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Mason-Dixon Trail
Longest Day 100K Challenge
June 19, 2010 |
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~100 kilometers in 15 hours of sunlight on the longest day of the year (click on each of the numbers above for detail).
Water Drops
Map 6:
#1 - mile 4 - Conowingo/ Rt 1 (pool parking area)
#2 - mile 9 - Glen Cove (behind the ice machine, between the two buildings)
#3 - mile 14 - Boy Scout Camp (just before exiting to the road)
Map 5:
#4 - mile 25 - Stark Moon Kayak store, Cold Cabin Rd. (drop bags)
#5 - mile 32 - 551 Slab Rd. Slab and McKinley (old Mennonite store) *photo overview below
#6 - mile 38 - Lock 12 parking lot (aid station #1 / drop bags)
#7 -- mile 46 (?) - Spring in bamboo grove, short way up hill after leaving Oakland Run (artesian well on left)
Map 4:
#8 - mile 50 -Otter Creek Campground (aid station #2 / drop bags / general store, open till 8pm)
#9 - mile 54 -Shenks Ferry Rd. (just before crossing Shenk's Ferry Rd, in bushes)
#10 - mile 61 - Greenbranch Rd. (first house [easternmost] has water hose at corner). This is prior to last climb, escarpment, and descent to Fishing Creek.
Things you'll need:
--Three (nos 4-6) maps from the M-D set.
--Driver's license (Peachbottom security)
--Hydration pack (recommended minimum of 2L [70 oz] water/fluid).
--Cell phone -- scattered coverage, but well worth carrying.
*photo image of #5 water drop

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