Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

Topic created by MikeAdams on Mon Feb 21, 2011 at 2:20 pm

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Hi all,

Does anyone know if there is an O Map of Marsh Creek State Park, just north of Downingtown?  I don't see it in our list of maps, and I'm going to be running an Adventure Race there in April and was hoping to find one in preparation.

Thanks in advance!
- Mike Adams

Reply by o-maps on Mon Feb 21, 2011 at 2:41 pm

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We do not have a map of Marsh Creek State Park.

Probably mostly because it's mostly lake rather than woods, but I could be wrong.

Reply by EricW on Mon Feb 21, 2011 at 11:01 pm

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John is generally correct.
This park has very fragmented pieces of terrain around the lake.
In addition, the forest vegetation tends to be thick and thorny, and technically the terrain has no special redeeming interest, that I have found, in visits dating back probably 25 years.
It is not unusable, but has never risen above "low priority" in mapping plans.