Sunken Treasure
Difficulty: 
Moderate
Distance: 0.94 miles
Restrooms: No
Dog Friendly: Yes
Stroller Friendly: No
Playground: No
Location: Penn State York Campus
Anchor Clues
- From the parking area, walk toward the Pullo Center on the sidewalk and continue past the building.
- Take the next left and head on the road leading down past the tennis courts, behind the Community Center building.
- Take the right onto Irving Ave., and then onto the path at your first right. Stay straight, keeping the Community Center on your right.
- Take the next left and then a quick right and go up the stairs. At the circle, stay right and then left to go up the ramp toward the Science building.
- Turn right at the Starbucks Greenhouse on the path and follow the path up the hill. At the intersection, stay straight toward the road and turn right to stay on the sidewalk.
- Follow the sidewalk along the Classroom Building and parking area. As you cross in front of the Classroom Building, carefully cross the parking area and the road, go into the grass and up the small hill to the trail entrance by the wooden fence.
- At the Y intersection, stay left and continue on the path. The houses will eventually be on your left.
- At the next Y, stay left and at the next T, stay left. This will take you to a large open area with a large tree lying down. Look to your right for the post near a wooden bench and a tree with two trunks.
- At the wooden post labeled Hemlock Hill, turn right and head toward the red metal bench. Continue straight to the steps, carefully cross the road to the sidewalk and continue past the Glatfelter Library. Feel free to stop in and check out a book.
- Just after the Graham Center, turn left and head down the stairs, to the front of the building.
- Turn left and head back to the parking area.
Recommended Books:
- The Search for Sunken Treasure by Geronimo Stilton
- Blackbeard’s Headless Body Swam Around His Ship! The Fact of Fiction Behind Pirates by Adam Sutherland
- Flat Stanley and the Lost Treasure created by Jeff Brown; by Lori Haskins Houran
Pearls of Wisdom:
- There are over $771 trillion worth of gold in sunken treasures in the ocean, but good luck getting it.
- There are more than 3 million shipwrecks on the ocean floor, but Lake Superior in Michigan has the most shipwrecks, compared to its size.
- In 1985, the most valuable shipwreck in history was found, "Our Lady of Atocha," after a 16-year search. It was valued at $450 million.
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