Today's failed attempt to visit my parents led to a beautiful, snowy hike through Central Pennsylvania. The White Rocks Trail is off of Kuhn Road in Boiling Springs, PA. Latitude N 40 degrees, 7 minutes 57.48 seconds, Longitude W 77 degrees, 5 minutes, 17.84 seconds. Parking is alongside Kuhn Road and prominent blue blazes mark the area. There is a yellow gate near the trail head. You can go in there, but if you face the gate, turn left and look ahead, you will see a boulder marking the trail head and the following signs on the tree:
Follow the blue blazes and you will go up the hill on a wide, but somewhat rocky, path. Once at the top, you will bear right.
After a short walk, you come to an rocky outcropping. Follow the path around to the right. When you get to the far side, if you stop and turn around, you will see an arrow indicating that you can scramble on top of the rocks - we saw it after stopping to take this picture.
Since my name is Faith, not Grace, I chose to sit with Abby while Hubby took a scramble to the top and took pictures. I am glad he did.
We kept going until we came to the second outcrop, but did not go past because of the snow on the ground - we didn't think it would be safe with the dog. Had we continued, this trail connects with the Appalachian Trail. There is also another trail, toward the bottom, marked with yellow markers if you want to just do a short loop. We went on it briefly, but it did not appear to be as clearly marked.
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