LOCATION: This is a walk through the Boro of Chambersburg, a community in South Central Pennsylvania.
TRAIL: The trail is basically
on sidewalks, with significant obstacles. It is suitable for wheelchairs
and strollers, but there are uncut curbs. The trail rating is l+.
START/FINISH: Olympia Ice Cream Parlor, 43 South Main Street, Chambersburg, PA 17201(717)263-8597.
Dates: January 2nd through December 30th 1998 except Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Hours: Monday - Saturday,
11:00 A.M. until 2 hours before dusk. Sunday, 12 noon until 2
hours before dusk.
PROCEDURES: Complete a
start card and registration log. Your start card must be validated
at both checkpoints and turned in at the finish You will be given
a map with written directions describing the trail. WALK DURING
DAYLIGHT HOURS ONLY. Finish the walk by dusk. If you wish to start
the walk before Olympic Ice Cream Parlor opens, please register
and pick up your start card before 9:30 P.M. the day before you
wish to walk.
FEES: IVV credit is $2.00.
The trail may be completed twice on the same day at no additional
fee. A new start card must be obtained for each day. No refunds.
NO PREREGISTRATION. Prior awards are available as "B"
awards for $3.00 including IVV credit.
GENERAL INFORMATION: Water
and restroorns are available at the Start/Finish and at both the
checkpoints. Both the Olympia Ice Cream Parlor and Hardee's restaurant
have agreed to participate in this year-round event as a public
service. Please be patient and allow them to take care of their
regular customers first.
DIRECTIONS: From 1-81:
Take exit 6 (US 30 W, Lincoln Way). US 30 W into downtown Chambersburg.
After the intersection at Third Street, get in left lane. Go around/through
the Square in the left lane (fountain is in the middle). 1/2 block
beyond square turn left (just before the yellow RR crossing sign
and the Salvation Army Thrift Shop sign.) The Ice Cream Parlor
is on the left about a block from US 30. There is a municipal
parking lot across from the entrance to the parlor. From
the west: Take US 30 East. Go past the first traffic light,
cross over the bridge and the railroad tracks. Take the first
left after the tracks. You will be in the municipal parking lot
next to the Olympia Ice Cream Parlor.
The Ice Cream Parlor is the one story building next
to the Valley Bank and Trust Company
ADDITIONAL INFORMTION:
Contact Frances Humelsine (717) 263-8633, Duane Palkki (717) 264-4655
or Carl Baranski (717) 532-2651, or write: The Cumberland Valley Lead
Foot Club, P.O. Box 371, Shippensburg, PA 17257-037l