 (PA-356/Butler/Freeport). At end of ramp, turn right to travel PA-356 for a little less than a mile. At the Sheetz, turn right onto Monroe Road and travel about 0.8 mile to the parking for the Buffalo Creek Nature Center on the left.  

GPS coordinates: 40.7076, -79.7131    Google Maps Link to Buffalo Creek Nature Park

Start the New Year with winter botany along trailside and sandstone cliffs. Enjoying botany and nature on New Year’s Day is now a BSWP tradition!

This trip could be canceled due to unsafe driving conditions with ice and snow; to learn if the trip is canceled when weather conditions are uncertain, please call or text Loree at 724-518-6022 the day of the hike.