Outdoor Opportunities in NEPA
……with Ed Allen
Learning Objectives
Identify many outdoor activities Scouts may enjoy
List ways to keep outdoor activities fun Identify several specific resources available
in NEPA Know what resources are available to help
develop plans for outdoor activities
Agenda
Discussion of outdoor opportunities Review of several specific resources Discussion of “keeping it fun”! Explore available resources
Agenda
Discussion of outdoor opportunities Review of several specific resources Discussion of “keeping it fun”! Explore available resources
Outdoor Opportunities
Let’s make a list!
Possible Activities
Hiking Biking Backpacking Plant identification Bird watching Orienteering Boating Rafting Story telling
Camping Fishing Service projects Sports Swimming Cooking Geo-caching Climbing Pioneering
Agenda
Discussion of outdoor opportunities Review of several specific resources Discussion of “keeping it fun”! Explore available resources
Hickory Run State Park – boulder field
Group tentingHikingBikingFishing
Swimming
Lackawanna State Forest: Pinchot Trail
http://www.explorepatrails.com/gm_trails.aspx
Rails to trails
D&H Rail Trail
Appalachian Trail243 PA Miles
High Point State Park
Highest point in NJ
Access point to the AT
Trail Magic!
Loyalsock Trail
Bike Hike / Campout State Parks
Ricket’s Glen
Local Resources
Goose Pond Camp Achaela McDade Park Lackawanna State Park Promised Land State
Park Hickory Run State Park Frances Slocum State
Park Tobyhanna State Park
Lackawanna State Forest Deleware Water Gap High Point State Park Leigh Gorge State Park PA Grand Canyon Ricketts Glen State Park O&W Rail Trail D&L Rail Trail
Agenda
Discussion of outdoor opportunities Review of several specific resources Discussion of “keeping it fun”!
Ideas?
Explore available resources
Keeping it Fun
Theme for activities Pioneering Cooking Wilderness survival ??? Tell a story
Build toward bigger activity 5 mile hike, 10 mile hike, BP weekend…
Track toward goals Century hiker
Backpacking fun, a little farther from home
Agenda
Discussion of outdoor opportunities Review of several specific resources Discussion of “keeping it fun”!
Ideas?
Explore available resources
www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wheretogo/index.htm
http://www.explorepatrails.com/gm_trails.aspx
http://www.kta-hike.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=92&Itemid=65
Thank You!