Outdoors LifeLooking for pawpaws | Outdoorsy NewsletterIt's pawpaw season. We're looking for the rare sweet treat. Plus, an outlook for 2026 fall in Philadelphia, an adventure in PHS Meadowbrook Farm, and a peculiar place to find late-summer tomatoes.Paola Pérez The equinox arrives Tuesday in Philly, and it finally feels like fallAnthony R. Wood 🍂 Best spots to peep leaves | Outdoorsy NewsletterPaola Pérez The owners of Penn’s Cave want it to become a state park. Otherwise, they say it would be developed.Jason Nark 🍎 Let’s pick apples | Outdoorsy NewsletterPaola Pérez AdvertisementPhilly’s fall foliage season is looking special, September weather permittingThe key to the season may be the weather for the next four weeks.Anthony R. Wood 🌿 Peak ragweed season | Outdoorsy NewsletterWe have just one more long weekend of “summer” to go, so let’s make it count.Paola Pérez Four pushers, one toilet, and a race through a rural Pa. town“Remember…this must look like an outhouse…be creative," the rule book states. Jason Nark 🏁 Cycling Classic weekend is here | Outdoorsy NewsletterIt’s an all-day party. It’s one of the best summer days in Philadelphia. And it’s back after a decade! Here's our full guide to the Cycling Classic. Plus, a new biking trail connector is finally open.Paola Pérez New trail connector lets bikers ride 70 miles from Philly to Reading. It’s ‘a really, really big deal.’A new connector that took a decade to plan and build is open near Pottstown.Frank Kummer What Philly got out of the World Cup, the nation’s 250th, and the MLB All-Star GameTourists and fans are packing up, but from soccer pitches to park upgrades, Philadelphia will see a lasting impact from the summer's big events.Nate File and Henry Savage The Philly Naked Bike Ride is this weekend. Here’s the route.The 2026 Philly Naked Bike Ride will mark the bare-as-you-dare event's 17th edition, starting on Martin Luther King Drive.Nick Vadala 🥾 Hike through Media | Outdoorsy NewsletterSee 10 spots for hikes and nature walks near Media. And: how Shore gardeners replenish native vegetation, French singer Plumes serenades Philly zoo tortoises, and a reader shares a humongous fungus.Paola Pérez Weakfish once crowded New Jersey waters. No one can agree on why that stopped.Where have all the weakfish gone?Jason Nark As Lemon Hill Park restoration begins after FIFA Fan Festival, park caretakers doubt long-term city supportNearly one month after the 2026 World Cup and FIFA Fan Festival, Lemon Hill Park is slowly being restored to its former glory. But park caretakers doubt long-term support after legacy projects wrap.Henry Savage 🚲 Cycling down the Shore | Outdoorsy NewsletterFollow our guide to a variety of scenic biking trails down the shore, including where you can rent a bike nearby. Plus, we're talking meteors, free lawn care in Camden, and black hole sounds.Paola Pérez 🍑 Shore farmers’ markets | Outdoorsy NewsletterIf you're heading outdoors, it will be hot and steamy. Keep an umbrella handy. Today, we rounded up the best farmers markets down the Shore. Plus, there's still time to enjoy heirloom tomato BLTs!Paola Pérez 😳 Spotted | Outdoorsy NewsletterThe strangely beautiful spotted lanternfly is fluttering around Philadelphia. Are you seeing more of them this year? Let me know. Also, go inside Pennsylvania mushroom growers fungi fight with Canada.Paola Pérez FDR Park launches information desk at new Welcome CenterThe Welcome Center will eventually feature a handful of food vendors, but the city’s Parks and Recreation Department has no timeline for that yet.Ximena Conde History, hikes, and cider: Spend a weekend in Gettysburg | Field TripExplore Gettysburg beyond the battlefield with Civil War history, state parks, cider, Syrian food and one of Pennsylvania's best doughnut shops.Adam Erace See more storiesAdvertisement
Looking for pawpaws | Outdoorsy NewsletterIt's pawpaw season. We're looking for the rare sweet treat. Plus, an outlook for 2026 fall in Philadelphia, an adventure in PHS Meadowbrook Farm, and a peculiar place to find late-summer tomatoes.Paola Pérez
Looking for pawpaws | Outdoorsy NewsletterIt's pawpaw season. We're looking for the rare sweet treat. Plus, an outlook for 2026 fall in Philadelphia, an adventure in PHS Meadowbrook Farm, and a peculiar place to find late-summer tomatoes.Paola Pérez
The owners of Penn’s Cave want it to become a state park. Otherwise, they say it would be developed.Jason Nark
The owners of Penn’s Cave want it to become a state park. Otherwise, they say it would be developed.Jason Nark
Philly’s fall foliage season is looking special, September weather permittingThe key to the season may be the weather for the next four weeks.Anthony R. Wood
Philly’s fall foliage season is looking special, September weather permittingThe key to the season may be the weather for the next four weeks.Anthony R. Wood
🌿 Peak ragweed season | Outdoorsy NewsletterWe have just one more long weekend of “summer” to go, so let’s make it count.Paola Pérez
🌿 Peak ragweed season | Outdoorsy NewsletterWe have just one more long weekend of “summer” to go, so let’s make it count.Paola Pérez
Four pushers, one toilet, and a race through a rural Pa. town“Remember…this must look like an outhouse…be creative," the rule book states. Jason Nark
Four pushers, one toilet, and a race through a rural Pa. town“Remember…this must look like an outhouse…be creative," the rule book states. Jason Nark
