The Brodhead Watershed Association has organized another Get Outdoors Poconos Hike at the new Bluestone Preserve in Paradise Township in Monroe County starting at 10:00.

Join naturalist Patti O'Keefe for this early spring walk at the Bluestone Preserve where the trailhead hides in a cul-de-sac of tidy homes.  The Preserve is so new there's no sign at the trailhead yet, just a length of chain between 2 trees where a woods road begins.

There aren’t any established trails, either, or blazes. Intrepid explorers of this new world will find an enormous rock cairn 20 feet high and a football field long; huge slabs of bluestone slate that gave the preserve its name; and, from a high point of the ridge at 1,100 feet, a miles-long view of Paradise.

And there’s so much more to explore: This is one end of a greenway whose trails connect many public lands. It runs 4 miles as the crow flies along the ridge, across Henry’s Crossing Road, northwest toward Route 390 in Cresco, near state game lands.

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The hike is free, but registration is required.  Directions for the hike will be provided to those who register.  To register, call 570-839-1120 or 570-629-2727 or send email to: info@brodheadwatershed.org. 

The hike series is administered by Brodhead Watershed Association and supported by a grant from the William Penn Foundation.

For more information on programs, initiatives and other upcoming events, visit the Brodhead Watershed Association website.

(Photo: Vernal pool on the Bluestone Preserve.)

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