East Petersburg Community Park
I was looking for somewhere to go walking this morning, and after a quick glance through Lancaster ON THE MOVE! I decided to try East Petersburg Community Park. This guide says it has 2 3/4 miles of trails.
I parked at a lot at the end of Pine Street, by the cemetary and water tower, where I found a path. This path had a number of side paths that split off to playground areas, the tennis courts, cul-de-sacs, and other roads. Before too long I had gone down and back all of them…and ended back at the parking lot. My pedometer said I had done 1.24 miles. I walked around more, and couldn’t find any more paths, so I’m not sure where the 2 3/4 miles came from. There are no published maps of the park; perhaps I can see something from aerial photography. So far the paths here are nothing more than short dead-ended spurs that don’t loop around, and, in fact, mostly pass through developed areas. I suppose it’s possible there’s another parking lot somewhere with access to more paths.