We love dads, and we love going on adventures with them! Here are some ideas on how to spend some time in the great outdoors with Pops. Go cycling in Pennsylvania Remember the first time your dad helped you balance on your bike without training wheels? Relive...
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School is about to be out for the summer, which means that the kiddos will be full of excited energy and parents will be full of summer plans that keep the kids occupied. Here are some great hikes for kids of all ages from the new...
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We are smack in the middle of celebrating PlayCleanGo Awareness Week (June 1–8)! Last month, we shared some ways to take action during this week. Now we want you to take photos of the work you're doing to help stop the spread of invasive...
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American Hiking Society's National Trails Day is the biggest trail event of the year, one we always look forward to participating in and promoting. It unites people and encourages them to improve the trails and public lands we love to use. If National Trails Day snuck...
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Memorial Day Weekend is upon us. Sure, you can stay in the city and explore the concrete jungle, but you can also go out onto the green trails, breathe in fresh air, go for a swim, and become one with nature. Doesn't that sound more...
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One of our favorite things to do is ask our authors what are their favorite hikes that had to be excluded from their books. And Phil Riggan, author of the newly-updated 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Richmond definitely delivered. Technical trails, tall cascades, and views...
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Here in the River Valley, sandwiched between the Ouachita Mountains to the south and Ozarks to the north, we have the luxury of two wonderful indie bookstores. They’re each unique! You won’t find another Bookish or Chapters on Main anywhere else on the planet. Full disclosure: Both of these bookstores...
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It's Mother's Day! Are you scrambling to find a last-minute gift for your mom, or second guessing what you already got her? Remember that the most meaningful gift is time spent with your mom. So why not take her on a hike, then end the...
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The newly-announced Great American Rail-Trail stretches across 12 states and 3,700 miles. While Pennsylvania only includes 172 of those miles, they're all on four already-established rail-trails. This means you can spend the summer getting a taste for the Great American Rail-Trail by hiking, cycling, inline skating,...
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Everyone who knows anything about the Appalachian Trail has heard of Springer Mountain in Georgia—the southern terminus of the A.T. Mile 0 for all #NOBO hikers, and the emotional end for all #SOBO hikers. But if you're scratching your head wondering what or where Flagg...
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