2022 South St. Paul Trail Walk Hunt - Week 1

Welcome to the Parks and Rec Trail Walk Treasure Hunt. We would like to thank the Croatian Hall for being a sponsor for this hunt. Please search parks in the South St. Paul city limit.

Harmon Park is one of the smallest parks but has three different sporting options there. William E. Harmon was an Ohio-born real estate agent who lived most of his life in New York, where he formed the Foundation that financially supported the development of an estimated 120 to 150 parks and recreational facilities across the United States.

We mention the softball field at Harmon Park, and we give three street names that should lead you to the park. "Hank" as in Hank "Henry" Aaron for Henry St. Chestnut St. and Spruce St. also run into and around Harmon.

We have also now mentioned the two other sports that can be played at Harmon with the tennis courts and the outdoor hockey rink. The idea is to get you to wonder if you are in the correct area by spreading people out looking by all the sports areas across the park.

"One of four" South St. Paul's Harmon Park joins parks of the same name in Pipestone, West St. Paul, and Worthington, Minnesota, who benefited from park development funding sponsored by the Harmon Foundation Playgrounds in America program.

This is also alluding that the ball field isn't regular baseball, but is the SSP Girls softball field which is located at Harmon Park. The medallion is secured to half a softball hidden in the park.

*BONUS* There is a hidden clue within the first three clues up to this point. If you take the first capital letter in each stanza, it spells out HARMON clues 4 & 5 spell out PARK. "HARMON PARK".

We have now eliminated any parks on the north side of town, and you should search on the south side.

The medallion is hidden in the wooded area tucked back in a nook of Harmon Park and not by any sporting area.

The medallion's hiding spot can easily be accessed through a small opening in the trees and brush on the southeast corner of the park in the woods. The tree is right to the left as you walk in the opening, and the medallion is covered by sticks and brush at the base of this tree.