🏁 Cycling Classic weekend is here | Outdoorsy NewsletterIt’s an all-day party. It’s one of the best summer days in Philadelphia. And it’s back after a decade! Here's our full guide to the Cycling Classic. Plus, a new biking trail connector is finally open.Paola Pérez
🏁 Cycling Classic weekend is here | Outdoorsy NewsletterIt’s an all-day party. It’s one of the best summer days in Philadelphia. And it’s back after a decade! Here's our full guide to the Cycling Classic. Plus, a new biking trail connector is finally open.Paola Pérez
New trail connector lets bikers ride 70 miles from Philly to Reading. It’s ‘a really, really big deal.’A new connector that took a decade to plan and build is open near Pottstown.Frank Kummer
New trail connector lets bikers ride 70 miles from Philly to Reading. It’s ‘a really, really big deal.’A new connector that took a decade to plan and build is open near Pottstown.Frank Kummer
What Philly got out of the World Cup, the nation’s 250th, and the MLB All-Star GameTourists and fans are packing up, but from soccer pitches to park upgrades, Philadelphia will see a lasting impact from the summer's big events.Nate File and Henry Savage
What Philly got out of the World Cup, the nation’s 250th, and the MLB All-Star GameTourists and fans are packing up, but from soccer pitches to park upgrades, Philadelphia will see a lasting impact from the summer's big events.Nate File and Henry Savage
The Philly Naked Bike Ride is this weekend. Here’s the route.The 2026 Philly Naked Bike Ride will mark the bare-as-you-dare event's 17th edition, starting on Martin Luther King Drive.Nick Vadala
The Philly Naked Bike Ride is this weekend. Here’s the route.The 2026 Philly Naked Bike Ride will mark the bare-as-you-dare event's 17th edition, starting on Martin Luther King Drive.Nick Vadala
🥾 Hike through Media | Outdoorsy NewsletterSee 10 spots for hikes and nature walks near Media. And: how Shore gardeners replenish native vegetation, French singer Plumes serenades Philly zoo tortoises, and a reader shares a humongous fungus.Paola Pérez
🥾 Hike through Media | Outdoorsy NewsletterSee 10 spots for hikes and nature walks near Media. And: how Shore gardeners replenish native vegetation, French singer Plumes serenades Philly zoo tortoises, and a reader shares a humongous fungus.Paola Pérez
Weakfish once crowded New Jersey waters. No one can agree on why that stopped.Where have all the weakfish gone?Jason Nark
Weakfish once crowded New Jersey waters. No one can agree on why that stopped.Where have all the weakfish gone?Jason Nark
As Lemon Hill Park restoration begins after FIFA Fan Festival, park caretakers doubt long-term city supportNearly one month after the 2026 World Cup and FIFA Fan Festival, Lemon Hill Park is slowly being restored to its former glory. But park caretakers doubt long-term support after legacy projects wrap.Henry Savage
As Lemon Hill Park restoration begins after FIFA Fan Festival, park caretakers doubt long-term city supportNearly one month after the 2026 World Cup and FIFA Fan Festival, Lemon Hill Park is slowly being restored to its former glory. But park caretakers doubt long-term support after legacy projects wrap.Henry Savage
🚲 Cycling down the Shore | Outdoorsy NewsletterFollow our guide to a variety of scenic biking trails down the shore, including where you can rent a bike nearby. Plus, we're talking meteors, free lawn care in Camden, and black hole sounds.Paola Pérez
🚲 Cycling down the Shore | Outdoorsy NewsletterFollow our guide to a variety of scenic biking trails down the shore, including where you can rent a bike nearby. Plus, we're talking meteors, free lawn care in Camden, and black hole sounds.Paola Pérez
🍑 Shore farmers’ markets | Outdoorsy NewsletterIf you're heading outdoors, it will be hot and steamy. Keep an umbrella handy. Today, we rounded up the best farmers markets down the Shore. Plus, there's still time to enjoy heirloom tomato BLTs!Paola Pérez
🍑 Shore farmers’ markets | Outdoorsy NewsletterIf you're heading outdoors, it will be hot and steamy. Keep an umbrella handy. Today, we rounded up the best farmers markets down the Shore. Plus, there's still time to enjoy heirloom tomato BLTs!Paola Pérez
😳 Spotted | Outdoorsy NewsletterThe strangely beautiful spotted lanternfly is fluttering around Philadelphia. Are you seeing more of them this year? Let me know. Also, go inside Pennsylvania mushroom growers fungi fight with Canada.Paola Pérez
😳 Spotted | Outdoorsy NewsletterThe strangely beautiful spotted lanternfly is fluttering around Philadelphia. Are you seeing more of them this year? Let me know. Also, go inside Pennsylvania mushroom growers fungi fight with Canada.Paola Pérez
FDR Park launches information desk at new Welcome CenterThe Welcome Center will eventually feature a handful of food vendors, but the city’s Parks and Recreation Department has no timeline for that yet.Ximena Conde
FDR Park launches information desk at new Welcome CenterThe Welcome Center will eventually feature a handful of food vendors, but the city’s Parks and Recreation Department has no timeline for that yet.Ximena Conde
History, hikes, and cider: Spend a weekend in Gettysburg | Field TripExplore Gettysburg beyond the battlefield with Civil War history, state parks, cider, Syrian food and one of Pennsylvania's best doughnut shops.Adam Erace
History, hikes, and cider: Spend a weekend in Gettysburg | Field TripExplore Gettysburg beyond the battlefield with Civil War history, state parks, cider, Syrian food and one of Pennsylvania's best doughnut shops.Adam Erace
