DESCRIPTION: (Wear appropriate clothing & bring water! Below are some special instructions: what to bring, relative difficulties, interesting features, and carpooling directions.)
Leader: Tom Bergan (302/994-7793).
Be ready to hike at 10:00 a.m. for this 6-mile route. Bring a snack and water. Parking fee is in effect.
LOCATION
WHERE:
White Clay Creek State Park – Nine Foot Road
NEAREST ADDRESS:
400 Thompson Station Rd,
Newark, DE
19711
White Clay Creek State Park – Nine Foot Road
400 Thompson Station Rd,
Newark, DE
19711
39.718891-75.744714
WRITTEN DIRECTIONS:
From the intersection of DE-2 (Kirkwood Highway) & DE-7 (Limestone Rd). Take DE-2 (Kirkwood Highway) west for 3.9 mi. Proceed north on DE-72 for 1.8 mi. Continue straight onto Thompson Station Rd for 0.4 mi. Before Deerfield Golf Course, turn right onto Fairhill School Dr / Nine Foot Rd. The parking lot is on the left.
LOCATION NOTES:
Some maps indicate this unimproved road address as: Fairhill School Drive or Nine Foot Road. It comes off of Thompson’s Station Road. Whitely Farms trailhead is here.