In addition to experiencing the remnants of the quarry and mining industries, you will find hiking trails, two small ponds suitable for fishing, volleyball courts, an informal ballfield, and horseshoe pits at each of the nine pavilions. There is also an 18-station fitness trail and three modern, handicapped-accessible playgrounds. The hiking trails will lead you through a unique geological landscape, called the barrens. Because the soil is permeated with the mineral serpentine, the soil is so low in essential nutrients and so high in some metals that most ordinary plants will not grow here. This landscape is found only in three small geographic areas in all of North America. The Nottingham Serpentine Barrens in Nottingham County Park is part of the State-Line Serpentine Barrens, the largest occurrence of serpentine barrens in the eastern United States.
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This is the official Park Map by the Chester County.

In addition to experiencing the remnants of the quarry and mining industries, you will find hiking trails, two small ponds suitable for fishing, volleyball courts, an informal ballfield, and horseshoe pits at each of the nine pavilions. There is also an 18-station fitness trail and three modern, handicapped-accessible playgrounds. The hiking trails will lead you through a unique geological landscape, called the barrens. Because the soil is permeated with the mineral serpentine, the soil is so low in essent...