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.

JULY 1 - SHORT HIKE:  A preview of the extension to the Heritage Rail Trail. Walk on dirt roads along the Codorus Creek from RT 30 to Emig Road. May also include a section to John Rudy County Park. Easy 5 miles. Bring water, sturdy shoes, and binoculars for birders. Meet at downtown meeting place MAP! (Telecommunications Inc Building at 200 W. Market St.) at 1 PM. Car pool fee: $1. Hike leader: Gwen Loose at (717) 891-9967.

JULY 4 - JPJ PICNIC: Come celebrate the 4th at the club’s John Paul Jones house. The afternoon will be filled with food, fellowship, and impromptu hiking, beginning with lunch at 1:30 p.m. Bring a picnic lunch or covered dish to share. Contact John Seville at (717) 244-6769 with any questions and call Kim Herbst at 887-4462 with your choice of covered dish.

JULY 8 - SHORT HIKE : 5 miles around the Ranger Trail at Codorus State Park. Some small ups & downs with some great views of the lake. Bring hiking shoes, water and a snack. We will leave at 9:00 a.m. Sunday morning due to the heat at Adams Electric. Hiking fee $2.50. Leaders Linda & Jim Bean, (717) 764-1091. 

JULY 8 - LONG HIKE: Approx. 10 1/2 miles in Michaux State Forest near Long Pine Run reservoir. We will hike on Locust Gap Trail to Hosack Trail, through a tunnel of rhododendron & then intersect with the A.T. after a 300 ft. climb. We’ll follow the A.T. past the PATC Milesburg cabin, then return by way of Rocky Knob Trail with about a 400’ descent. Please bring good boots, lunch, & plenty of water. We will leave the west side meeting place (Adams Electric) at 8:00 a.m. Hike fee $5.00. Leader: Jim McCoy (717) 852-7570 or

JULY 15 - MEDIUM HIKE: 8 miles on the Mason Dixon Trail hike series. State Game Lands 181 (Blaine Rd.) thru Oakland Run ravine and along the ridge overlooking Holtwood Dam. Finishing near the Norman wood Bridge and Lock 12. Bring sturdy boots, lunch and plenty of water. We will meet at Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology) by 8:30. Leader: Skip Newcomer (717) 285-0146. 

JULY 22 - SHORT HIKE: Approx. 5 miles starting at the park right below Holtwood Dam. From there we will hike down to Lock 12, and then hike on the Boy Scout trail. We will then hike to Lock 15. Hopefully, we will see some eagles at the electrical tower at Holtwood. The hike will consist of hard roads, dirt roads, and some trails. Bring good boots, water, a snack and bug spray. We will meet at the Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology) parking lot at 8:30 a.m. Leader: Joan Fitzpatrick (717) 840-1101.

JULY 22 - MEDIUM HIKE: About an 8 to 9 mile hike through the scenic rolling hills of Pennsylvania on the Horseshoe Trail. Bring bug spray, sun screen, water, lunch and hiking boots. There could be a few wet spots if there are recent rains. Meet at Boscov's East Parking lot at 8:30 a.m. Hike fee $4.00. Hike Leader: Tom and Phyllis Morley (717) 764-6822

JULY 23: Board Meeting 7:00 pm at Tim Schmidt’s house

JULY 29- SHORT HIKE: 5-6 mile circle hike in the Accomac area hiking along the Susquehanna River. Hike will consist of paved and dirt roads with one short hill. Bring good boots, water and snack. Meet at the Galleria Mall, Boscov's East Parking (across from Texas Roadhouse) at 9:00 a.m. Car pool fee $1.00. Hike leader: Kim Herbst - (717) 887-4462

MESSAGES:

Here’s a chance to do some volunteer work for the Appalachian Trail that doesn’t involve hard work. Earn volunteer hours for the club while sitting on the porch at the Boiling Springs Mid-Atlantic office. As hikers come into town (the trail is ten feet from the porch), you’ll greet them & guide them to nearby restaurants, grocery stores, post office, etc...They keep the office open from May to September on weekends (and some evenings, if that fits in for you). You can sign up for a morning or afternoon shift on as many Saturdays and Sundays as you wish. Please contact John Luthy at the A.T. office in Boiling Springs, 717-258-5771 or e-mail john at  
To make the job easier, there’s a booklet, "55 Questions that Hikers ask about Boiling Springs"...with answers.

EVERY THURSDAY a group meets to do trail work. Contact Jim Hooper for location/time (717)252-3784

ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT: 
The following people have fulfilled the requirements for membership and will be invited to join the club if there are no objections within 10 days:

Brian Lillie - York, PA 17403
Eric Ling - York, PA 17402
Helen Lentz- York 17408 
Deb Slawson - Glenville 17329 


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

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.