Event
DATE: 07/24/2021
TIME: 8:30am-12:00pm (Prompt start, estimated end.)
MILEAGE: 9-10 miles
The hike will be in this usually secluded forest. Enjoy the native pine trees, sweet gum trees, mountain laurel, azaleas, ferns, grasses, mushrooms and huckleberries. Expect a few water crossings and some wet ground areas. A couple of short hills, but mostly flat elevation. Some surfaces have been worn by erosion. About 60% trail and 40% dirt roads. No paved roads even crossed. The majority of the hike will follow the 199 mile Mason Dixon Trail. Please bring water and lunch. We’ll eat lunch by the climbable lookout tower.
Location
Elk Neck State Forest – Arboretum
39.573755, -75.883405
2566 Old Elk Neck Rd
Elkton, MD 21921
There is no existing street address for this location. This is usually the case for any location that does not have a building on it. It’s highly recommended to follow the: GPS Coordinates, Online Mapping, or Written Directions …rather than an Address! This is one of the tracts of the State FOREST, not the State PARK! Elk Neck State Forest and Elk Neck State Park are very often confused. The State Forest’s area is much larger, with the main tract running south of US-40, all the way between Elkton and North East, MD. It has a climbable wooden lookout tower. The State Park is past the Forest and further from Delaware. At its farthest section, it has a white lighthouse on a 120 foot bluff, overlooking the Chesapeake Bay.
