Where can kids find a forest their size? In Van Damme State Park, where soil and other conditions have created absurdly stunted trees. The quarter-mile boardwalk through the Pygmy Forest is child-, stroller-, and wheelchair-friendly, and signage has

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Where can kids find a forest their size? In Van Damme State Park, where soil and other conditions have created absurdly stunted trees. The quarter-mile boardwalk through the Pygmy Forest is child-, stroller-, and wheelchair-friendly, and signage has just enough info and detail to make the walk interesting without seeming like "a lesson." These may be the tiniest pinecones you'll ever see (don't pick them), and look for delicate reindeer moss throughout the forest. If you have older kids, continue from the boardwalk onto Upper Fern Canyon Trail for a round-trip walk of just over 3.5 miles.

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