Best Accessible Places Archives - Nature: Accessible for All

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April 25th is National Trails Day. The Nature Accessible for All campaign would like to highlight inclusive and accessible opportunities for this year’s Trails Day promoted by the Rails to Trails Conservancy.

This is part of a regional effort to highlight the importance of trails for transportation, recreation, and community development.

This is a great opportunity for community interaction and engagement as well as meeting local decision-makers, potential partners, and stakeholders to experience trail projects firsthand and build momentum around priority projects in your area.

You can use this map to help you locate events happening close to you.

Last year the Nature Accessible for All campaign had awarded several stipends to individuals and other Non-profits who were working on projects to promote inclusion and accessibility in natural areas for those with disabilities.

One awardee is the Raritan Headwaters, which was seeking to complete an accessibility project to construct a 400-foot boardwalk connecting a parking lot to a dock overlooking the property’s beautiful pond, making it accessible for people in wheelchairs. It is with great honoree that we were able to provide assistance to such a wonderful project and make this space more accessible to the community.

You can read the full article from the Raritan Headwaters on there accessibility project – Here

Thank you!

More great news for those advocating for more accessible trails and green spaces for passive recreation. U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver introduced the Parks to People Active Transportation Act, a bill which would dramatically expand federal funding for greenway path projects.

Greenway paths help connect communities to natural spaces and parks, and the bill would specifically work to create equity in access to recreation and the outdoors.

You can view the main story – HERE

There is some exciting news for residents of South Jersey in way of new accessible trails for passive recreation. In a news report Camden County breaks ground on first mile-plus segment of its planned 34-mile LINK Trail between Audubon and Haddon Heights, aiming to finish the off-road path by year’s end.

Read the full article – Camden County LINK Trail

The Best Day Ever documentary follows adaptive mountain bikers Greg Durso and Allie Bianchi as they tackle the daily challenges of disability—and find joy, connection, and belonging in Vermont’s mountain biking community.

This is a story of grit, independence, and what’s possible when community and creativity come together. At its heart is the world’s first fully adaptive trail network—built to prove that everyone belongs outside.

Best Day Ever challenges perceptions of disability and celebrates community.

They’re raising funds to expand adaptive trails and equipment access—because for a wheelchair user, a mountain bike isn’t just fun. It’s freedom.

Check out the video and full story – https://www.bestdayever.mov/?blm_aid=2582740493

It is with great eagerness and excitement that we can now count the Accessible Nature Trail at Pemberton Lake as a well-awaited accomplishment for the fight to make outdoor spaces more accessible for individuals of varying abilities. On Friday, October 10th we unveiled the Pemberton Lake Accessible nature trail. This 0.7-mile trail encourages visitors of all abilities and especially those with mobility concerns to explore the forest and lake habitats that the out-and-back trail traverses.

Check out the full article from the Pine Barrens Tribune – https://www.pinebarrenstribune.com/articles/featured-stories/newly-blazed-trail-gives-those-with-mobility-issues-access-to-natures-realm-alongside-pemberton-lake/