The Connected Path – Grounded in Nature Hike: Graver Arboretum

The Connected Path – Grounded in Nature Hike: Graver Arboretum, brought to you by Sync Recovery and NorthBound, because recovery is better together!

Love the idea of a summit but don’t want to miss the wildflowers along the way? 🌼⛰ We are a hiking community dedicated to Hike, Heal, and Connect. We practice ‘radical curiosity,’ stopping every few hundred yards to investigate the world around us—from life inside a rotting log to critters in the brush. 🍄🕸🐛🦋🌳

But don’t let the slow pace fool you; we are a progression-based crew. We move by one simple rule: ‘It takes as long as it takes.’ Together, we gradually build the resilience to tackle the steepest trails in the region, proving that we can do hard things without ever losing our sense of wonder. Halfway through every adventure, we pause for a discussion to ground ourselves and find our collective strength before the final push.

For more than 40 years, Dr. Lee and Virginia Graver, nature lovers and  conservationists, painstakingly cleared overgrown briar patches, dense brush areas, and woods to create an environment conducive to growth for wildflowers, ferns, rhododendrons, and native and rare trees, including more than 150 species of conifers. The result is a beautiful 63-acre arboretum which the Gravers generously donated to Muhlenberg College in 1994.

Please park in the gravel lot behind the barn.

Dress for the weather, including appropriate footwear.

Children must be accompanied by a guardian the entire time. Limited to 15 participants; please register each person separately.

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