MUDDY CREEK TWP — Two state parks in Butler County are participating in a statewide push to get people outside on the first day of 2016.

Moraine State Park and the Jennings Environmental Education Center will offer First Day Hikes at 1 p.m. Friday.

At Moraine, the hike will be led by the Butler Outdoor Club, whose members traditionally take a hike in the park on the first day of the new year, said Natalie Simon, an environmental education specialist at Moraine. She said the hike begins at Moraine's bike rental parking lot on the North Shore and follows the North Country Trail for four miles.

Simon said the Moraine hike travels through areas where hunting is allowed, so clothing with bright colors and dressing in layers to accommodate the weather are recommended.

Jennings on Prospect Road off Route 528 will have a hike led by environmental education specialist Becky Lubold.

That hike will be at 1 p.m. and take participants on a two-mile trek through prairie, forest, valley and wetlands. This is the third year Jennings has offered the first day hike.

The group will meet at Jennings' prairie area and trails parking lot, Lubold said, and should return by 3 or 3:30 p.m., depending on the pace of the walk. Lubold said the trail the group will be using is easy for people who can walk two miles under current conditions.

There is no registration required for either hike.

Slippery Rock's new “A Walk Around the Rock” historic walking tour features 16 stops, mostly on South Main Street.The stops are named for the building or business that was originally located there, in most cases the buildings are now used for different purposes and some have been rebuilt or remodeled.The stops (with current use in parenthesis) are:• The Town Center Tavern (now Camelot restaurant)• The Shoemaker Shop (now NexTier Bank)• The Cabinet Maker's Shop (now North Country Brewing)• The Music Shop (now Back to the Vape shop)• The Barber Shop (now Winfield Winery)• The Mercantile Shop (now Qnails)• The Postal Store (now apartments)• The Pharmacy Shop (now Lynn Hopkins State Farm Insurance)• The Laundry House• The Ice Cream Shop (now Hair Studio by Brenda)• The Harness and Hardware Shop (now Airport Orbit)• The General Store (now Taggart's Jewelry)• The Roxy Theater (now Roxy Park)• The Union Hotel (now First National Bank)• The Post Office (now The Tinkers Dam on Franklin Street)• The Eatery (now La Famiglia Pizza and Pasta House)