Cool Field Trips

It’s Road Trip Time!

If your family needs a change of pace, try one of our family’s field trips. They’ve been road-tested by our kids, cub scout pack, and students. Being geologists we like to visit places with cool rocks, interesting animals or unique history.

Arizona Geology Road Trip

Arizona Geology Road Trip

Arizona Geology Road Trip for Families Arizona has so many amazing parks that it’s hard to plan a week-long trip. For Spring Break of 2017 we crammed one national park, three national monuments, a BLM landmark, and a privately managed natural landmark into six days....

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Ringing Rocks Park

Ringing Rocks Park

Ringing Rocks Park (click here to visit park website) Location: Upper Black Eddy, Bucks County, PA Ringing Rocks Road, Upper Black Eddy, PA 18972 (map from Bucks County Department of Parks and Recreation, Ringing Rocks Park website) Description Ringing Rocks Park is a...

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Winter Hike at Franklin Parker Preserve

Winter Hike at Franklin Parker Preserve

Franklin Parker Preserve (click here to visit site) Location: Chatsworth, NJ 3704 County Rd 563, Chatsworth, NJ 08019 Franklin Parker Preserve is a former cranberry farm now open to the public and managed by the New Jersey Conservation Foundation. We loved visiting it...

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