Railroad

  • Difficulty: Hard three yellow stars
  • Distance: 2.00 miles
  • Restrooms: No
  • Stroller Friendly: No
  • Wheelchair Friendly: No
  • Playground: No
  • Dog Friendly: Yes
  • Location: Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve – Nature Trail to Quarry Trail
    • black and white illustration of a battlefield

    Clues for Your Hike

    1. From the parking area, carefully cross Mount Hope Road and turn left on the grass path in front of the log and stone cabin.
    2. At the Y in the path, keep right and follow the path right as it bends into the woods.
    3. Continue on the path, following the orange blazes (Nature Trail).
    4. At the next Y in the path, keep right.
    5. At the red sign with a map in a glass case, turn left heading uphill. You will now be following the red blazes (Quarry Trail).
    6. At the gravel roadway, go straight, crossing over the roadway and onto the grass path.
    7. Follow the grass path and almost immediately turn right, heading toward a gate.
    8. Go past the gate. The post will be located on a tree to the right of the path, just past the gate.
    9. Continue on the grass/dirt path toward the Quarry if you’d like to check it out and then turn around, heading the way you came and back to the gate.
    10. Pass the gate and head to the gravel roadway, crossing over it and going back to the path with the red blazes (Quarry Trail).
    11. Follow the path back to the red sign with a map in a glass case, and continue straight downhill as you follow the orange blazes (Nature Trail).
    12. Cross the wooden bridge and follow the path right, continuing to follow the orange blazes.
    13. You will cross three more bridges as you continue on the path.
    14. Before the pond, turn right at the handrail, following the path into the woods.
    15. Head toward Mount Hope Road and carefully cross the road back to the parking area.

    Did You Know?

    • There are about 600 separate railroads in operation in the United States.
    • The earliest known railways were constructed in ancient Greece around 600 BCE, but the Industrial Revolution marked the invention of the steam locomotive.
    • The Strasburg Railroad in Lancaster County was established in 1832 and is the oldest continuous railroad in America.
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