Blue links below take you to a map page!  

Parking For the Club!  Five Lots Click

Fee for a hike is only if one Carpools.

NOV. 2 - LONG HIKE: - Actually a barely long-long hike. About 9 miles in Hamburg Watershed Lands, & on the A.T. We will begin our hike at the parking area for Hamburg Reservoir & follow the A.T. on a long gradual climb of about 700’ to Pulpit Rock & the Pinnacle (spectacular views & about the halfway point of the hike). Then fairly level hiking for about 2 miles & a long gradual downhill to finish. Good boots, lunch, & water are needed. We will leave the North End meeting place next to Rutter's Store at 8:00 a.m. Carpool fee $8.00. Hike leader Jim McCoy, 717-852-7570.

NOV. 2 - SHORT HIKE: A 5 mile hike will be lead around Lake Williams. We will meet at 1:00 PM at the Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology) parking lot. Car pool fee: $1.50. Hike Leader: Helmut Wirschal 717.854.6071

NOV. 9 - AT WORK TRIP: The group will be doing boundary painting, blocking access roads and general clean up. on Peter's Mtn. Some college students are planning to join us. Boots, work gloves, lunch, water and rain gear are recommended. Meet at 8:30 am at the North End meeting place next to Rutter's Store. No car pool fee. Contact Jim Hooper 252-3784 if you have any questions.

NOV. 16 - MEDIUM HIKE: This scenic 5 mile hike starts at Wrightsville boat launch and ends at Moon Dancer Winery parking lot. We will have moderate elevation going through Murphy’s Hollow, Grace Plateau, and on to High Point, where you have a 360-degree view of the river and surrounding hills. Julie will be preparing snacks to eat at the winery after we finish the hike. Please bring water, snacks and wear good walking shoes/boots. Car pool fee $1.50. Meet at Boscov's East Parking  lot (near Texas Road House) off PA 24 at 12:30 pm. Hike leaders: Bob and Julie Falsetti (717) 854-3437.

NOV. 23 - TURKEY DINNER & HIKE: Diamond Anniversary, 75 years of friendship. We want our Turkey to be a memorable one, so please step forward and do your part. We still need people to bring vegetables, drinks and the rest of the fixens and we can't forget the desserts. Also we need folks to volunteer to serve, clean up and set the table. Seventy-Five years is a lot of history so let’s make this one to remember. Remember the dinner is for Members Only!!! No Guests. Your dues must be up to date you can send them to Bernie Frick or pay at the door The deadline for reservations is NOV. 19. Your may notify me by e mail or send in the form that is enclosed with the Newsletter. Dinner will be served at 1:30 PM. Please contact Allen Britton to let me you what you will be brining. or phone me at 741-0624. In order to insure that we do not put on extra weight John Seville will lead the hike. The hike will start at 10:30 AM from JPJ.

NOV. 30 - SHORT HIKE: - at 1:30. Easy 4 to 5 mile hike in Seven Valleys area. Meet in front parking lot of Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology) at 1:00. Car pool fee: $1:50. Hike leader Eric Ling (Work # 717-815-6635).

NOV. 30 - LONG HIKE - (MDT Series) Approx. 9 miles starting at White Clay Preserve Park and ending around PA/DE boundary. We will be hiking along streams on roads, on a walk/bikeway, and Red Clay Valley Scenic & Historic Rds. We can have lunch at a pizza shop or bring your own. Don’t forget your water and wear good hiking shoes/boots. We Meet at York County School of Tech. off of RT. 74 at 8:00 AM Sunday. Carpool donation $6.00. Stopping for dinner on way home will be an option. Any question contact Jim or Joyce Hooper at 717-252-3784 or  

YORK HIKING CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS:

We welcome four new members who have completed their required 30 miles: 

Lori Cooper-Ott, Jan and Ana Gipe, and Edwin Johnson. 

Dues reminder: In lieu of raising dues, we will continue with the 3 contribution levels in the hope that those able would contribute more and help eliminate the negative balance (as a general reminder, annual dues become payable as of October 1st). All three levels provide full membership, this is just one of many ways members can contribute to the club. Make your check payable to York Hiking Club for $10 for Hiker (base level), $15 for Trailblazer, $20 for Pathfinder, or more if you wish, and mail it to Bernie Frick or pay at JPJ before the Turkey Dinner.

JUNE BOARD MEETING: At the July 28, 2008 meeting the YHC Board passed a resolution raising the carpool contribution from $.07 to $.10 per mile. This will be effective starting October 1, 2008.

Phyllis Morley would like to remind all hike leaders to forward the sign-up sheet to her so that all the new hikers will get the correct credit for the 30 miles for membership. If you are a guest and feel you have met your 30 miles, but have not been mentioned in the newsletter please contact Phyllis Morley at (717) 764-6822. 

Every Thursday a group meets to do trail work. Contact Jim Hooper for location and time (717)-252-3784.

Any hike leader who has maps (topo, hand drawn, or otherwise) of past hikes they have led are asked to send a copy to Tim Schmidt, president 

    Tim has volunteered to maintain a catalog of hikes to be shared with future hike leaders who are looking for suggestions of where to hike. Thanks!

Reminder, anyone wishing to receive their newsletter by e-mail instead of by postal mail (we have saved postage costs keeping dues down), please forward your e-mail address to Bernie Frick to sign up.

BE COOL! - Sport a York Hiking Club license plate on your car.  Cost $5.  Contact Tim S. at (717) 235-5940.   and ask for details.  

Please volunteer to lead a hike or two for this year's schedule.

* "If there are no objections within 10 days" refers to things like almost getting a hike kicked out of a park.

A sheet is handed out to all New hikers at the parking lots before the hikes.

Our new place for meetings/events  is inside the York Township Recreation Building, directions as follows:

  From I-83 exit 16, take Queen St (PA-74) south for about 1 mile.  At Campbell Music, turn left onto Oak St.  Drive about a tenth of a mile and stop at the stop sign; do not turn right.  Drive straight ahead past the township building to the small building in the middle of the field.

Parking lot maps

200 W. Market St. MAP!

Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology)

North End meeting place next to Rutter's Store

Adams Electric

Boscov's East Parking