{"id":19127,"date":"2017-12-12T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=19127"},"modified":"2017-12-12T09:23:22","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T14:23:22","slug":"first-day-hikes-offer-healthy-start-to-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/12\/12\/first-day-hikes-offer-healthy-start-to-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"First Day Hikes Offer Healthy Start to New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Celebrate 2018 in Maryland&#8217;s Parks and Public Lands<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright \" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/1\/638\/31267454253_372aa1cef8.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of hikers joining Secretary Mark Belton on a First Day Hike in 2017\" width=\"351\" height=\"197\" \/>The <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0invites everyone to welcome in the New Year with a <a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/firstdayhikes.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Day Hike<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dnr.maryland.gov\/publiclands\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland Park Service<\/a> rangers, staff and volunteers will lead more than 30 hikes on public lands and state parks New Year&#8217;s Day, as part of a nationwide event sponsored by\u00a0America&#8217;s State Parks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">These hikes will provide a wide array of outdoor adventures and experiences for every level of hiker and walker, providing unique access to Maryland&#8217;s cultural, historical and natural resources and treasures. Some are even pet-friendly!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Numerous state forests and wildlife management areas will also be open Jan. 1 for self-guided treks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8220;Taking part in a First Day Hike is my favorite way to start the New Year,&#8221; Maryland Natural Resources Secretary Mark Belton said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a wonderful opportunity to enjoy and experience the beauty of nature and our state parks while taking in some fresh air and camaraderie. It is a great way to get some exercise after the holiday season as well as spend some quality time together with family and friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, more than 2,000 First Day Hikers logged more than 4,000 miles statewide.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/FDH-Map_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19161\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/FDH-Map_3.jpg\" alt=\"Map showing 2018 First Day Hike locations across Maryland\" width=\"700\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/FDH-Map_3.jpg 841w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/FDH-Map_3-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/12\/FDH-Map_3-768x404.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrate 2018 in Maryland&#8217;s Parks and Public Lands The Maryland Department of Natural Resources\u00a0invites everyone to welcome in the New Year with a First Day Hike! Maryland Park Service rangers, staff and volunteers will lead more than 30 hikes on public lands and state parks New Year&#8217;s Day, as part of a nationwide event sponsored<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/12\/12\/first-day-hikes-offer-healthy-start-to-new-year\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,1965,23,12,13],"tags":[2914,4084,4082,4083],"class_list":["post-19127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-maryland-forest-service","category-land","category-parks","category-wildlife","tag-first-day-hikes","tag-natural-resource-management-area","tag-state-forest","tag-wildlife-management-area"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19127"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19163,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19127\/revisions\/19163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}