GO and Be Active! - Balance LbNA #69945 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Jun 1, 2016 |
| Location: | Rocky Ridge County Park |
| City: | York |
| County: | York |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | GoYork Kids  |
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| Found by: | Not yet found! |
| Last found: | N/A |
| Status: | r |
| Last edited: | May 22, 2016 |
This letterbox is part of the GO and Be Active! program in York County, PA. It will be available from June 1, 2016 – August 14, 2016. Further details about the program may be found at www.goyork.org.
The GO and Be Active! program requires you to search for up to 30 “activities” – wooden posts with engraved plates on them, instead of a traditional letterbox and stamp. Please carefully rub the impression (with a colored pencil or crayon) from the engraved plate onto your GO and Be Active! rubbing sheet, available at any York County Library.
This letterbox is located at Rocky Ridge County Park and should be accessed from the Wildlife Picnic Area. GO York! level of difficulty = Moderate.
• From the parking lot walk to the trail with the yellow pole. Continue walking
past the yellow pole onto trail 5.
• You will come to an intersection with a grey bench. Turn right and
continue to follow trail 5p.
• Continue following trail 5p. There will be houses on your right and
woods on your left.
• Trail 5p will bend to the left. Continue following trail 5p.
• Next you will come to an intersection in the trail. Continue going
straight on trail 5p.
• Follow trail 5p out around the ridge until you come to a large
chestnut oak tree right along the trail. Here is where you will find
the rubbing post.
• Continue following trail 5p.
• As you follow trail 5p you will come to a grey bench on your left.
Stop and take a break. Can you spot any wildlife?
• Once rested, continue back onto trail 5p.
• You will come to an intersection in the trail. Make a left and
continue on trail 5.
• Follow trail 5 up the hill. At the top you will come to another
intersection. Continue walking straight.
• Continue following trail 5 straight back. This trail will take you back
to the parking lot where you parked.
Hike length: 1-2 miles
The GO and Be Active! program requires you to search for up to 30 “activities” – wooden posts with engraved plates on them, instead of a traditional letterbox and stamp. Please carefully rub the impression (with a colored pencil or crayon) from the engraved plate onto your GO and Be Active! rubbing sheet, available at any York County Library.
This letterbox is located at Rocky Ridge County Park and should be accessed from the Wildlife Picnic Area. GO York! level of difficulty = Moderate.
• From the parking lot walk to the trail with the yellow pole. Continue walking
past the yellow pole onto trail 5.
• You will come to an intersection with a grey bench. Turn right and
continue to follow trail 5p.
• Continue following trail 5p. There will be houses on your right and
woods on your left.
• Trail 5p will bend to the left. Continue following trail 5p.
• Next you will come to an intersection in the trail. Continue going
straight on trail 5p.
• Follow trail 5p out around the ridge until you come to a large
chestnut oak tree right along the trail. Here is where you will find
the rubbing post.
• Continue following trail 5p.
• As you follow trail 5p you will come to a grey bench on your left.
Stop and take a break. Can you spot any wildlife?
• Once rested, continue back onto trail 5p.
• You will come to an intersection in the trail. Make a left and
continue on trail 5.
• Follow trail 5 up the hill. At the top you will come to another
intersection. Continue walking straight.
• Continue following trail 5 straight back. This trail will take you back
to the parking lot where you parked.
Hike length: 1-2 miles