Pick

Difficulty: Easy

Distance: 1.21miles

Restrooms: Yes

Stroller Friendly: No

Wheelchair Friendly: No

Playground: No

Dog Friendly: No

Location: Nellie & T. K. Nitterhouse Memorial Park

Clues for Your Hike

1. If the gate is closed, you may still enter the park by parking along West Washington Street next to the sidewalk.
2. Walk around the boulders on the mulch or proceed through the gate and follow the gravel path toward the soccer fields, keeping the Conococheague Creek on your right.
3. Continue to the end of the parking area and cross the grassy section toward the cinder path, again following the stream on your right.
4. Stay on the path as it curves left; you will pass a bench on the right, then another bench with a plaque donated by the Chambersburg Lions Club.
5. Continue forward until you see an additional bench on your left. The post is on a tree beside that bench.
6. To return to your vehicle, proceed along the path until you reach a fork, then take the left path heading toward the nearby residential area.
7. At the end of the path, turn left to remain on the public walkway and follow it back toward the parking area.

Did You Know?

• Picks, or pickaxes, were used to break through hard surfaces and mining minerals.
• Pickaxes were known as the gold standard for early mining in the 1800s, used by miners to chip away at rocks and uncover gold.
• The pickaxe is thought to be one of the oldest tools used by mankind.