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 Sloppy conditions please give time for the trails to dry out.

If in doubt a good rule of thumb is if you are leaving heavy tracks please turn back. 

Governor Dick

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updated 2011-12-27

 Swatara State Park

updated2012-02-01

sloppy conditions;

Tuesday Night Ride cancelled -

Camp Mack

updated 2011-12-11

Red= CAMP CLOSED
Orange= Hunting
Yellow=Scout Activities 

If in doubt a good rule of thumb is if you are leaving heavy tracks please turn back. 

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Governor Dick News
Governor Dick Night Ride Report Print E-mail
Ideal weather and trail conditions for the Governor Dick Night Ride helped to make this event a huge success. A total of 34 mountain bikers attended and celebrated National Trails Day in the dark and supported the Governor Dick Trail Support Committee. Riders from Mount Gretna, Lititz, Lebanon, Lancaster, Cornwall, Maytown, Boiling Springs, Annville, Mount Joy, Mechanicsburg, Palmyra, Rexmont and Hummelstown came to show their support and enjoy the trails. Funds raised will go towards trail maintenance projects.

Special thanks to the Governor Dick board members for allowing this event to happen and group ride leaders Brad Doxtater and Brad Ditzler.

I wish to thank everyone who attended for making this a safe, fun and enjoyable evening.

Happy Trails,

Governor Dick Trail Support Committee,

TheDuchess
 
Thank You - Governor Dick Trail Work Day 3/27/2011 Print E-mail
Once again, another great trail work day at The Park at Governor Dick in Mount Gretna, PA. A huge turn out of 29 volunteers from a multi-tude of trail user disciplines on a rather cold but sunny day. What we accomplished: trail 6 reroute completed in entirety and trail maintenance on trails 13 and 15.

Special thanks to all those who participated: Nick Resanovich, Terry Resanovich, Jim Lesher, Don Newcomer, Adele Newcomer, Andrea Strubhar, Brian Arnold, Matt Myers, Kathy Shank, Donna Miller, Kate Miller, Julianne Carr-Phillips, Brian Rooff, Steve Rutter, Kathy Ulrich, Jason Deery, Ash Deery, Eric (Siv) Stoffer, Kyle McCarty, Ron Rock, Brian Leathery, Randy Groome, Michael Groff, James Bennetech, John Bomberger (PowerSportsPlus), Chris Shelly, Jeff Moran and Matt McElheny.

Trail tools and snacks provided by SAMBA (www.sambabiker.com), Eric Stoffer (Tasty Cake Man) and the Governor Dick Trail Support Committee. Also, the new GD Trail map is now available. Check out the SAMBA and The Park at Governor Dick websites for a copy or you can stop by the environmental center.

*Reminder: DCNR is looking to form a Friends Group for Swatra State Park. The first meeting will be on Tuesday March 29, 2011 at 6:30 pm and will be held at the Twin Grove Resort and Campground. For more information check out the SAMBA website. Andrea Strubhar and Brian Arnold will be there to represent the club but would welcome your presence and support.

Once again, all the folks at Governor Dick wish to thank you all for your hard work and support. It was a pleasure working with each of you and I look forward to seeing you out on the trails. If I missed anyone please let me know.

Gratefully,

Desiree & Matt McElheny
Governor Dick Trail Support Committee/ SAMBA reps for Governor Dick
 
Governor Dick / Mount Gretna Trail Work Day - Success!! Print E-mail
Hi everyone,
 
I wish to thank you all for an excellent trail work day at Governor Dick.  Due to a great turnout, all the work scheduled was accomplished.  It was nice to see a variety of trail users from the biking (SAMBA, YAMBA, Reading area, Gretna, E-town), hiking and equestrian community.  Special thanks to:  Jim Lesher, Kory Luginbulte, Jim Kraft, Mark Keiser, Jeff Keiter, Kevin Westover, Steve Rutter, Kathy Shank, Gary Kintzer, Shane Sanders, Brian Despot, Brad Ditzler, the Doxtater family (Brad, Melissa, and Mady), Chris Shelly, Jim Guenther, Michael Barron, Rick Richards (Adopt-A-Trail) and Matt McElheny.  It was a pleasure working with you all.  I will keep you posted of additional work days yet to be determined.  For now, enjoy the trails. 
 
