EVENT
DATE: 06/01/2019
TIME: 9:00am - 12:00pm (prompt start, estimated end)
MILEAGE: 8-10 miles
Leader: Steven Moore (610-6364617 ; Email ).
Depart at 9:00 a.m. sharp. The hike will be 8-10 miles with some hills. Bring snacks, lunch, and water. There is a restroom at the parking lot. A parking fee or Delaware pass is required.
DRIVING 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. Proceed to the end of the dirt road. Pass the “Flying Field” and the parking lot is on your left.
LOCATION
White Clay Creek State Park – Possum Hill
NEAREST ADDRESS:
449 Smiths Mill Rd
Newark, DE
19711
EXACT COORDINATES:
39.727707, -75.729711
ONLINE DIRECTIONS:
Google Mapping
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”.
