Post by Ashley Kendrick | April 15, 2024
I’d always heard about a huge sycamore tree that grows just off Centerville Road in East Hempfield Township. However, curiosity never got the best of me until a late winter’s day in March, when coming across Old Tree Drive, I decided to find it.
The tree, which is hard to miss, definitely bears some impressive credentials. Considered to be the oldest sycamore tree in Lancaster County, it was probably a sapling even before William Penn launched his grand experiment and welcomed those seeking religious freedom to a place that came to be called Pennsylvania. The tree stands on land that was ...Read More