Desiree & Matt McElheny
Governor Dick - Trail Support Committee
 
Governor Dick /Mt. Gretna trail 4 open again for mountain biking Print E-mail
Hello all,

Very good news to report with regard to trail 4 at Governor Dick. In a collaborative effort with the board members at GD, it has been decided that trail 4 should remain open to mountain biking. It can be accessed from trail 2 to the tower and then down trail 1 to trail 4. The small section of trail 1 towards the center is still foot travel only. This will once again allow mountain bikers the opportunity to ride an excellent sustainable downhill mountain bike trail built by locals many years ago. Soon we will fix the trail post designations to indicate bikes are permitted.

Additional projects will include a re-route of trail 6 once the fencing at GD is completed. The fencing is occurring in the areas where the dead oak trees were harvested due to the gypsy moth invasion. They will be re-planting inside the fencing which is part of the "Growing Greener" grant. Also, we will be doing a clean up around the old Clarence Schock Tower House site with a commemorative plaque to be placed nearby. In the past folks have asked about group rides so we are hopeful to set that up. Last, there is always trail maintenance to do.

June 12th we will be doing an official night mountain bike ride. There will be a $5 charge per rider and proceeds will go to the Trail Support Committee to buy tools. I will post the ride in May with detailed information on the SAMBA website and MTBR.

In the near future we will be asking for help to complete our projects. We are hopeful more trail users will join us on the support committee and attend meetings every third Thursday of the month at 7:15PM. For now, enjoy the snow....it will melt....and it will be time to ride again!!

Desiree & Matt McElheny
Trail Support Committee at Governor Dick
 
Governor Dick /Mt. Gretna Trail Alert - Please read Print E-mail

 

 UPDATE: The new trail rules went into effect 1-1-10! Please check out the new map here (click here).

 

The proposals we had submitted to the Board at the park have been rejected. We are still trying to gain back trail 4.

Affected trails:
Trail 1 – Gravel Road to tower
Trail 2 – From Pinch Parking Area to Trail 1
Trail 4 – From Trail 1 to Trail 15
Trail 12 – Old Horseshoe Trail (downhill from Trail 9 (road) to Trail 5, 13
Trail 13 – From old 72 to Trail 5 (bikes, horses must use old 72)
Trail 14
Please note: Even though the sign reads “THE 2007 GOVERNOR DICK TRAIL SUPPORT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION…”, that the committee that was involved was forced into agreeing to the closures only on threat of losing all trail access to biking.

The signs read as follows:
THIS TRAIL IS
FOOT TRAVEL ONLY

THE 2007 GOVERNOR DICK TRAIL SUPPORT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION AND SUBSEQUENTLY APPROVED BY BOTH PARK TRUSTEES: THE LEBANON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE CLARENCE SCHOCK FOUNDATION HAS DESIGNATED THIS TRAIL AS FOOT TRAVEL ONLY.

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2010
PROTECTED BY LEBANON COUNTY ORDINANCE # 32
AND 18 PA CS §3503

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION



Desiree & Matt McElheny
Trail Support Committee at Governor Dick

 

Foot travel only trails to be posted in November '09:

Hello all, the Board of Trustees at Governor Dick will be enforcing the decision made over two years ago to post certain trails at Governor Dick in Mount Gretna, PA. as "Foot Travel Only". Currently, the trails involved are: 1,12, section of 13, 14, and possibly 4. As it stands, this will involve 3.15 miles(21%) of trails.

It is absolutely imperative that these postings be honored. There is a real chance all trails could become Foot Travel Only if not. Currently, the Trail Support Committee has several trail proposals being considered which will be very beneficial to the trail system at GD if we get approval.

We will keep folks up to date as to when the posting does occur. As advocates of a multi-use trail system we do not agree with this decision but we do have to honor it. In the near future we will have a map available. I can also guarantee you that the defacto park ranger will be looking for folks to ticket and also has the right to take your bike. Please don't get yourself in this situation.

Do trust that the Governor Dick Trail Support Committee is doing everything we can to make our park a great place to ride. As always, the Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Association will continue to maintain the multi-use trails at Governor Dick.

Last, we would appreciate if this message gets passed along to anyone who rides GD.

Thank you,

Desiree & Matt McElheny
Trail Support Committee at Governor Dick
 
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