EVENT

WHEN:
DATE: 08/21/2018
TIME: 9:00am-11:30am (prompt start, estimated end)
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DESCRIPTION: (Wear appropriate clothing & bring water!  Below are some special instructions: what to bring, relative difficulties, interesting features, and carpooling directions.)

White Clay Creek. Possum Hill parking lot. 899 Paper Mill Rd, Newark, DE 19711. Leader: Peggy Bell (302-299-8956); E: tim.peg.bell@gmail.com).  Meet at 9:00 AM for a 6-7 mile hike.  Bring snacks and water.  Directions: From DE Rt 2 Kirkwood Highway, turn on Possum Park Rd/Route 72. Follow for about 2 mi to the traffic light at the Shell station and turn right onto Paper Mill Rd. Go about 2 mi and turn left on Smith Mill Rd at the sign at the top of the hill. The parking lot is on the left.  Parking fee in effect.

LOCATION

WHERE:
White Clay Creek State Park – Possum Hill

NEAREST ADDRESS:
449 Smiths Mill Rd
Newark,  DE 19711

EXACT COORDINATES:
39.727707, -75.729711

ONLINE DIRECTIONS:
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PARKING FEE:
Seasonally

RESTROOM AVAILABLE:
Yes

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WRITTEN DIRECTIONS:
From the intersection of DE-2 (Kirkwood Highway) & DE-7 (Limestone Rd), head northwest on DE-7 N/Limestone Rd for 3.2 mi. Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto DE-72 S/Paper Mill Rd for 2.3 mi. Turn right onto Smiths Mill Rd (Fairhill School Dr). The parking lot is on the left.


LOCATION NOTES:

There is no assigned street address for this location, so use the GPS coordinates if possible!  Access to this lot is on the west side of DE-72, exactly 1 mile south of the CVS, which is at the corner of DE-72 and Polly Drummond Hill Rd/Corner Ketch Rd.  There is a street sign for Smith Mill Rd on the other side of DE-72.  The Whitley Farms trailhead is here.  This area also includes the “remote control air-flying field”.

OTHER

FUTURE HERE:
WCCSP Possum Hill Parking Lot - 12/19/2023 - 8:30am-12:00pm
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