BANDERA, Texas-Texas Horse Talk magazine readers have named a limestone trail through Hill Country State Natural Area the “Most Challenging Ride” in Texas. The trail, named Stair Step, leads horseback riders up a hill of narrow limestone steps, guaranteeing a perilous and exhilarating ride.
“We [at the park] are proud of the fact that we cater [...]
December 1, 2008 | Posted in
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Washington, D.C. – The National Park Service (NPS) is pleased to kick-off the upcoming travel season with many new and exciting adventures awaiting park visitors, as well as traditional programs that families come back time and again to enjoy. From the shores of Maine and Alaska to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado to the warm [...]
June 26, 2008 | Posted in
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DOVER, Del. - Delaware State Parks and Nemours Health & Prevention Services are working together to encourage children and families to take the Delaware State Parks Trail Challenge and support Nemours’ 5-2-1-, Almost None initiative. Individuals hike 15 designated trails in Delaware State Parks to complete the Trail Challenge and win a patch, a certificate, [...]
June 13, 2008 | Posted in
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PIERRE, S.D. – Visitors to four South Dakota state parks will have the chance to learn about wildlife, birds, or the journey of Lewis and Clark while enjoying a walk in the park this month. June has been proclaimed Great Outdoors Month by Governor Rounds, and these free activities are a great way to enjoy [...]
June 11, 2008 | Posted in
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Signs on trails encourage healthy lifestyle
PRATT — What’s your cholesterol? What’s your blood pressure? What’s your weight? What’s your blood sugar? These and other health-related questions are addressed at the Kansas state government’s Healthy Kansas website, healthykansas.org/whats_your_mile.aspx. The Healthy Kansas website includes a program entitled “What’s Your Mile?” This program helps visitors to the website [...]
May 29, 2008 | Posted in
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Through June 30, you can get a 20-percent discount on a book with everything you need to hike dozens of trails on conservation areas statewide.
JEFFERSON CITY-June 7 is National Trails Day, and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is offering a bargain on a book to help Missourians find and enjoy more than 700 miles [...]
More than 100 Hikes Set for Statewide Event May 24-June 1
HARRISBURG — Hikers have more than a 100 choices to pick their path and pace to get exercise and explore Pennsylvania’s bountiful outdoors during the statewide Hiking Week celebration, May 24 to June 1.
“Thanks to the work of the Keystone Trails Association, our bureaus [...]
HART’S LOCATION, N.H. – On Thursday, May 15, 2008 at approximately 8:30 p.m., two distressed hikers from Pennsylvania emerged early from a planned multi-day traverse of the Presidential Range in New Hampshire’s White Mountains.
According to Sgt. James Juneau of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department, a search and rescue mission for the hikers began [...]
Action taken due to bullets striking in the State Park near
the Paug Tri-Mountain Section of the Mattabesett Trail
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today closed Tri-Mountain State Park, located in Wallingford and Durham, and the portion of the Mattabesett Trail that runs through it after bullets were found on state land in an area [...]
May 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Indiana Dunes State Park will host a 100th anniversary party for the Prairie Club on Saturday, May 31, at 11 a.m.
The day’s events begin at the state park beach pavilion, where cake and punch will follow special presentations. Scheduled speakers include Leo Krusak, Prairie Club president, and Ginger Murphy, assistant director of the DNR Division [...]
May 20, 2008 | Posted in
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