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parks for kids Buddy ’s 4. Fact Bites! Hike the Toms Run Trail to the Inn Environmental Learning Center, enjoying the • Pennsylvania is also known swinging bridge and ruins of the old dam as the “Keystone State” on the way.­ Go swimming or canoeing, then because of its geographical camp overnight! location among the original thirteen colonies. 5. Ricketts State Park Go for a swim in or rent a . • fea- 1. Delaware Water Gap Hike the Falls and Highland Trails into the tures a man-made lake and Area where you can see 22 wild waterfalls,

vast forest. The area was www.parktrust.org ­ National Recreation Area including Ganoga Falls, the highest in the park! Become a Junior Ranger! Hike along the used for extensive - or go for a swim. Go fishing ing in the late 1800s and as or canoeing, then enjoy a picnic. Make sure you 6. Gettysburg National check out the many waterfalls! a prisoner of war camp in Military Park World War II. Become a Junior Ranger or even pretend to join 2. the Civil War Army! Get hands-on with history • Little League Baseball was Slip down the natural waterslides near Meadow in the museum, then participate in a ranger-led founded in 1939 in Williams- Run Trail, look for wildflowers at Cucumber Run, program! then enjoy a picnic. Check out the view at Tharp port. The league started with Knob Overlook. Ride your bike to the “Yough.” only three local teams! 7. Independence National 3. Historical Park Learn about area wildlife in the Tom Ridge Take a tour of Independence Hall, where the Environmental Center then walk out to the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Inde- Presque Isle Lighthouse. Take in the view and pendence hundreds of years ago! Then head fly kites at Sunset Point, then go . In the across to Liberty Bell Center and learn about the winter, try out cross-country skiing or ice skating! bell’s special place in American history.

All photos courtesy of Hill Art Group.