June 6 is National Trails Day, but what, exactly, does that mean? It's not as if there really is someplace you can go for a formal celebration, right? Wrong! I just learned that you can take part one of several organized events the weekend of June 6. The American Hiking Society is using its Web page as a clearinghouse for events in Missouri and nationwide.
Visit AmericanHiking.org and click on Missouri's part of the national map to get a listing of Trails Day events in the Show-Me State. Missouri has at least seven such events June 6 and 7. Locations include Columbia, Lebanon, Ste. Genevieve, St. Louis, Wildwood and Winona.
More events could show up on the Web site, between now and June 6, because the American Hiking Society encourages anyone who is planning an event to post it on their page.
How cool is that?
If solitude is more your thing, use the Missouri Department of Conservation's online Conservation Atlas Database to locate dozens of conservation areas with trails ranging from short paved, wheelchair-accessible paths to sections of the 300-mile-plus Ozark Trail, traversing rugged wilderness.
Jim Low is an MDC news specialist and Missouri Conservationist staff writer
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