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Get Outside, Get Healthy! is a wellness program and cross-sector program developed in conjunction with Wayne Memorial Hospital System helping children and families to achieve better health through activity in local parks, trails and green spaces. The collaborative effort brings together educators, public health advocates, park and recreation agencies and other organizations to offer opportunities to discover the health benefits of spending time in nature. Participants can connect with nature through various hiking trails and facilities throughout Wayne and Pike Counties. Get Outside, Get Healthy connects families with healthy outdoor play in their communities through education about health benefits and resources.
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Trails to Explore in Pike and Wayne Counties
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Wayne County
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Nestled on five hundred fifty acres near the shores of Lake Wallenpaupack in the Northern Poconos, Lacawac Sanctuary is a mix between an environmental education center, nature center, and biological field station.Visitors have the opportunity to enjoy a rich outdoor education and exposure to a blend of diverse habitats including wetlands, open fields, forests, and lakes. Lacawac also provides 8 miles of hiking trails open to the public, free of charge, from dawn to dusk year-round.
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Shuman Point Blue Trail is a 2.5 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Tafton, Pennsylvania that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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The VCA lends itself to walking, hiking, cross-country skiing, picknicking (carry-in, carry-out), berry-picking, and ice-skating. Fishing and hunting are permitted at the VCA East - Tannery Road Access only. Varden Conservation Area is a 2.4 mile moderately trafficked loop trail located near Varden, Pennsylvania that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from March until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
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Carlton Drake Memorial Park invites the public to walk the Dreher Riparian Trail, a 3,850 foot walking trail through the beauty of the Newfoundland area, featuring signs identifying the location of the trail along with the natural vegetation and wildlife found in the area, an 80 foot boardwalk over a marshland area, two pet clean up areas, and benches throughout.
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Prompton State Park is a 1500 acre tract of land shared by the Pa. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corp. of Engineers. It contains a 280-acre lake. The entire park is available to the public for various activities that include: hiking, mountain biking, snowshoeing, back country skiing, paddling, fishing, hunting, geo-caching, and disc golf. Prompton includes: 1,500 acres of public land with 22.9 miles of multi-use trails; 280 acre lake with 6.25 miles of shoreline for paddling, fishing, and birding; Picnic facilities and pavilion; and Public Boat Launch.
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Since 1980, the nearly 600-acre grounds of the Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary have preserved the natural beauty and wildlife of northeastern Pennsylvania. The Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary is dedicated to the preservation of woodlands and open spaces…and so much more. Miles of well-maintained walking trails clear the mind and refresh the soul.
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Cobey Pond Trail is a 2.2 mile lightly trafficked loop trail located near Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is best used from May until October. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash. A leisurely stroll around this moderate three mile loop trail offers hikers ample opportunities for wildlife and waterfowl viewing.
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Pike County
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About 3,000 acres in size, Promised Land State Park is on the Pocono Plateau, 1,800 feet above sea level, and is surrounded by 12,464 acres of the Delaware State Forest, including natural areas. Visitors can enjoy:Fishing and boating in two lakes, Rustic cabins, Camping, Miles of hiking trailsand Exploring the forests. Environmental Education programming is offered from April through October at both Promised Land State Park and Varden Conservation Area. From Memorial Day though Labor Day, interpretive and recreational programming is offered on Fridays and Saturdays. From late June through early September, the park offers a weekly nature arts and crafts program for children of all ages that is organized by conservation volunteers.
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Through donation, Dingman Township became the current owner of the 317-acre The Cornelia and Florence Bridge Preserve in 2007. Historic Route 6 bisects thepreserve and essentially splits the property into two parcels – a 250-acre parcel north of Route 6 in western Milford Township and a 67-acre parcel south of Route 6 in northeastern Dingman Township. The Huckleberry Trail is a key link and it currently runs from the Savantine Creek corridor along the Bridge Preserve to the Pike County Park. The Huckleberry Trail is part of a larger trail system that connects the Delaware State Forest to the State GameLands and even to federal lands along the Delaware River.
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Shohola Falls Trail is a moderately trafficked loop trail located near Shohola, Pennsylvania that features a lake and is good for all skill levels. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash. Along Shohola Creek there are numerous cascades, deep holes and steep ledges where water rushes over a final set of falls onto the flatland.
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Stairway Lake Trail is a 2.8 mile moderately trafficked out and back trail located near Milford, Pennsylvania that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail is primarily used for hiking, walking, nature trips, and birding and is best used from March until September.
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Dingman Park has a concession stand, two children’s playgrounds, football fields, soccer fields, baseball fields, and walking and hiking trails. Everything at the park is handicapped accessible and there is plenty of parking.
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PEEC is one of the most respected and recognized residential environmental education centers in the northeastern United States. PEEC is a private 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is the education partner of the National Park Service in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The enjoyment and study of nature and natural systems is a focal point at PEEC. Our proximity to 200,000 acres of public lands, including the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (DWGNRA), numerous state parks, forests, and game lands offers a world of opportunities for our guests to explore, such as: shady hemlock gorges, the scenic Delaware River, diverse lowland and upland forests, fields, ponds, streams, & waterfalls, the unique flora and fauna found in boreal bogs, a quarry containing 400 million year-old fossils.
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Lacawac Sanctuary's Get Outside, Get Healthy Program was financed in part by a grant from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program Environmental Stewardship Fund under the administration of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation administered through the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s Pocono Forests and Waters Conservation Landscape Mini Grant Program.
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