This weekend: Let’s get walkin’ Philly!

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Feeling cooped up yet? Trying to figure out ways to fulfill your New Year’s resolution to get healthier? Try a wellness walk. You can enjoy nature, get great exercise and meet a new friend. So get out of the house and stretch those legs with an invigorating walk along one of the many beautiful woodland and nature trails our Philadelphia area has to offer. Here are some options to check out.

Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

Giants of the Forest nature walk

Meet the very largest trees in their forest, some with a circumference of over 12 feet. Learn why these trees grew so big and how they managed to escape the saw blade. Learn simple ways to identify these species by their winter characteristics. This walk will take you through old fields, past ruins and into steep ravines.

Saturday January 12, 2013 1:00- 3:00 pm

Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

Wellness walk led by an experienced Volunteer Guide, these brisk walks will stick to the paved paths and get your heart rate up. Saturday mornings 10:30 am

Peace Valley Nature Center

Singles Walk - Join Director Naturalist Craig Olsen as he leads informative walks highlighting and informing you about what is going on around the nature center in the natural world. Bring lunch for after the walk.

Saturday January 12, 2013 10:30 am to 12 noon

See you on the trails!

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