Healthy Hike - Reeves Reed Arboretum

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Healthy Hike
Reeves-Reed Arboretum’s participation in
the American Public Gardens Association’s
Let’s Move! Museums and Gardens program.
Let’s Move! is part of a broader initiative
promoted by First Lady Michelle Obama
to raise a healthier generation of children.
Our goal is to provide families with
enhanced opportunities for enjoying the
benefits of exercise in a natural setting.
To that end, our woodland trails have
been renovated, marked and mapped so
that guests can navigate them with ease and
plan hikes by trail distance. In addition,
an interactive children’s nature walk has
been created to allow our young visitors to
discover, through movement, some of the
plants and animals that can be found at the
Arboretum.
We gratefully acknowledge the generosity
of the Overlook Foundation and the
Junior League of Summit. Their support
and commitment have made Healthy Hike
a reality.
ReeV eS- Ree D A R BOReTU M
Reeves-Reed Arboretum seeks to engage,
educate and enrich its visitors so that they
may become better stewards of nature and
the environment.This mission is achieved
through the care and utilization of an
historic estate and gardens.
908.273.8787
reeves-reedarboretum.org
Design: Scott Dennison
Mission Statement:
Cover Photograph: Rob Wilson
165 Hobart Avenue
Summit, New Jersey 07901
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Let’s take a hike!
Come explore the trails and gardens,
and enjoy these activities along the way.
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Red tailed hawks have excellent
vision and a brow ridge shades
and protects their eyes. Hold
your hand above your eyes and
look all around. Now spread
your wings and soar like a hawk.
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This European Beech
is 180 years old. It’s
nicknamed “The
Elephant Tree.” This
tree came from a small
seed. Can you scrunch
into a seed and grow,
bit by bit? Now you are
a tall tree. Stretch your
branches high!
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Can you act out the lifecycle of a Monarch
Butterfly? Begin as a tiny egg, then be a crawling
caterpillar. Now make a “J” shaped pupa. You are
changing! When you come out, you are a butterfly!
See the goldfish in the pond?
Can you move like a fish
gliding through the water?
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the sugar maple
Is it breezy today? Can
you sway like a flower or
branch in the wind?
Look across the bowl and
find where the honeybees live. Honeybees
do a dance called the
waggle dance to tell other
honeybees where the
sweetest nectar is. Move
in a figure 8 and do the
waggle dance!
Rabbits sometimes stay very still to camouflage
and keep safe. Can you freeze for 10 seconds?
Now hop away like a cottontail!
Dragonflies can hover
and fly forwards, backwards, sideways and up
and down. Try moving
like a dragonfly!
Foxes walk very quietly, with
one foot in front of another.
Can you walk like a fox? Foxes
have a super sense of hearing.
Cup your hands behind your
ears and listen for every sound.