EVENT
WHEN:
DATE: 12/19/2023
TIME: 8:30am-12:00pm (prompt start, estimated end)
MILEAGE: 6-7 miles
DATE: 12/19/2023
TIME: 8:30am-12:00pm (prompt start, estimated end)
MILEAGE: 6-7 miles
DESCRIPTION: (Wear appropriate clothing & bring water! Below are some special instructions: what to bring, relative difficulties, interesting features, and carpooling directions.)
Join me for a hike on dirt trails with some rocks and rooty areas. Stream crossings will be on bridges which may be slippery if wet. There will be some hills. Please bring water and hiking poles if you use them.
LOCATION
WHERE:
White Clay Creek State Park – Possum Hill
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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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”.
