5th Annual Hawk Mountain Arts Tour & Sale
Driving Directions Page

You 've reached the driving direction headquarters for the Hawk Mountain Arts Tour. Best wishes for an enjoyable day, and thanks for helping to support Hawk Mountain 's very talented neighbors and friends.

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Build-your-own Tour suggestions

Tips for a Great Day

• Take your time. For safety and your own pleasure, please drive slowly. When we say "country roads" we mean it. Some may narrow, others bend, and when a traffic sign shows a sharp turn, you can be sure the turn will in fact be sharp. Make it a safe day for you and others.
• Ask for help. Any one of our participating artists would be happy to help give landmarks or directions on your way to the next stop. If you ' re unsure or new to the tour, just ask.
• Don ' t overdo it. It can be very difficult—if not impossible—to visit each stop on the tour in one day. Instead, pick those that interest you the most and after you’ve seen them all, you can go back and see others on the list. Remember, your artist list allows you to follow up later, look up a website or simply wait until next year.
• Talk to other participants and the artists. "Where have you been so far" and "what did you think" are great openers. The artists, too, not only are experts at their trade but know the area, its history and traditions well.
• Take in the scenery. The same artists who participate in this tour help to preserve and protect Albany Township --the very view we enjoy from the Hawk Mountain Lookouts. Undeveloped, generations-old farmland can be a rarity, but here, it is a treasure in its own right.

Build Your Own Tour

If you’re not sure what stops would suit you, use our tour ideas based on personal interest, or, just review the artist list, write down the numbered stops you find interesting, then stop at those locations first. Here are some ideas to consider:

Painting Tour
Pottery Tour
Crafts Tour
History Tour

If You Love Paintings: Cindy Ross , Dan Christ , Jon Bond, Edward Shepherd, Dave Hughes and Gene Allen each are accomplished painters and collectively, this group provides an interesting mix of work. Dan Christ , for example, is technically trained and paints realistic works of wildlife in their native habitats while Jon Bond focuses on images inspired by iconic Pennsylvania Dutch farms and their traditions. Dave Hughes is now painting in shades of coffee, and Cindy Ross paints landscapes based on her travels to some of the greatest hiking destinations in the world. To visit these artists you will want to stop at points:

#1. Hawk Mountain Visitor Center ( Cindy Ross )
#3. Dan Christ Gallery
#5. Hawk Mountain Bed & Breakfast (Ed Shepherd)
#6. Jon Bond Gallery
#8. Pamela’s Forget-me-Not Bed and Breakfast
#14. Gene Allen

Best way to get from Pamela’s to Gene Allen’s is to return to Rte 143, turn left onto Rte 737 and follow it to the sharp, 90-degree right turn in Stony Run, then turn LEFT on the road next to Stony Run Inn, Red Road. This road brings you out to Golden Key Road. Turn left and watch for Gene’s home, #5008

#2. Willi Singleton, Pine Creek Pottery
#10. Jeff Dietrich’s home
#12. Bill & Sandra Jones at Wanamaker’s General Store
#14. Mark Amey at Gene Allen’s home

Willi is located right on Hawk Mountain Road, just take care to park on Pine Creek Road and be careful turning around to exit, or, you can stay on Pine Creek as it loops back out to Hawk Mountain Road.

Continue on to 143, turn left then right onto 737. Pass Kempton Hotel, and make the sharp left over the bridge and train tracks. Continue along the river very short distance pass the bridge and enter historic Trexler. Jeff’s home is just across the tracks.

When you exit, cross the bridge onto 143, turn right and Wanamaker’s is right along the road, you can’t miss it.

From Wanamaker’s to Gene Allen’s home, turn right on Rte 143 and travel 1 mile to right turn at Donat Road (by the church). Follow Donat all the way out to Kistler Valley Road, turn left, and after a short distance, make a right onto Golden Key Road. Gene’s house is just after you pass Blue Jay Road and sits prominently on the right side at a curve. Look for his house #5008 and Arts Tour sign.

