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Hiking Guide: Enchanted Rock State Natural Area Published: April 5, 2021 Enchanted Rock is one of the more popular parks and landmarks in the Texas Hill Country, and for good reason. The massive pink granite dome that is the centerpiece of Enchanted Rock State Natural Area is awe-inspiring and visible from many miles away. Rising about 425 feet above the surrounding terrain to an elevation of 1,825 feet above sea level, it’s the largest pink granite monadnock in the United States. As such, En...

The best free things to do in California Lonely Planet Editors 15 March 2021 Sprawling California may be that state that gave us the Gold Rush and home to some of the most expensive cities in the United States, but you dont have to blow your vacation budget to visit. Some of the best sites in California are free to experience, from the towering redwoods of NorCal to the surf breaks of SoCal and dozens of wineries, museums, gardens, and cultural touchstones in between. Whether youre looking f...

List Of Seasonal Trail Closures In Jefferson County Patch 2/17/2021 Amber Fisher © Shutterstock Each year, Jeffco Open Space issues seasonal wildlife closures to protect species at sensitive times in their life cycles. JEFFERSON COUNTY, CO — Some trails and regions in Jefferson County have closed to protect wildlife. Each year, Jeffco Open Space closes many trails and parks to ensure species are safe during important stages in their life cycles. People who ignore signs an...

Great winter hiking trails across Pennsylvania Updated Feb 12, 2021; Facebook Share Here are 30 great spots for some cold-weather trekking. Pennsylvania’s Trail of the Year for 2021, the 38-mile Delaware & Hudson Trail in Lackawanna, Susquehanna and Wayne counties, will appear on many lists of prime trails this year. Tracing the former corridor of the Delaware & Hudson Railway, which primarily carried anthracite coal out of the Lackawanna Valley during the second half of the 19th century, th...

3 awesome abandoned places in eastern Pa. highlighted in new book Updated Jan 12, 2021; Posted Jan 12, 2021 Ruins near the Mocanaqua Loop Trail in Shickshinny. These ruins appear in Kathleen Butlers book, "Abandoned Ruins in Eastern Pennsylvania." Photo by Kathleen Butler. Facebook Share Deep in the woods, stone walls and foundations tell stories long forgotten. But Kathleen Butler is setting out to rediscover them. Butler, who lives in Bristol in Bucks County, is the author of “Abandoned R...

3 awesome abandoned places highlighted in new book about Pennsylvania Updated Jan 08, 2021; Posted Jan 08, 2021 Ruins near the Mocanaqua Loop Trail in Shickshinny. These ruins appear in Kathleen Butlers book, "Abandoned Ruins in Eastern Pennsylvania." Photo by Kathleen Butler. Facebook Share Deep in the woods, stone walls and foundations tell stories long forgotten. But Kathleen Butler is setting out to rediscover them. Butler, who lives in Bristol in Bucks County, is the author of “Abandon...

Quechee Loop Trail | 1.5 miles roundtrip| Quechee State Park in Quechee, VT Southwest Region Button Bay Point Trail | 0.8-mile roundtrip | Button Bay State Park in Ferrisburgh, VT Northwest Region Marsh Brook Nature Trail | 1.5-mile roundtrip loop | Lake Carmi State Park in Enosburg Falls, VT Northeast Region      Shore Trail | 1.5+ mile roundtrip | Brighton State Park in Island Pond, VT Please dress for the weather and bring snowshoes if the snow is deep. Please also bring beverages and s...

The recent nor’easter that bedeviled much of the Northeast was a godsend to the Alleghenies. About a foot of wet-based powder descended upon Laurel Ridge, creating nearly perfect conditions for cross-country skiing atop Laurel Summit – conditions that have been exceedingly rare there for the past two or three winter seasons. Rarer still was that those conditions persisted into the weekend, giving my close friend, neighbor and outings’ companion, Tom Gray, and me the opportunity t...

>> reporter: dispatchers found the cell tower the call came through but that led to a dead end. then a lifesaver. a trainee working in the dispatch center for just three weeks did something many of us do every day. >> i plugged ryans name into google. >> reporter: that led to ryans linkedin page and then his facebook page. >> the most recent post was of his sons saying they were going to go rappelling at the blue ridge loop trail. >> reporter: suddenly his timeline became his lifeline. within tw...