PA Section 13 Pictures - Milemarker 1.3 - 2.0

Old Shippensburg Road - Michaux Road

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mm 1.3  Parking at end of Old Shippensburg Road.  From here it is only a few feet to the AT at the northern crossing of Toms Run and also the northern terminus of the Sunset Rocks Trail.  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 1.3 Parking at end of Old Shippensburg Road. From here it is only a few feet to the AT at the northern crossing of Toms Run and also the northern terminus of the Sunset Rocks Trail.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

Trail near Old Shippensburg Road parking. Taken at approx. mm 1.3.
Trail near Old Shippensburg Road parking. Taken at approx. mm 1.3
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mm 1.3  Toms Run. The AT crosses this twice, once here and again further south at Toms Run Shelters.  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 1.3 Toms Run. The AT crosses this twice, once here and again further south at Toms Run Shelters.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

mm 1.6  Halfway Spring reached by a short blue-blazed side trail from the AT. This is just before the northbound AT leaves gravel Bunker Hill Road.  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 1.6 Halfway Spring reached by a short blue-blazed side trail from the AT. This is just before the northbound AT leaves gravel Bunker Hill Road.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

Bunker Hill Road. Note parking on the right. The intersection with Michaux Road is just beyond this. The northbound trail follows Michaux Road, goes left through the site of Camp Michaux, then in a short distance, goes left on Bunker Hill Road. The parking area is to the right. Taken at approx mm 1.9.  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
Bunker Hill Road. Note parking on the right. The intersection with Michaux Road is just beyond this. The northbound trail follows Michaux Road, goes left through the site of Camp Michaux, then in a short distance, goes left on Bunker Hill Road. The parking area is to the right. Taken at approx mm 1.9
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

mm 2.0  Massive stone wall of old barn at site of Camp Michaux. Prior to World War II, this was a CCC camp. During the war it was a prisoner of war camp for captured German submarine personnel. It also has been a church camp. No other signs of habitation remain. 

  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 2.0 Massive stone wall of old barn at site of Camp Michaux. Prior to World War II, this was a CCC camp. During the war it was a prisoner of war camp for captured German submarine personnel. It also has been a church camp. No other signs of habitation remain.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

mm 2.0  Another view of massive stone wall of old barn at site of Camp Michaux.  

  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 2.0 Another view of massive stone wall of old barn at site of Camp Michaux
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu

mm 2.0  Michaux Road.  Note parking area on left.   The southbound trail follows Michaux Road for 0.2 miles, then goes left into the old Camp Michaux area.  This parking area is a bit further straight ahead on Michaux Road,  just before the intersection with Bunker Hill Road.  
  Courtesy dlcul@conncoll.edu
mm 2.0 Michaux Road. Note parking area on left. The southbound trail follows Michaux Road for 0.2 miles, then goes left into the old Camp Michaux area. This parking area is a bit further straight ahead on Michaux Road, just before the intersection with Bunker Hill Road.
Submitted by dlcul @ conncoll.edu