First Day Hikes

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December 28, 2016

Bring shoes you don’t mind getting muddy if you participate in the rim-to-canyon bottom hike at Providence Canyon State Park near Lumpkin on New Year’s Day. The canyon is also known as the Little Grand Canyon. (Photo: Ga. DNR)File Photo

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Georgia state parks, including those in south Georgia, are participating in First Day Hikes on Sunday, an attempt to get folks off the couch and out in nature.

Vintage military equipment will be seen Sunday at the First Day Hike at Veterans State Park near Cordele. (Photo: Ga. DNR)

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George T. Bagby State Park is open and welcoming guests at regular operating hours, and the Georgia Department of Natural Resources has announced plans to provide new opportunities at the park this October.

Participants in the First Day Hike on Sunday at Reed Bingham State Park at Adel may get to see some unique birds — the vultures that visit the park this time of the year. (Photo: Ga. DNR)

An egret takes flight at Florence Marina State Park at Omaha, one of the Georgia state parks hosting a First Day Hike Sunday. (Photo: Ga. DNR)

First Day Hike participants will be able to view the Native American burial mounds New Year’s Day at Kolomoki Mounds State Park at Blakely. (Photo: Ga. DNR)

Much of the heavy foliage won’t obscure views Sunday when Seminole State Park hosts visitors for a First Day Hike. (Photo: Ga. DNR)

This is a view from Dowdell’s Knob at Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park at Pine Mountain, one of Georgia’s state parks that will be hosting a First Day Hike on Sunday. (Photo: Ga. DNR)

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