Directions

PPL's Holtwood Environmental Center

From Lancaster: Take Route 272 south to Buck, turn right onto Route 372. Take 372 west for 6 miles and turn right onto River Road. Go one-half mile and turn left onto Old Holtwood Road. Go one-half mile and turn left onto New Village Road. The Holtwood Environmental Center is the first building on the left.

From York: Take Route 74 south. Turn left onto Route 372 and go across the Susquehanna River. Make your first left onto Pinnacle Road. Follow this for about 1 mile. It becomes New Village Road. The Holtwood Environmental Center is on the right before Old Holtwood Road.

Contact information:
9 New Village Road
Holtwood, PA 17532
1-800-354-8383
GPS coordinates: N39 50.033 W76 19.080

Shenk’s Ferry Wildflower Preserve

From Lancaster:
Take New Danville Pike to Conestoga, veer left onto River Corner Road at the post office. After 1.3 miles you will come to River Road. Go straight across River Road to Shenk’s Ferry Road. Turn left at Green Hill Road. Follow this road through the tunnel and bear left 200 feet past the tunnel. The trailhead is located next to Grubb Run.

From York, Wrightsville and Columbia:
Take Route 30 east to Route 441 south. Route 441 south becomes River Road at Washington Borough. Follow River Road all the way to the Safe Harbor Power Plant entrance. Continue on River Road and take the second right-hand turn, 2 miles after the plant entrance, onto Shenk’s Ferry Road. Turn left at Green Hill Road. Follow this road through the tunnel and bear left 200 feet past the tunnel. The trailhead is located next to Grubb Run.

Approaching from the south:
From Route 372 (southern end of the Holtwood Environmental Preserve) take River Road north on the Lancaster County side. At the intersection of Route 324, turn left and travel over the Pequea Creek, and make an immediate right after the bridge onto River Road. Continue 2 miles and turn left onto Shenk's Ferry Road. (Note: PPL directional signs). Turn left at Green Hill Road. Follow this road through the tunnel and bear left 200 feet past the tunnel. The trailhead is located next to Grubb Run.

Note: Entrance from the south using Green Hill Road, off River Hill Road is for 4-wheeled vehicles access only. Parking is very limited in the glen, please use caution in peak periods for pedestrians on the township road.

GPS coordinates: N39 50.728 W76 20.635