{"id":18256,"date":"2021-12-26T16:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-26T22:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=18256"},"modified":"2021-12-25T18:17:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-26T00:17:20","slug":"state-parks-to-welcome-new-year-with-first-day-hikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2021\/12\/26\/state-parks-to-welcome-new-year-with-first-day-hikes\/","title":{"rendered":"State Parks To Welcome New Year with First Day Hikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-314446\" title=\"Tennessee State Parks\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Tennessee-State-Parks.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee State Parks\" width=\"200\" height=\"177\"><strong>Nashville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; Tennessee State Parks invite all Tennesseans to enjoy guided First Day Hikes at parks across the state to ring in the New Year. All hikes are on January 1st, 2022 with the exception of hikes on December 31st at David Crockett Birthplace, Harrison Bay, and Radnor Lake state parks.<\/p>\n<p>The hikes are designed for all ages and abilities. They are an opportunity to begin a New Year\u2019s resolution for good health, continue an ongoing commitment to hiking, or simply enjoy the beauty of nature in the state parks.<\/p>\n<p>Details on the First Day Hikes for individual parks <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tnstateparks.com\/about\/special-events\/first-day-hikes\/\" title=\"First Day Hikes webpage\" >can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18257\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Upwards-Hike.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18257\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18257\" title=\"Hiking\" src=\"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Upwards-Hike-480x313.jpg\" alt=\"Hiking\" width=\"480\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Upwards-Hike-480x313.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Upwards-Hike-800x522.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Upwards-Hike-200x131.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Upwards-Hike-768x501.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Upwards-Hike.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-18257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hiking<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Hikers are urged to prepare for the weather, have sturdy footwear, and bring water and snacks.<\/p>\n<p>The First Day Hikes begin the parks\u2019 annual Signature Hikes series throughout the year, featuring such events as the Spring Hike and National Trails Day Hike. The <em>First Day Hikes&nbsp;are part of America\u2019s State Parks First Day Hikes initiative in all 50 states.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While everyone is encouraged to participate in the First Day Hikes, visitors are reminded that the parks are open 365 days a year and are great places anytime to improve mental and physical well-being. Tennessee State Parks have more than 1,000 miles of trails.<\/p>\n<p>Tennesseans may also want to support the state parks\u2019 Trail Pack program with donations to support maintenance and development of trails in the parks. Each $25 Trail Pack donation provides direct funding to the Tennessee State Parks trails program. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tnstateparks.com\/donate\/trail-pack\" title=\"Trail Pack Program\" >For more information, visit this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For general information about Tennessee State Parks, go to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/tnstateparks.com\/\" >tnstateparks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; Tennessee State Parks invite all Tennesseans to enjoy guided First Day Hikes at parks across the state to ring in the New Year. All hikes are on January 1st, 2022 with the exception of hikes on December 31st at David Crockett Birthplace, Harrison Bay, and Radnor Lake state parks. The hikes are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[2506,107,13414,2480,2611,2048,549,284,13415,5871,12269,523],"class_list":["post-18256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-leisure","tag-david-crockett-state-park","tag-featured","tag-first-day-hike","tag-harrison-bay-state-park","tag-hikes","tag-hiking","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-nature-hikes","tag-new-years-holiday","tag-radnor-lake-state-park","tag-tennessee-state-parks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18258,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18256\/revisions\/18258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}