10-mile running route in Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Philadelphia
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@trang and I have recently discovered a new long-distance running route in Philadelphia. The route winds through the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge. Heinz is considered "America's First Urban Refuge" and has beautiful nature and a fantastic selection of birds and fish.
But before, I tell you give your more info about the route, let me make my first @cleanplanet post on Steem. I ran in the Refuge the previous weekend and noticed several large bags of trash. I believe volunteers had collected the litter, but due to a misunderstanding it was never collected. Therefore, when I saw the same full trash bags a week later, I decided to carry them out myself:
The trash bags were located at GPS coordinates 39°52'19.4"N 75°18'28.8"W, which sits on a peninsula (man-made petroleum pipeline). You can see the peninsula and trail in the following photo:
I've highlighted the trail and parking lot, which did not exist on the map during our run. I added them after to OpenStreetMap. In addition, I added a couple other trail segments that were missing from OSM in the Refuge.
The full track for our run is available here:
Notice the close proximity to the highway and PHL airport. It is amazing how vibrant the wildlife is and how extreme the juxtaposition of nature to manmade. There is even a side trail that let's you run under the highway I-95:
In my opinion, this is one of Philly's best long distance running routes. Definitely worth checking out if you're training for a marathon or half. Look at @trang killing it:
Until next time!
Awesome eco-citizen action, I am so happy to see you guys joining @cleanplanet :) Cool gif of @trang on the route too :)
Haha yes. I pick up a lot of litter, so @cleanplanet seems like a cool way to keep a record of it, while getting a small bonus.
I know ;) I have been picking trash for years too, long before @cleanplanet was born ;) When promoting their project, I always say it is a win-win-win. You do something for our planet, you do something for yourself as it is a kind of outdoor work-out and you get some little crypto reward in the end. I just love it and I wish this thing went viral one day :)
Thank you root for once again finding an incredible route for us to run on! We'll have to go back to see that fish again!
Here is the strava link.
I forgot to mention that the route includes a highway crossing of PA-20. It's a bit frightening, but possible to get an open shot with some patience. Cross at your own risk!
It is a very good eco-citizen action to collect the bags found last week. With this good deed you just won 100 clean tokens Congratulations TOKEN CLEANs are sent to steem-engine.com Continue to do good eco-citizen waste collection actions in nature
See you soon using cleanplanet tag
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nice :-) cleanplanet
Daumen hoch !!
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