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.

March 1 (Saturday): SHORT HIKE & PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Come out and celebrate the emergence of spring at Oregon Ridge County Park, MD! Start by chowing down on pancakes smothered in pure maple syrup and then hike 4-5 miles on the trails at O.R. searching for early signs of spring (skunk cabbage, spring peepers, etc.).We will start/end the hike at the nature center, so include some time to tour the facilities. Expect several stream crossings, muddy trails and a few short, steep hills. Bring water, snacks, boots, $5 for pancake breakfast and $2.50 for carpool fee. Meet at Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology) 10 AM. Hike leader: Kim Jones (717) 637-7103 or Co-leader: Gwen Loose (717) 891-9967.

LONG HIKE: Hike about 9 miles in the Elk Neck State Forest with the Mason-Dixon Trail Club led by Yvonne Blades. The hike is mostly flat through the woods of Elk Neck State Forest on the M-DTS crossing the Diggs Farm Tract and the Main Tract through the densely forested Plum Creek Watershed. Dress for the weather and bring boots, lunch and water. We leave Vo-Tec (York County High School of Technology) promptly at 7:15 AM Car pool fee $3.00. Please call Lou Tateosian 741-2652 by 10 PM Friday February 29 to confirm. For more information see www.masondixontrail.org.

March 7 (Friday) COVERED DISH & SLIDES 6:30 PM atYork Township Recreation Building: Join us as we all get a "mountain high" from an inspiring slide presentation by Hellam resident and AMC member Mike Gabin based upon his 7 years of hiking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Bring a favorite dish to share. The usual disposable plates and utensils will be available, but you are welcome to bring your own place settings. See you there!

Our 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.

March 9 MEDIUM HIKE (MDTS HIKE SERIES) Daylight Savings Time Begins. 8.2-mile hike will begin on Bull Road, an historic road dating back to Revolutionary times, and will follow roads to the end point of I-83. Meet at Boscov's East Parking, near Texas Roadhouse, off Mt. Zion Rd. RT 24. Meeting time 8:30 AM. Carpool fee $2.50. Wear good hiking/walking boots. Bring lunch and water. Leaders: Regina Markle (717) 428-3545 and Joyce Hooper (717) 252-3784. 

March 16 SHORT HIKE: No hike leader.

LONG HIKE: Join us for a joint hike with the Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club. Approx. 10 miles in gameland #211 (Sharp Mt.). An easy loop hike in a very beautiful area, much of it on level terrain on the Old Stagecoach Trail & an old railroad grade. We will visit Rausch Gap Shelter, see old railroad trestle ruins on the Upper Rail Trail, & hike along Gold Mine Run. Climbing is minimal. Time permitting we may visit Boxcar Rocks (Chinese Wall). Bring good boots, lunch, & plenty of water. We will leave the North End meeting place next to Rutter's Store promptly at 8 AM Carpool fee $6. Leader Jim McCoy, 717-852-7570 or .

March 22 JPJ WORK DAY: Come out and help get JPJ Cabin ready for the season. Jobs available for everyone inside and out. Wear old clothes and bring lunch. Meet at JPJ at 9:00 AM. Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate will be served with homemade cookies! If anyone wants to carpool please call Sarah. For more information contact: Duane Hyson (717) 993-6026 or Sarah Tateosian (717) 741-2652.

March 23 (EASTER) NO HIKE.

March 30 AT WORK HIKE Primary goal, weather permitting, is to continue the boundary painting, also chain saw work and shelter maintenance. Meet at the North End meeting place next to Rutter's Store, at 8:30 AM. Bring work gloves, boots, lunch, water and a day pack. No hike fee. Contact Jim Hooper 252-3784 if you have any questions.

YORK HIKING CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS:

***Notice to hike leaders*** Please be prompt getting names of hikers and guests to the membership chairperson, Phyllis Morley, , so they can get credit for their miles hiked. E-mails are fine, but both members and nonmembers must be included.

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

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.