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!