Pamela Baxter Books
A Short List of Walking/Hiking Trails in the Greater Phoenixville, PA Area
Bryn Coed Preserve (Chester Springs)
https://www.natlands.org/visit/bryn-coed-preserve/
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Perkiomen Trail (Schwenksville)
https://www.montgomerycountypa.gov/1153/Perkiomen-Trail
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Monocacy Hill Trail (Douglasville)
https://monocacyhill.org/?page_id=297
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Black Rock Sanctuary Loop Trail (Phoenixville)
https://www.chesco.org/4624/Black-Rock-Sanctuary
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Neal Thorpe Trail (Mont Clare)
https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/nature/pennsylvania/more-wonders-than-miles-hiking-trail-pa
Indy Trail at Independence Park (East Vincent)
https://www.eastvincent.org/index.asp?SEC=307849CF-0162-4C34-8AD5-0E535F1BAB3C
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Thomas P. Bentley Preserve (Glenmoore)
https://frenchandpickering.org/preserves/thomas-p-bentley-nature-preserve/​
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Audubon Loop Trail at Mill Grove (Audubon)
https://johnjames.audubon.org/trails-mill-grove-0
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Pickering Grove Park (Chester Springs)
The beech grove at Bryn Coed Preserve
Some of the books I’ve enjoyed about various aspects of nature:
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Night Magic, by Leigh Ann Henion
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The Sense of Wonder, by Rachel Carson
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Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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Nature Rambles: An Introduction to Country Lore, by Oliver Medsger (Four volumes: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. Published early 1930s)
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The Botany of Desire, by Michael Pollan
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The Soul of an Octopus, by Sy Montgomery
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Finding the Mother Tree, by Suzanne Simard
Novels for younger readers but enjoyable for adults as well.
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Freckles, by Gene Stratton-Porter (1904)
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The Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton-Porter (1909)
Recommended by others that I haven’t read yet:
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Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit, by Lyanda Lynn Haupt
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The Light Eaters, by Zoe Schlanger