EVENT
DATE: 02/04/2017
TIME: 9:30am - 3:30pm (prompt start, estimated end)
MILEAGE: 14 miles
Starting in North East, will hike the Mason Dixon Trail through Elk Neck State Forest and then loop back via forest roads. Optional early dinner in North East after the hike. Meet at 9:30 am at North East, MD, post office parking lot, 406 S. Main St. Expect muddy trails; boots recommended. Bring lunch, snacks, and water.
Carpooling from DE: Meet at the Park and Ride at 896 and Route 4 (across route 4 from the UD Stadium) by 8:45 a.m. for carpooling from DE.
George Wagner
LOCATION
Elk Neck State Forest – Park Office
NEAREST ADDRESS:
717 Irishtown Rd
North East , MD
21901
EXACT COORDINATES:
39.577705, -75.916772
ONLINE DIRECTIONS:
Google Mapping
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 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.