Gettysburg College provides route for community bike path

Gettysburg College will provide land for a community bicycle trail that will pass along the campus's northern edge.

The "Gettysburg Inner Loop" will link various areas of the historic town and connect to surrounding municipalities.

"Gettysburg College is an active supporter of the bicycle loop, which will traverse part of our campus," said President Janet Morgan Riggs. "It both promotes physical fitness and reduces carbon emissions from our roadways, and we are delighted to support this community project."

The trail project is sponsored by the Borough of Gettysburg and Healthy Adams Bicycle/Pedestrian Action Coalition Inc. (HABPI) with support from a broad range of area organizations. Including the National Park Service and the Adams County Office of Planning and Development.

Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences. With a student body of approximately 2,500, it is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. The College was founded in 1832.

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College and local officials gathered beside Quarry Lake on the northwest edge of campus, near where the trail will run. From left are Associate Vice President of Communications and Public Relations Patricia Lawson, Alumni Relations Director Joe Lynch, Borough Council members Susan Naugle, Michael Birkner, and Claire Lewis, Director of Facilities Planning Jim Biesecker, College President Janet Riggs, and Tom Jolin of HABPI. Birkner is also a history professor.