GO and Search the Galaxy! - Pluto LbNA #61826 (ARCHIVED)

This letterbox - or observation point, as we call them - is part of the 2012 GO and Search the Galaxy! program, and is available from June 1, 2012 - August 19, 2012. Information about the program may be found at www.goyork.org. To participate in the full program, please pick up your free Star Guide (program guide) from any York County Library.

This letterbox is located along the Mason-Dixon trail and may be accessed from the Lock 12 Recreation Area. It is 0.28 miles in distance and is rated "moderate" by GO York standards.

 Remember to park in the second parking area on River Road.
 Carefully cross the dirt road and locate Scout Trail.
 Walk up the wooden stairs and continue on the trail as it goes uphill.
 Follow this white-blaze trail until you reach the log structure. You may want to take a short rest on a nearby bench.
 As you stand in front of the log structure and look downhill, follow the trail on your left.
 Before you reach the second white blaze on this trail, locate the 3-trunked tree with three woodpecker holes in one tree. This tree will be on the right side of the trail.
 The observation point will be nearby.