A Halloween Hike Special!
When: Thursday, october 31 at 9:30 am
Where: Thorne Head Preserve, bath
age group: designed for kids ages 2-5, siblings always welcome
Join Emily with the Kennebec Estuary Land Trust at LOCAL Garden in Bath for a forest playgroup Halloween special! Come in costume to Thorne Head Preserve, where we will walk up the Overlook Trail to our Halloween hideaway in the forest. We will begin with a spooky story at the trailhead, then we will walk together in our costume parade!
Accessibility notes: This trail is kid and stroller friendly, a wide open trail (about 8 feet wide). There are benches along the path and if we don't make it the whole half mile, no worries! You could swing it with a jogging stroller but baby-wearing or little walkers would be best. It is a gradual incline to the overlook, and a downhill all the way back.
To get to Thorne Head:
GPS Address: Thorne Head Preserve Trailhead, Bath ME 04530
To get to the parking lot, go north on High Street in Bath, which dead ends into the parking lot of the preserve. Parking lot location here: https://goo.gl/maps/ngiLMzi6dVkJ2BKY9
About Forest Playgroup:
Southern Midcoast Forest Playgroup is a collaboration between families with young children and the land trusts in southern midcoast. Every Thursday morning from 9:30 - 11:00 am, a different land trust hosts a hike, exploration, or activity for kids and parents interested in forest preschool-style learning. Always free, always open to the public! It's organized by parents who are passionate about these kinds of opportunities, as opposed to led by the land trusts. KELT ends up hosting about once a month (summer off because everyone's busy). Here's how they say it on their facebook group:
The Forest Playgroup is a program that aims to provide a space for like-aged children to explore, learn and interact outside. Integrating principles from child-led educational models, our program has activities to support our children’s natural curiosity and developmental learning. With a holistic, family-focus, we are working to cultivate a positive, active and inspiring culture for parents and fill an important niche within our community.
The Southern Midcoast Branch is the 4th Forest Playgroup branch in Maine alone offering free weekly outdoor adventures every Thursday morning for young children and their families.