Bernheim Forest
I need to visit Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, in Clermont, Ky. more often. About an hour away, the facility is well worth the drive.
With two lakes, two ponds, an Education Center, a Visitor Center, a Research Center, a 14,000-acre forest and more than 15 hiking routes (and one mountain bike trail) boasting some 35 miles of trails, the nonprofit preserve offers outstanding opportunities to view wildlife, exercise, read, write and just relax outdoors. There's also a firetower that, if you're up to the hike and climb, offers 30-miles views in every direction. Well worth the trip.
Today I spent about four hours out there (view the photos on Flickr). I packed the family and a cooler full of sundried tomato bowtie pasta, corn salsa, pimento cheese sandwiches and a few slices of chocolate devil's food cake from Queen of Tarts. What a perfect way to pass a Friday afternoon.
With two lakes, two ponds, an Education Center, a Visitor Center, a Research Center, a 14,000-acre forest and more than 15 hiking routes (and one mountain bike trail) boasting some 35 miles of trails, the nonprofit preserve offers outstanding opportunities to view wildlife, exercise, read, write and just relax outdoors. There's also a firetower that, if you're up to the hike and climb, offers 30-miles views in every direction. Well worth the trip.
Today I spent about four hours out there (view the photos on Flickr). I packed the family and a cooler full of sundried tomato bowtie pasta, corn salsa, pimento cheese sandwiches and a few slices of chocolate devil's food cake from Queen of Tarts. What a perfect way to pass a Friday afternoon.
posted by Erik Eckel at 8:39 PM
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