Whether you’re new to hiking with your baby or toddler, or you’re looking for a new trail to explore, the Hike it Baby community is a valuable resource for finding family hiking trails around the country. In this article, we share three unique hikes in California to explore with babies and young children.
Hiking with young children (under five years old) is different from hiking with school-ag...
When my family relocated to Vermont in the Spring of 2017, we suddenly found ourselves with a ton of free time. Being about 400 miles from our closest friends and family; our weekends were no longer jam packed with birthday parties, engagement parties, baby showers, and family dinners. One of the things we couldn’t wait to do, with all of this new found free-time, was hike. And with the Appalac...
I live in the Pacific Northwest, where summer is a long-awaited, highly anticipated three months of gloriously dry and sunny days (mostly). But for some of you, it is quite the opposite. Instead of heading out, you head in, where you can take advantage of the air conditioning to avoid heat stroke. If summer isn’t your outdoor season, it doesn’t mean you have to give up the outdoors! With a litt...
Hiking with kids can be a difficult endeavor on the easiest of trails, which can sometimes discourage us from taking on the challenge of more demanding terrain. We get caught up in all the logistical details and lose focus on why we are out hiking in the first place, which can cause us to underestimate kids and their amazing abilities and capacity to overcome challenges. Here are a few tips for...
Last year, my little family embarked on a summer filled with hiking adventures ranging from 1 mile to 14 miles, and one of my biggest takeaways was the fact that packing food for summer hiking was VERY different than packing for other seasons. Some of my normal go-to foods (such as sandwiches made with cold-cuts and mayo) just don’t hold up in the heat of summer without having to haul some sort...
Whether you’re new to hiking with toddlers and young children or you’re looking for a different trail to explore, the Hike it Baby community is a valuable resource for finding family hiking trails around the country. In this article, we share three kid-friendly hikes in South Carolina to explore with babies and young children.
Hunting Island Loop (Hunting Island State Park, S.C.)
Hunting Island...
Our members have shared many books about nature with us. We thought it would be helpful to compile one comprehensive list of our nature-themed books for you! Use this list at the library, for gifts, or to share with friends and family!
A Little Bit of Dirt: 55+ Science and Art Activities to Reconnect Children with Nature by Asia Citro
Need inspiration to go play outside or to get your little on...
Hike it Baby is excited to share this piece from the perspective of one of our toddler members. Sky’s mom helped type and send this how-to article to us so we could share with all of the other toddlers out there who may need some tips on how to survive long road trips!
Hello, my wonderful tiny humans! It's been a while since I've decided to bog (editor's note: blog), but I've decided it's impo...
I’m a big believer that some of the best family memories occur outside. When I think back to my own childhood, the memories that come the quickest involve family camping trips, S’mores by the fire my siblings and I helped build, long hikes in the woods and boiling endless pots of water to kill the “water bugs” as my dad called them. Yep, even 20 years ago we were worried about water pathogens. ...
