Lighthouse

Difficulty: Easy

Distance: 0.69 miles

Restrooms: Yes

Dog Friendly: Yes

Stroller Friendly: Yes

Playground: Yes

Location: Chambersburg Memorial Park

Anchor Clues

Start at the entrance to the Chambersburg Aquatic Center.
Keep the green turtle to your left and begin walking straight ahead.
Follow the path, keeping the parking area to the right and the chain link fence to the left.
At the split rail fence, go left onto the sidewalk.
Follow the path, keeping the bandshell structure to your right.
Continue as the trail curves left.
Turn right between the light pole and the tree.
Continue following the path as it curves left and continue straight on.
Follow the sidewalk path past the ball fields on the right.
Walk past the bathrooms on your right.
Follow the path, keeping the playground on your right and the pavilion on your left.
Turn left just after passing the pavilion and before stepping onto the parking area.
Continue walking past the pavilion, playground, and basketball courts on your left.
Follow the path as it curves left near the next parking area.
Keep walking straight ahead toward the McKinley St entrance.
Just past the blue entrance gates, keep left.
The post you seek is to the left, attached to the second big tree.
Continue walking in the same direction keeping the McKinley St entrance to your right.
Pass the next set of blue gates on the right and follow the path around to the left.
Turn right and follow the sidewalk, keeping the pool on your left until you arrive back at the entrance of the Aquatics Center.

The first lighthouse in America was at Boston on Little Brewster Island in 1716.
The oldest existing lighthouse in America (never rebuilt) is Sandy Hook, NJ, which is still in operation. It was built in 1764.
There are more than 21,600 lighthouses worldwide and some are still in use today.

Lighthouse