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Remember: Stay on the trails!
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• Starting at the Oaken Overlook Fairy Door: Take the path back uphill, to the main trail and the first cairn. Turn right on the trail, and after a few paces, notice the path on your left, leading uphill. look back and see if you can pick out the tree where the oaken overlook door was. Look to the side and find the cabin. This is a good thing to practice as you make turns on trails. Look around and observe!
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• Take this path, counting 35 steps uphill.
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• Upon reaching the next fork, you have three options...to your left and directly in front of you are well used paths. In the middle is a lesser-used trail. Take the left-most trail and head uphill 25 steps.
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• Turn to the right uphill and take about 50 steps. As you walk, you’ll notice a tip-up, or a tree that has fallen over, along with all of its roots and some soil as well. Continue counting, and at your 50th step, you should see the No. 2 Block House Fairy Door.
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• The tree behind the fairy door has very bumpy bark and is called hackberry . Learn to recognize this bark, it is on your walk to the Open Woodland Fairy Door!
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Remember, fairies are small, so look down as you search!
Once you find the door, take a picture and post it with #getoutsidewashpa !
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What's here?
On your way to
Open Woodland Door
What's Here?
On your way to the Open Woodland
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As you continue your journey, note how your surroundings change:
Do you notice any new plants? Is the soil drier or wetter? Is there more or less visible sky? Remember to enjoy the journey on your way to the next door!
As you emerge from the woods, you’ll see a clearing. This is the frontier history center. The fort and several other shelters occupy this space. look to the ground for turkey feathers or tracks. Turkeys eat seeds off the ground in this small meadow. Insect eaters like swallows or blue birds will also be happy here, as many flying insects live in meadows.
In springtime you’ll notice mayapples and violets in this meadow. Later in the summer you’ll see goldenrod, aster, fleabane, and grasses. The trees in this area are black cherry, black locust, and even a few apple trees.
Remember: Stay on the trails!
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• Starting from the No. 2 Block House Fairy Door: head uphill to the back of the blockhouse. a few paces out of the woods and to the right is another hackberry tree. Can you see it? It’s only about a 5” thick trunk (remember, hackberry has bumpy bark). Look past the hackberry onto the small meadow. Really observe what you see before moving on.
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How does this space feel, smell, sound, and look compared to where you’ve been?
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• Walk along the fort to the main trail. Head to your right (uphill). As you walk, you’ll pass another outlying, 3-sided shelter and bench.
Continue along this main trail, following the curve into a wooded clearing (open woodland).
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• Behind two walls is a half stump/half tree. Walk toward it, and as you look for the door, be mindful of where you step. Violets, mosses, and ferns abound here! This door has a fairy window.
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Remember, fairies are small, so look down as you search!
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Once you find the door, take a picture and post it with #getoutsidewashpa !
Remember: Stay on the trails!
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• From the Open Woodland Fairy Door, Make your way back to the main trail. Head left (downhill)
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• Watch for a large tree with a red blaze (marking) on your left. To your right is The Weaver’s Bend Trail. Take this.
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• As you walk, look for a fallen log with a backward ‘e’ in it’s center.
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• Next you will spy a tip-up. Count 15 steps and you’ll be at the Weaver’s Bend Fairy Door!
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Once you find the door, take a picture and post it with #getoutsidewashpa !
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• There is one more fairy door to go...but it’s on the way back to the cabin. You can go back the way you came, or continue forward. When you come to the baseball field, follow the trail back into the woods to the right, and you’ll be heading back downhill to the cabin!
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Once at the cabin, just take a tour around &
you’ll find our last fairy door: Wings & Things.
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Once you find the door, take a picture and post it with #getoutsidewashpa !