Walks & Hikes
Physical Fitness Task Force’s 2026 Winter Hikes
Please click HERE to view the 2026 Winter Hikes flyer that includes detailed information about each hike
For the latest hike updates, please visit Healthy Adams County’s Facebook page by clicking HERE.
PLEASE NOTE:
Change of Location for the Wednesday, February 25th Walk:
Due to very muddy conditions on the Gastley property, the location for the Physical Fitness Task Force walk on Wednesday, February 25th is being changed to the Outlets of Gettysburg, 1863 Gettysburg Village Drive. We will meet at 1:00 in the pavilion in the center of the Outlets. Depending on the weather the walk will be 1 to 2 miles – the one-mile walk is mostly flat and largely covered, the second mile is a bit hilly with no coverage. Hope to see you there!
March 2026 Adams County Passport to Wellness Program
Healthy Adams County’s Community Wellness Connection’s Committee is once again hosting the Adams County Passport to Wellness Program. Adams County Passport to Wellness offers free community activities through participating organizations during the month of March, focusing on the topic areas of physical, mental, and social wellbeing. To view an informational flyer on how to participate, which includes a calendar of activities, registration links, and downloadable passport log, please click HERE. For questions, please call 717-337-4137 or email jgastley2@wellspan.org or kgaskin@wellspan.org.
To view additional events please click on the following link: https://www.healthyadamscounty.org/events
For questions or more information regarding these events please call 717-337-4137 or email kgaskin@wellspan.org.
Health Benefits of Outdoor Recreation
This video by the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation encapsulates so many of the benefits of walking and biking outdoors!
Attention Parents and Children! The internet is full of free resources to keep you and your children motivated for physical activity!
Click on the following link children-go-for-physical-activity-resources-wm-final-1 to access the “Children Go for Physical Activity – Links for Parents and Children”, which will lead you into the world of health and physical activity, with fun, internet-based links for movement activities. Children and their parents will find some basic searchable internet resources, as well as links to yoga, Zumba, and theme-based movement adventures. Want to foster alphabet sound recognition? Numbers? Colors and Music? Build a simple obstacle course? Find it here – some English, some Spanish – all can be followed by watching the motions! Search and move for a healthier heart!
Developed by the Physical Fitness Task Force and the Children’s Health and Nutrition Task Force of Healthy Adams County, PA.
Visit these websites for other activities happening in the community
YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County: https://www.ywcagettysburg.org/special-events/ & https://www.ywcagettysburg.org/brown-bag-lunch-series-2/
United Way of Adams County: http://www.uwadams.org/Annual-Events
Adams County Arts Council *(scholarships for classes available): https://adamsarts.org/
Adams County Library: https://www.adamslibrary.org/
Gettysburg Rec Park: https://www.gara-recpark.info/
Healthy Adams Bicycle Pedestrian Inc.: http://habpi.org/pages/organized.php
Destination Gettysburg: https://www.destinationgettysburg.com/index.asp
Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve: https://www.strawberryhill.org/
*Under the Horizon: http://underthehorizon.net/
Gettysburg Community Theatre: https://www.gettysburgcommunitytheatre.org/
Gettysburg College Sunderman Conservatory: https://www.gettysburg.edu/academic-programs/sunderman-conservatory/events/
Adams County Penn State Extension: https://extension.psu.edu/adams-county
Penn Cares: https://www.penncares.org/
Pine Grove Furnace State Park: https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateParks/FindAPark/PineGroveFurnaceStatePark/Pages/default.aspx#FindUs
East Berlin Community Center: http://www.ebacc.org/
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