  If You Love Crafts: People who love crafts must stop at The Country Seat to see this hidden gem of a store that boasts the region’s biggest selection of basket-weaving kits, dyes, caning supplies, reeds and tools related to the craft, as well as incredible hand-woven baskets and rush seats for sale and viewing. The Country Seat also will demonstrate weaving techniques, will display its antique basket collection, and is hosting guest crafter David Terwilliger, an Appalachian-style broom maker. Other art that may appeal to this interest area includes stained glass, forged iron art, chainsaw carvings, hand carved utensils, quilts and beaded jewelry. To build a tour based on crafts, you should include the following stops:

•  #1. Todd Gladfelter at Hawk Mountain Visitor Center (chainsaw carver)
  #4. Pat & Arlen Christ (quilts)
  #7. Jonathan Simmons at The Spoon Shop
  #9. The Country Seat (weaving, basketry, gourd art, handmade brooms)
  #11. Janis Kauffman (jewelry and modern upholstery & handbags)
  #13. Deb Kramer (stained glass)
• Begin at Hawk Mountain Visitor Center, then exit right on Hawk Mountain Road about 4 mi to right turn on Pine Creek Road, just after Kindred Spirits Farm. 
  
  Follow out to Rte 143, turn right, and make the first LEFT at the orange cone. Cross bridge and turn right onto Little Round Top Road (another orange cone), and wind up the hill, passing Dan Christ's driveway.
  
  Turn LEFT at cone onto Nursery Road, and watch for sign marking Pat & Arlen Christ's home.
  
  Exit Pat Christ's home, turning left and follow Nursery Road short distance to Donat Road and turn LEFT and follow down the hill to Stony Run Valley Road. Turn left and follow out to 143.
  
  Turn right on Rte 143, pass fire company, and turn right onto 737. Jonathon Spoons parking is in the lot next to the post office, and the shop is across the street (next to elementary school).
  
  Return to Rte 143, turn left and then right onto Hawk Mountain Road at the Sunoco station.
  
  Go two miles to New Bethel Church Road (road sign is missing---watch for orange cone), pass the church and turn right at the cone over bridge, and driveway is on other side of the house and barn on right. 
  
  Exit driveway, turn left, cross bridge, and follow New Bethel Church Road/Kistler Hill Road out to Mountain Road. Turn right. Follow to a right turn on Kunkle Dahl Rd and watch for orange cone at Janis Kaufman's house, on the left. 
  
  Exit Janis's and return to Mountain Road--turn right and follow this out to 143 right at Wanamaker's General Store. Turn LEFT on 143, and watch for Womer Memorials sign (about .8 mile). Deb's home is on the opposite side and has a white wooden fence and will be marked with an orange cone. Enter on left.   

If You Love History: History buffs have plenty to see on the tour just taking in some of the centuries-old stone farmhouses you pass along the route. In addition, you’ll want to visit Jon Bond, who started the Albany Historical Society and offers a wealth of information on local history, and Eric Claypoole, who is off the beaten path, but is one of the only traditional hex sign and barn artists. Other places of interest include Pamela’s Forget-me-Not Bed and Breakfast and Jeff Dietrich’s loghome, both for their great homes (as well as the art!), and Wanamaker’s General Store oozes charm and dates back to 1876. To build this tour, you should include the following stops:

• #13. Eric Claypole hexsigns
  #6. Jon Bond, Bond Customart (Jon’s wealth of local history)
  #8 Pamela’s Forget-Me-Not (for its great Victorian building)
  #10. Jeff Deitrich’s Loghouse (National Register of Historic Places plus great personal collection of historic folkart and exhibiting work by Kai Kayson, creator of carved folkart birds)
  #12. Wanamaker’s General Store
  
  If you do this tour, I suggest you begin in Lenhartsvile with Eric Claypoole’s home. Take Route 143 S to the light at Deitsch Eck in Lenhartsville (approx 4 mi from Sunoco station), turn left onto Old Rte 22, and bear right, following 143 S for 1.5 mi to a wonderful covered bridge.
  
  Turn left after crossing bridge and at stop sign, turn left onto Dreibelbis Station Rd. Go .25 mile to first right onto Schock Road. Eric 's driveway is .25 mi on left, marked with hex signs, distlefink and studio tour sign.
  
  Retrace your path to 143 and follow into Kempton, turning RIGHT at the Sunoco Station. Turn LEFT onto Kempton Road (look for an orange cone---turn comes up at crest of short hill, right at a bend.) Jon’s studio and gallery is just short distance, look for sign.
  
  Exit right, drive a short distance to Rte 737, turn left and continue straight past the Kempton Hotel, and make the sharp left over the bridge, over the train tracks, drive along river, and straight into historic Village of Trexler. Jeff’s home is on the left.
  
  When you leave, cross the bridge and turn right onto Rte 143 and Wanamaker’s General Store sits right along the road after you pass County Line Orchards