Editing Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania (section)

==Appalachian Trail==
[[File:ATC Visitor Center, Boiling Springs, PA.jpg|thumb|ATC visitor center]]
Boiling Springs and South Middleton Township, which are near the halfway point of the {{convert|2200|mi|adj=on}} [[Appalachian Trail]], were designated Pennsylvania's first Appalachian Trail Community. In 2010, the [[Appalachian Trail Conservancy]] started recognizing towns near the trail that are assets to hikers and the trail. As of 2012, Boiling Springs is one of 23 designated Appalachian Trail Communities. The Mid-Atlantic Regional Office of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy is located at 4 East First Street in Boiling Springs, sharing space with the Boiling Springs Appalachian Trail Information Center.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.appalachiantrail.org/who-we-are/locations |title = Appalachian Trail Conservancy - Contact Us}}</ref> As one of only four regional offices along the trail, the staff covers New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia south through [[Shenandoah National Park]]. It is the only Appalachian Trail Conservancy office that is located on the famous footpath itself.

Several hundred hikers pass through every week during the busy seasons. Hikers often mail themselves packages to pick up at the Boiling Springs Post Office, which is just feet from the trail. The Boiling Springs Pool offers hikers a shower for $1, and there are several bed and breakfasts, a nearby campground and even a resident who lets hikers sleep in the backyard. Nearby Allenberry Resort Inn and Playhouse rents rooms to hikers for a reasonable rate.