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Jennings Environmental Education Center, Route 528, Brady Township, will host a 10-mile Glacier Ridge Trail hike with Jennings staff from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 11. Meet at the center and take water, snacks and a lunch. Some locations on the trail can be challenging. Registration is required by Friday. Call 724-794-6011 or visit apps.dcnr.state.pa.us/Calendar.

Portersville Steam Show’s Fall Fling is Saturday and Sunday at the steam show grounds, 1512 Perry Highway. Attractions will include apple butter making, apple cider pressing, King of the Hill lawn tractor pull, antique cars, a flea market, train rides and a vintage village. Admission is $2; children 11 and younger are admitted free. Hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call 724-368-3173.

Succop Nature Park, 185 W. Airport Road, Penn Township, is open from dawn to dusk with dog-friendly walking trails, two ponds, and spaces for outdoor activities. Visit www.aswp.org.

Cruises aboard Nautical Nature, a 37-passenger enclosed pontoon boat, include a 90-minute narrated tour of Lake Arthur, as sponsored by the Moraine Preservation Fund. Cruises begin at 1 and 3 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets for adults are $11 online and $12 at the gate, for senior citizens, $9 and $10, and for children, $5 and $6. Children under age 2 are free, and all children under 12 must be supervised. Call 724-368-9185 or visit www.moraine preservationfund.org.

Moraine State Park has a kayaking program at 6 p.m. today and Oct. 7. Call 724-368-3612 to register.

REGION

A star party sponsored by the Amateur Astronomers Association of Pittsburgh will begin, weather permitting, at 7:10 p.m. Oct. 11 at Nicholas E. Wagman Observatory in Deer Lakes Regional Park, near Russellton. Call 724-224-2510.

McConnells Mill State Park, Slippery Rock Township, Lawrence County, off Route 422, is open 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.Call 724-368-8811.

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