| For many, fall means back to school. And
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| | is also a three-mile graded loop used as
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| it should for dog owners as well. A
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| | a
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| college is a great place to look for a
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| | cross-county course that winds through
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| canine hike when you are traveling. You
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| | the woods around the campus golf course
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| will
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| | that makes an ideal one-hour canine
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| find many a campus to be dog-friendly.
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| | hike.College of the Siskiyous - Weed,
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| The best time to visit with your dog is
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| | California
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| early
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| | Bear Trail - College Avenue off I-5
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| on a weekend day or when school is not
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| | The College of the Siskiyous was founded
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| in session. At smaller colleges you can
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| | in 1957 at the base of free-standing Mt.
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| maneuver your dog unobtrusively around
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| | Shasta - the second highest volcano in
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| campus most any time. Here are some of
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| | the Lower 48 at over 14,000 feet. The
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| my favorite campus canine
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| | Bear
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| hikes:Swarthmore College - Swarthmore,
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| | Creek Trail - so named for the many
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| Pennsylvania
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| | black bear sightings near the path - is
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| Scott Arboretum - Route 320 north from
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| | 1.7
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| I-95
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| | miles and easy going on level dirt
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| The 300-acre Swarthmore campus is
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| | through a shady forest. The trailhead is
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| developed to be an arboretum, established
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| | within 20
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| in
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| | feet of the college sign at the entrance
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| 1929 as a living memorial to Arthur Hoyt
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| | parking lot. The trail is extremely paw-
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| Scott, Class of 1895. Stop in the office
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| | friendly and often padded by pine straw.
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| to
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| | In addition to the easy-to-follow main
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| pick up a tour map to the collections
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| | trail, there are several forks where you
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| that are integrated with the stone
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| | can extend your canine hiking day. Enjoy
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| buildings of
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| | a
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| the college that date to 1864. A
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| | stroll through the 250-acre campus after
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| dog-friendly campus, you'll find dog
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| | you finish the Bear Trail.Cornell
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| water bowls at
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| | University - Ithaca, New York
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| the drinking fountains as you travel
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| | Cornell Plantations - Judd Falls Road
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| among the 3,000 different kinds of
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| | off Route 366
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| plants. You
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| | According to the arboretum brochure,
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| can finish your tour in Crum Woods where
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| | "The name Plantations was coined by
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| your dog can go under voice control on
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| | Cornell
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| the rolling dirt paths. You can easily
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| | University professor Liberty Hyde Bailey
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| spend an hour or more with your dog
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| | (1858-1954), who is often called the
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| exploring
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| | father
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| these trails.West Virginia University -
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| | of American horticulture. Bailey
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| Morgantown, West Virginia
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| | understood a plantation to be 'a large
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| Core Arboretum - Monongahela Boulevard,
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| | group of
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| next to the football stadium
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| | plants, especially trees, under
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| The 91-acre Core Arboretum on the campus
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| | cultivation.'" The Plantations welcome
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| of West Virginia University is named for
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| | visitors year-
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| Earl Lemley Core, the Mountain State's
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| | round, are free and open sunrise to
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| leading botanist, one-time mayor of
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| | sunset. Dogs are allowed.The trails are
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| Morgantown and faculty member at WVU for
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| | divided between cultivated collections
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| 44 years. Students began coming to
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| | and natural areas, spread
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| the small forest in the early 1900s and
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| | across rolling terrain. The natural
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| the school acquired the property in 1948.
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| | areas include over 3,000 acres of diverse
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| Its
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| | habitats
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| steep slopes negated development and
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| | - bogs, fens, gorges, glens, meadows and
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| today visitors (free admission and
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| | woodlands - as trails roughly trace Falls
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| parking
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| right at the arboretum) can enjoy the
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| | Creek. Nearby, another four miles of
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| old growth forest that covers the
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| | woodland trails beckon in Sapsucker
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| hillsides as it
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| | Woods,
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| sweeps down to the Monongahela
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| | maintained by the Cornell Ornithology
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| River.There are 3.5 miles of trails for
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| | Department, by dogs are not permitted in
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| canine hiking that begin in an upper lawn
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| | this sanctuary.Clemson University -
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| sprinkled
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| | Clemson, South Carolina
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| with native specimen trees. The trail
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| | The Simpson Agricultural Station between
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| drops some 200 feet to the river, past
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| | Pendleton and Anderson on Lebanon
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| trees
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| | Road
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| estimated at 400 years old. Look for
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| | This is a spacious farm owned by the
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| specks of black rock that are remnants of
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| | university and a great place to hike with
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| an
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| | your
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| old coal mine that once operated here.
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| | dog. Foot travel is invited and there
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| The forest changes composition as it
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| | are lots of different terrains to choose
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| nears
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| | from -
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| the floodplain and thirstier species
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| | woods, ponds, miles of level gravel
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| like silver maples begin to dominate the
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| | roads, and huge fields for your dog to
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| landscape. The Caperton Trail, an old
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| | run in. On
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| rail-to-trail, crosses the park for
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| | a clear day there are beautiful vistas
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| longer
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| | of the mountains. It's a great, off the
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| explorations of West Virginia's fifth
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| | leash,
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| largest city.Duke University - Durham,
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| | unfettered walk with your dog!I am the
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| North Carolina
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| | author of over 20 books, including 8 on
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| Duke Forest - Research Drive off Erwin
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| | hiking with your dog, including the
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| Road from NC 751
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| | widely praised The Canine Hiker's Bible.
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| College planners began buying up small
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| | As publisher of Cruden Bay Books,
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| farms and forestland as a buffer for the
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| | we produce the innovative A Bark In The
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| Duke campus in the 1920s. The lands have
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| | Park series of canine hiking books found
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| now evolved into the Duke Forest with
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| | at
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| nearly 8,000 acres spread across six
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| | During the warm months I lead canine
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| divisions. Much of the canine hiking is
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| | hikes as tour
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| easy
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| | leader for tours, leading packs of dogs
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| going in the woods is through airy pine
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| | and humans on day
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| trees, including stately loblollies and
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| | and overnight trips. Tours, ranging
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| majestic white pines.Although there are
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| | from one-day trips to multi-day
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| few footpaths in the Duke forest there
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| | explorations,
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| are more than 30 miles of
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| | visit parks, historical sites and
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| old woodland roads to travel on. There
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| | beaches.
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