The most important rule about hiking is to "hike your own hike." In other words, there's no set way to hike, as long as you follow the Leave No Trace principles. Some take it slow, some keep up the ...

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources invites Iowans to visit a state park on New Year's Day. If you check in online you ...

First Day Hikes, a national initiative, encourages couch potatoes to get outdoors and explore the beauty of the state park system on New Year’s Day. Walking or hiking offers a chance to exercise, ...

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While some Long Islanders will be spending the first day of the new year nursing a hangover, others are participating in a growing tradition: a First Day Hike. The guided hikes are a way to start the ...

BOSTON (AP) — A simple plan to get more people enjoying the outdoors on New Year’s Day has become a nationwide movement after a hike at a Massachusetts park more than three decades ago. Just 380 ...