Spring is within the air. Beautiful, sun-kissed days. Cool, crisp nights. The sights and smells of Mother Nature’s reawakening surrounds us following a grey winter.
There’s no higher solution to take pleasure in these fantastic days than with a go to to a neighborhood or state park — or perhaps a close by nationwide park, significantly in case you embody some mountain climbing.
Getting outdoors and energetic actually is as straightforward as a jaunt to Wheeling Park or Oglebay Park. There are paved trails; there are trails by the woods. The hikes might be as straightforward or as strenuous as you may deal with.
If you’re feeling a bit extra adventurous and are in search of a day journey to have fun the outside, go to a state park. Within two hours of Wheeling are just a few gems:
– Coopers Rock State Forest, positioned east of Morgantown, has a few of the finest views and mountain climbing conceivable. There are loads of trails to fulfill the newbie or extra skilled adventurer, and the overlook all the time is price a go to.
– Hocking Hills State Park in Ohio is simply two hours from Wheeling and, very like Coopers Rock, gives nearly each kind of out of doors journey conceivable. Old Man’s Cave is a surprise.
– Another close by gem is Ohiopyle State Park in Ohiopyle, Pa. The Jonathan Run Trail leads you to Jonathan Run Falls, a sight to see following a 2-mile hike. There’s additionally wonderful whitewater rafting alongside the Youghiogheny River — novices or households with youthful kids can float the Middle Yough, whereas these searching for a world-class whitewater journey might be challenged on the Upper Yough.
If you’re searching for extra, head to the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in Fayetteville, W.Va., the place you may hike, raft the New River or the Gauley River and discover the nation’s latest nationwide park.
The most essential factor, of us, is to get outdoors, get energetic and luxuriate in nature.
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