We're excited to announce 'Hikes for Health', a month-long focus on health, wellness, and spending time outside. Each week includes its own mini-challenge, virtual event, sweepstakes prize, and inspiring special guest - to register and learn more information, click here!
A "sit spot" is somewhere you go in nature to find a sense of peace and security. Yours may be a beautiful view on your daily run, your backyard, or a place to visit when you just need to clear your mind. Whether you already have a place in mind or need to discover one, we encourage you to visit your 'sit spot' and record how it feels to be there.
Share a photo and/or tell us about your sit spot.
Santiago Oaks Regional Park is my very favorite place to hike! One of the reasons is this spot. It is an old dam for the 1800s that still runs today. My daily hikes all start here. It gives me such joy and relaxes me to sit on the nearby stump before a long hike. It helps to get my head in the right place, leave my cares behind, and allows me to dwell in the beauty of nature!!! And usually, I get lucky and see ducks, cranes, turtles, and the occasional coyote. What joy that gives me!!!
My favorite sit spot is out on a rock with a river and my pup. This one is out in the Azusa mountains in San Gabriel. My favorite river hike of all time!
My sit spot is by this tree. I go here on my lunch break nearly every day to relax and hear the birds sing.
I love looking up at the sky. Looking up helps me to relax and feel secure in the fact that this world is big and anything is possible.
- Burdy
Penner Lake in Tahoe National Forest is one of my favorite sit spots! Its not a super long drive to get there, and just a 4 mile hike, and the I can pop up my hammock, be at peace, and just enjoying the quiet of nature and watch the fish jump!
