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Year Round Walk
SN: 111416 - 2019 / Y0047
The event is closed
From Wed, Jan 2nd, 2019 to Dec 31st, 2019
Start box available: See comments
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The address/location for the Physical Start Box (PSB) is as follows:
Gettysburg YWCA
WARNING: The map pin is for reference only and may not accurately indicate the start box location or the event start.
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Event comments
If you are visiting Gettysburg and only have time to do one of the three YREs, this is the one we recommend. ****** Pets are not allowed inside the Gettysburg National Cemetery but you can do a detour and avoid the cemetery****The "A" Award is a 4" patch featuring the 1st Minnesota Monument which is on the 5K Battlefield Trail.
Rating: 1A, Distance: 5, 10km
Restrooms: Yes |
Pets: Yes |
Strollers: Easy |
Wheelchairs: Easy |
Event information
Mon-Fri, 4:30 am-10pm; Sat, 8-5; Sun, 10-5 Closed all holidays. Tour Operators please make arrangements with the POC. After registering, you must drive to the start at the parking lot for the National Cemetery. ***** There are two 5K trails; either trail may be done for 5K credit. BOTH TRAILS ARE NEW FOR 2019! Both trails must be done for 10K credit.*****The 5K Town Trail goes through the Soldiers' National Cemetery, around Colt Park, past the stores and restaurants on Steinwehr Ave and through the Cemetery Annex. The 5K Battlefield Trail goes past the "Highwater Mark" area of the battlefield, the Pennsylvania Monument, and past some of the artillery positions on Day 2 and 3. It then goes to the Visitor's Center and returns to the start, gong past General Meade's Headquarters. ***** There are no restrooms at the parking area; restrooms on the Town Trail are passed within 1K of starting. Restrooms on the Battlefield Trail are passed about 2.6K and 4K after starting.
Awards: 'A' Award available
Driving to the start box
909 Fairfield Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325 (717)334-9171. Refer to the Gettysburg - Walk #1 for directions to start location.
Maps phrase and directions link
The address / location has not been set.
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Event website: sites.google.com/site/yorkwhiterosewanderers
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