The Friends of Salt Springs Park, Inc. • PO Box 541 • Montrose PA • 18801 • 570.967.7275 • info@friendsofsaltspringspark.org
Part of the Silver Creek Trail is an old logging road. Hike it with us on Saturday, June 22, 12:30 pm.Eight hundred forty-two of the most beautiful acres in Susquehanna County make up Salt Springs Park. Just under half of this land is a state park the Friends of Salt Springs manage for the Commonwealth, and the rest is our own land we encourage the public to enjoy.
Salt Springs offers the peace and beauty of streams and woodlands combined with nearly 15 miles of trails, historic farm buildings, cottages, camping, picnic grounds, and a variety of programs and events.
Salt Springs is open to the public year-round, without charge, from sunrise to sunset. The park is 6 miles north of Montrose, the county seat of Susquehanna County, and is within easy driving distance of Scranton, PA, and Binghamton, NY.
We are a nonprofit organization, Friends of Salt Springs Park. We manage 842 acres of Pennsylvania paradise. Learn more about us and the park.
We offer public programs year-round. Here's a full list.
We have 8 rustic tent sites and 3 rustic cottages. The tent sites are walk-in. The cabins have electricity but no heat or water. A composting facility is nearby. Details are here, and more pictures are here.
Nearly 15 miles of trails will lead you through meadows and marshes, in and out of a gorge, into an old-growth hemlock forest, to a frog pond, and up and down the hills. Check out the trail map and trail descriptions.
This 1820s threshing barn is perfect for weddings, receptions, family reunions, class reunions, graduation parties . . . celebrations of all kinds. Read more here.
We are dedicated to sharing the rich environmental and historical resources of Salt Springs. We teach an environmental ed program to local 4th graders. We research park and local history and share our findings in displays and on the history page.
Take a virtual hike through Salt Springs Park in the Photo Album. Enjoy the scenery, the flora and fauna, and highlights from past programs and events.
Celebrate Father's Day in the park with a family activity. All materials will be provided to build a box to take home. We'll do some assembly, and paints will be available to add a further creative touch. Fee.
Gardening Series for Children
Seven Wednesdays in June, July, and August
Beginning Wednesday, June 12, 1 pm, Concetta Schirra will lead a series of gardening programs for kids. Each program will include a story, a topic for the day, and hands-on activities in the garden.
More details here.Quick Links
June Newsletter
Our June newsletter is now available. It includes an update on the newly discovered well and details on upcoming June programs.
Salt Springs Tradition Alive and Well!
The work of more than 100 volunteers over three weekends in April this year is an enthusiastic example that what the Friends of Salt Springs Park started almost 20 years ago is still going strong. In 1994, citizens formed a volunteer nonprofit to save the Wheaton family farmstead (which had become Salt Springs Park in 1972) from further decay and vandalism, restore its natural and historical beauty, and keep it open to the public.
Every April the Friends enlist the community's help to restore the park to its pristine nature after winter's onslaught and to pitch in with other maintenance needs. Every year the community's response is overwhelmingly generous. This time, the mission was supported even further by the Susquehanna and Montrose LDS church congregations' help.
Unsafe trees were cleared from the trails. Garbage was picked up. Bathrooms and signs were repainted. Rock debris from past floods was removed. And much more. Local sponsors First National Bank, Earth Farm Studios, High Tech Collision, Montrose Auto Parts, and Montrose Beverage made it possible to provide food, beverages, and T-shirts for the volunteers.
Most important, though, is that people got pleasure from getting outdoors with friends, neighbors, and strangers and working together to help maintain a local landmark. Our Facebook Page has lots of pictures and more details about all the work the volunteers accomplished.
If anyone is going to spot the elusive Northern Shrike it's George Schreck. And he did.
George took this picture on March 4, 2013, near the old foundation across Buckley Road from the parking lot.
The Northern Shrike is a predatory songbird. Read more about it, and see a picture of one with its dinner . . .