Hike On LbNA #27482
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Nov 27, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | New Freedom |
| County: | York |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Pappa Bear  |
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| Found by: | Chili |
| Last found: | Jul 11, 2016 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF |
| Last edited: | Nov 27, 2006 |
This is a nice enjoyable walk any time of year suitable for kids and adults alike. Start you quest on the York County Heritage Rail Trail (http://ycwebserver.york-county.org/Parks/RailTrail.htm) in Railroad, PA. Exit 4 off of I-83 and head west on 851, follow the signs to Railroad. When you cross the tracks at the bottom of the hill and turn left at the “T” intersection onto 851. Follow this road into New Freedom. Turn left on Franklin Street, the parking lot is 1 block on the left corner of Front and Franklin Streets.
Park near the Train Station in New Freedom, PA. You can spend some time and enjoy the caboose, museum, and café that is there. Walk south out of town along the foot path in front of the train station headed south. Enjoy all the small town charm as you walk through town crossing four streets. The last street you cross will be McCullaugh Ave.
As you leave town you will enter a grove of trees, this will form a canopy of shade in the summer and make for an enjoyable walk any time of year. You will walk for quite some time, passing a yellow house on the left at and cross under the Singer Road Bridge. You will come upon a fence just before Orwig Road that has horses and a pony that you can enjoy on a nice day… they will come right to the fenced, but don’t feed them. After crossing Orwig Road, you will arrive at the Mason-Dixon line. Have a break at the benches and read the posted material.
At the end of the most south picnic table you will see a tree at 210 degrees. Walk to this tree, Follow the stone fence line (on the back side) up the hill 33 steps to the south. You will be near the third tree along the fence. Look at the base of the stone wall and there you will find the Hike On Letterbox. It is in a crevice at the base of the wall covered with rocks and sticks. If you are familiar with the area, you can also hike this from the Maryland side… the key is to start from the Mason-Dixon signage on the trail
Park near the Train Station in New Freedom, PA. You can spend some time and enjoy the caboose, museum, and café that is there. Walk south out of town along the foot path in front of the train station headed south. Enjoy all the small town charm as you walk through town crossing four streets. The last street you cross will be McCullaugh Ave.
As you leave town you will enter a grove of trees, this will form a canopy of shade in the summer and make for an enjoyable walk any time of year. You will walk for quite some time, passing a yellow house on the left at and cross under the Singer Road Bridge. You will come upon a fence just before Orwig Road that has horses and a pony that you can enjoy on a nice day… they will come right to the fenced, but don’t feed them. After crossing Orwig Road, you will arrive at the Mason-Dixon line. Have a break at the benches and read the posted material.
At the end of the most south picnic table you will see a tree at 210 degrees. Walk to this tree, Follow the stone fence line (on the back side) up the hill 33 steps to the south. You will be near the third tree along the fence. Look at the base of the stone wall and there you will find the Hike On Letterbox. It is in a crevice at the base of the wall covered with rocks and sticks. If you are familiar with the area, you can also hike this from the Maryland side… the key is to start from the Mason-Dixon signage on the trail