2024 Updates

The following updates/corrections regarding park directions, GPS coordinates, and status of posts have been posted in the Get Outdoors (GO) Lebanon Facebook Group. To receive the most recent updates/corrections as well as tips, please join the Facebook Group.

Remember to perform thorough tick checks following your outdoor hikes; in the event that you do pull off a tick, you may wish to send it to the Tick Research Lab of Pennsylvania for testing for tick borne illnesses, such as Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Order your test online and learn whether you’re at risk before symptoms appear. Testing is free for Pennsylvania residents.

6/6/2024— The directions to Swatara State Park have been revised to take you to the correct parking area. Turn a right on State Park Lane to reach the parking area (not Sand Siding Road).

Please check the Directions page for updated directions. The Keys to Your Adventure are still correct in the Itinerary and on the Camera web page.
GO and Choose An Adventure, Lebanon County!

Are you looking for something exciting for your family to do together this summer in the great outdoors?  Looking to discover the great parks of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, but don’t know where to start?  We’ve got you covered!  And best of all it’s free and fun for all ages!

GO Lebanon is now for adults too! Register in the Beanstack app, then start logging your hikes for a chance to win one of three grand prizes just for adults.

Join children and families from all over Lebanon County this summer in the Get Outdoors (GO), Lebanon County program.  Get outdoors and discover the wonder of nature as you hunt for 15 activity posts hidden in parks and along trails in Lebanon County. Participants follow clues available in their free guidebooks to locate each post.  They then make a rubbing of the unique etching plate found at each post as a record of their “find” and enter the 4-digit code on each post into the Beanstack app to record that hike. The more posts you find, the better your chances are to win an exciting grand prize. Each year this program’s theme changes to reflect that of the Summer Learning Programs at Lebanon County Libraries!

Booklets and etching sheets for Get Outdoors, Lebanon County will be available for pick up at the library or for download from this webpage starting June 1, 2024.

Posts will be in the parks until August 12, 2024. Participants will be required to enter their info and 4-digit codes into Beanstack by Monday, August 19, 2024 in order to be eligible for participation rewards and prize drawings. For updates regarding this year’s program as well as hints, tips, and photos for the program, join the Get Outdoors (GO) Lebanon Facebook group.

  1. Pick up your etching sheet and guidebook at your local library this summer.
  2. Each family receives (1) guidebook per family and (1) etching sheet per child 17 years or younger. Adults only need to record the post codes in Beanstack.
  3. Use your guidebook to identify the 15 participating parks within Lebanon County.
  4. Use the clues to find each post located in the participating parks. Make sure you take a crayon or pencil with you on your adventure so you can shade over the picture onto your etching sheet.  Do not use marker or pen.
  5. Record the post codes in Beanstack by the deadline to qualify for prize drawings.
Collect:

4-9 etchings = small prize + 1 entry to win a grand prize

10-14 etchings = small prize + 2 chances to win a grand prize

Collect all 15 = small prize + 3 chances to win a grand prize

Collect 4 or more etchings to win a chance at 1 of 5 grand prizes!

Children attending the family hikes hosted by select local libraries will receive a chance to win a grand prize at the end of the hike.

The Get Outdoors (GO) Lebanon program is a collaborative initiative of WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital and  Lebanon County Libraries. For additional information, please contact Melanie Wells, Community Wellness Coordinator, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital at 717.270.7764 or visit the initiative website for more information!