Courthouse

  • Difficulty: Easy one yellow star
  • Distance: 0.40 miles
  • Restrooms: No
  • Stroller Friendly: No
  • Wheelchair Friendly: No
  • Playground: No
  • Dog Friendly: Yes
  • Location: Coover Park
  • black and white illustration of a battlefield

    Clues for Your Hike

    1. From the parking area, walk past disc golf tee pad #1 (to the right of the building), down a small hill in the grass, to the bridge.
    2. Cross the bridge and start looking for the trees with orange blazes and green arrows, going straight ahead.
    3. Just past tee pad #9, stay slight right, following the green arrow and then make a quick left onto a stone path. You will quickly see green arrows – follow them.
    4. Turn sharp right at the tree with the green arrow, near basket #4 and look for arrows. You will pass tee pad #4.
    5. Turn right at disc golf basket #3. Cross over 2 small wooden bridges and then turn right, following the orange blazes.
    6. Cross over another small wooden bridge and turn right. You are now back at the large wooden bridge. Turn right and cross it again.
    7. Stay left off the bridge, keeping tee pad #9 on your right and basket #8 on your left.
    8. Turn left and cross another small wooden bridge toward the pavilion. Just after crossing the bridge, look for the post on your right.
    9. To return to your vehicle, walk toward the pavilion and to the bridge.
    10. Cross the bridge and go back to the parking area.

    Did You Know?

    • The oldest courthouse in the US is the King William County Courthouse, built in 1725 in Virginia. It is still in use today.
    • The Old Union County Courthouse, built in 1815, is located in Union County, which participates in Get Outdoors.
    • The Old Courthouse in York County was part of the Colonial Complex, which commemorates the period when York served as the Capital of the Nation for nine months.