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Iron Hill Park Trail Iron Hill Park 8 5 Trail Map Trails are Marked by Welsh Tract Rd. 5 Numbered Wooden Posts 9 Rt.896 / South (Post 1 is the Trail Kiosk) 14 7 Parking 6 Jasper Trail Loop 1.4 miles Mega 13 3 CollegeAve Todd Forrest Trail Loop 10 Dip 4 2.1 miles 2 Bootlegger Trail Loop If you get lost, go 2.3 miles uphill and look for Kiosk is Cutoff Trails post 1 red markers Whitaker Road Whitaker 11 Main to find the main (shortens loops) 1 Parking Lot 12 parking lot (top of hill) Secondary Trails (unmarked) Disc Golf Play- ground Mason-Dixon Trail Segment Bark Walk-in Park entrance only. County Park No vehicles, No parking. City of Newark Parcel Lower Parking Lot Welsh Tract Parcel Roads Ponds Iron Hill Robert L. Melson Lane Science N Center Old Baltimore Pike For questions regarding the trail markers, or if a marker is down, or if you would like to help with trail maintenenace, please contact [email protected] MAIN PARK Bikers, do not ride when ENTRANCE trails are soft or wet FOR EMERGENCY: DIAL 911 rev 05/17 Iron Hill Park Map 07-11-17.indd 1 7/11/17 1:38 PM New Castle County Parks How to Use Maprika at Iron Hill Park First State Velo Sport Friends of Iron Hill Park and Henry’s Racing Team With 247 parks scattered across New Castle • Download Maprika from the App Store or The Friends is a non-profit volunteer County, residents can find everything from Google Play. Note: the Maprika app may be First State Velo Sport (FSVS) is a USA Cycling organization working for the benefit of Iron quiet pockets of nature to athletic facilities listed or described as “GPS on ski map” – that team that has been competing in and running Hill Park since 2008. for the sports-minded. is actually the app you want. It may be best to cycling events in the Mid-Atlantic region for download Maprika elsewhere than in the Park, We’re proud of our collaboration with Henry’s nearly 50 years. The group has a strong legacy Racing Team/ First State Velo Sport on New Castle County’s Trail Guides are to assure adequate WiFi for full download. of supporting the sport of competitive cycling, available at New Castle County libraries for the Trail Mapping and Marking Project, • Using Maprika in Iron Hill Park: open the as well as giving back to the community both Carousel Park, Glasgow Park, Iron Hill Park, supported by County Council grant. Maprika application. Be sure to switch on financially and through volunteerism. At Iron Hill, Middle Run Natural Area, and Rockwood your phone’s GPS functionality. FSVS has promoted an annual mountain bike Other Friends’ regular activities include: Museum & Park. Park Watch • Android system: tap on the “+” symbol race for at least 20 years. • Hosting regularly scheduled Iron Hill Park Learn more about New Castle County and select ‘All Maps’. Then select ‘Nearby’. Henry’s Racing Team (H_RT) has been a force • Trail Hikes in season. parks at www.nccde.org/parks. • Apple system: look for and tap on ‘select in local mountain bike racing since 2011 when map’ in the upper left corner. Matt Holloway took ownership of Henry’s • Maintaining point-of-discard recycling • Android & Apple: look for and tap on Bicycle Shop and formed H_RT with a group receptacles in the Park, as well as the “Iron Hill County Park, DE” (this brings up of riders and racers loyal to the shop. Henry’s Friends’ own Bark Park gazebo. the same map as appears on the reverse Bicycle Shop is located in the Polly Drummond • Hosting annual UD student and side of this flyer). Shopping Center in Pike Creek, Newark, DE. other outside volunteer groups for Thank you to the Iron Hill Park maintenance projects in Iron Hill Park. • Android: select ‘Install’. FSVS and H_RT have since joined forces and Mutual support activities with Iron Hill volunteers for your great work and • Apple: tap on ‘download app’. together sponsor numerous events annually, • Science Center. unwavering support of the Park. • You’re done! Via GPS (so long as you are including the Iron Hill MTB (mountain bike) within the boundaries of Iron Hill Park), you Challenge, all of which benefit local charities, • Maintenance of the Friends’ Park Elisa C. Diller, Councilwoman will be able to find and see your precise non-profits, and other worthy causes. Message Board, and website. New Castle County location on the map (indicated by a flashing For more info., email: [email protected] We welcome public contact at blue marker) from anywhere in the Park. friendsofironhillpark.org and at 302-738-5529. Iron Hill Science Center and Museum Delaware Disc Golf The Mason-Dixon Trail Iron Hill Science Center and Museum are Delaware Disc Golfers is a non-profit club About one mile of the Mason-Dixon Trail is in Iron New Castle County owned and operated by the non-profit promoting Disc Golf and installing courses in Hill Park, passing through the Iron Hill Science Delaware Parks Delaware Academy of Science (DAS) and the State for over 30 years. The Iron Hill Disc Center/ Iron Hill Museum parcel on Old Baltimore dedicated to the natural sciences. The Golf Course was installed in 2008. It has 2 Pike, through Iron Hill Park to Welsh Tract Road Museum houses archaeological holdings, permanent tee pads and 2 permanent baskets near I-95. Just north of the main (upper) Iron Hill Iron Hill Park - Volunteer Trail including artifacts of indigenous peoples, as per hole, giving it 4 distinct layouts. The course Park parking lot there is a granite memorial to Mapping and Marking Project well as items from the iron mining era and is mentally and physically challenging -- long Robert Yost, founder of Mason Dixon Trail. the village of Iron Hill. The building itself was and tight, with clean fairways and elevation Public comment, questions and originally Iron Hill School 112C, in operation changes on almost every hole. To score well, The Mason-Dixon Trail connects the Appalachian input are welcomed, at from 1923 until 1965. It was converted to players need to call on many different shots and Trail with the Brandywine Trail. This 199 mile email: [email protected] the Museum from 1967 until its provisional skills. The Gold layout is considered one of the long trail starts at Whiskey Springs, PA, heads closing in 2016, and was the primary toughest used for competition in the world. or east, and then follows the west bank of the repository for all DAS collections. go to: friendsofironhillpark.org The gold tees (6’ X 12’ concrete pads with great Susquehanna River south to Havre de Grace, On May 1, 2016, the Iron Hill Science Center traction) were installed earliest, and designed to MD. Across the river, the Mason-Dixon Trail officially opened, exhibiting natural history capitalize on Iron Hill’s unique and challenging continues east into Delaware, passing through collections including geology (rocks and terrain. Each tee stands at ample distance from Iron Hill Park, along the Christina River and minerals), paleontology (fossils), mammalogy the previous pin to avoid course back-ups. The White Clay Creek, and heads northeast to its (mammals), ornithology (birds), entomology Iron Hill course was designed with the idea of eastern terminus at Chadds Ford, PA. (insects), etc. The Iron Hill Science Center everyone playing to par 72 regardless of course is now the main office for the DAS, where alternative selected – so aim to play the tee The Mason-Dixon Trail is also a volunteer visitors can view the exhibits, enjoy a position and layout that best suits you. organization. Members are responsible for program, and learn about the world around maintaining the trail. More information can be them in a cozy setting. Iron Hill Park is open year round, dawn to dusk. found at: www.mason-dixontrail.org The course is free; no fees apply. Please help us keep Iron Hill Learn more at: ironhill-museum.org Park clean, litter-free, and safe. For more information, go to: dediscgolf.com Thank You! Iron Hill Park Map 07-11-17.indd 2 7/11/17 1:38 PM.
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