Purple Lizard map highlights Pa. out of doors trails and recreation

December 21, 2023 | 4:01 PM

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  Anne Danahy is a reporter at WPSU. She was a reporter for practically 12 years on the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, the place she earned quite a few awards for her protection of points together with the affect of pure fuel improvement on communities.

  She earned a bachelor’s diploma in communications from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and a grasp’s diploma in media research from Penn State.

  Before becoming a member of WPSU, she labored as a author and editor at Strategic Communications at Penn State and with the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute earlier than that.

  She hosts a Q&A program for Centre County’s authorities and training access station and teaches a information writing and reporting class at Penn State.

 Purple Lizard Maps

Michael Hermann is the founding father of Purple Lizard Maps, a State College-based leisure cartography firm. The firm has a brand new map in 2023 that options public out of doors recreation areas throughout the state.

A brand new map from a State College-based firm options the tons of of state parks, forests, rail trails and whitewater locations throughout Pennsylvania, with a aim of serving to individuals uncover the good outdoor.

Mike Hermann, founding father of Purple Lizard Maps, stated the inspiration for the brand new map got here from these forests, public lands and mountaineering trails.

“We could never find a decent map that actually showed all of that,” Hermann stated. “We knew that was out there. Like a lot of our maps, it was a map that we wanted to make. It was a map that we felt could really showcase some of the amazing outdoor recreation opportunities that Pennsylvania holds.”

Hermann stated the statewide map was greater than three years within the making. And there have been some surprises.

“We had no idea there were that many rail trails,” he stated.

Purple Lizard Maps

State College-based Purple Lizard Maps has a brand new map that includes out of doors recreation throughout the state.

Hermann says there’s nonetheless a requirement for maps even in a time of on-line apps and GPS.

“We get so many lovely emails from people saying, ‘Gosh, I’ve used apps for years. And then I found your map and I see everything that I’m missing,’” he stated.

The venture obtained assist from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation.

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