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Keilan Barber, of West Chester, Pa., left, Christian Martella, center, and Ben Savitz, both of Havertown, Pa., hang out on the rocks at the South Lookout after hiking at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Kempton, Pa., in this Sunday, Jan. 24 photo.
For those venturing off the beaten path, be advised it’s a little crowded out there.
By nature’s standards, anyway, as the great outdoors has become the great escape.
Hiking trails, parks and other open spaces were packed in 2020 with a cooped-up population searching for fresh air during the coronavirus pandemic. Locked down, shut in or just fearful of crowds, people took up hiking, biking, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, camping, tennis and golf to name several in significant numbers.
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