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More than a dozen state parks and forests across Pennsylvania – including Ohiopyle in Fayette County – have been experiencing “extreme overcrowding” on weekends recently, with more people expected to
Hike 798 miles on these trails to win coveted Pennsylvania hiking award
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The West Rim Trail along the rim of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon is one of the trails required of hikers trying for the State Forest Trails Award. (PA DCNR graphic)
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The Keystone Trails Association (KTA) and Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources awards the State Forest Trails Award to anyone who hikes all 798 miles of 17 trails in Pennsylvania’s state forest.
The KTA launched an annual Hiking Awards Program in 1961 to recognize hikers “whose enjoyment of Pennsylvania’s trails might serve as an example and inspiration to their peers.
3 awesome abandoned places in eastern Pa. highlighted in new book
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Posted Jan 12, 2021
Ruins near the Mocanaqua Loop Trail in Shickshinny. These ruins appear in Kathleen Butler s book, Abandoned Ruins in Eastern Pennsylvania. Photo by Kathleen Butler.
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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 Ruins of Eastern Pennsylvania: Remnants Lost in Time,” where she showcases photographs of long-lost homes, farms and other buildings that she has found in Pennsylvania. This book highlights spots as far north as Scranton and all the way south through Delaware County.