Hiking Spot

        In class last Wednesday I loaded the Pub Crawl places into Google Earth and noticed under tools "GPS".  So I decided to experiment with it when I got home.  Google Earth almost effortlessly loaded waypoints and tracks from the Garmin GPS unit.  So here are screen shots of last Sundays Flat Rock Trail hike at Colonel Denning State Park.  It's about a two hour hike round trip and has an amazing view east and west of the valley at the summit.  PA DCNR Colonel Denning.  You can see Pine Grove Furnace State Park which is at southern end of the South Mountain range (facing south).  Interstate 81 and the PA turnpike are visible from the overlook as well. This is a land feature in our area that is said to be easily distinguishable from "space".  The GPS unit max. elevation was 1,975 ft. which is close to the information shown by dragging the mouse over the highlighted track imported into Google Earth.