Stegosaurus

  • Difficulty: Easy one yellow star
  • Distance: 0.41 miles
  • Restrooms: Yes
  • Stroller Friendly: Yes
  • Wheelchair Friendly: Yes
  • Playground: Yes
  • Dog Friendly: Yes
  • Location: Penn Oaks Park
    • black and white illustration of a battlefield

    Clues for Your Hike

    1. From the parking area, enter the path by the benches and the Penn Oaks sign. Turn left on the path, keeping the soccer fields on your right and the houses on your left. 
    2. The path curves slightly right and you are going uphill slightly. At the triangle intersection, stay right on the path. 
    3. At the next triangle intersection, stay straight and then bear right on the path. Look ahead for the post on your right.
    4. Continue on the path, going past the play area. At the next triangle intersection, stay left with the pavilion on the left and the basketball court on your right. 
    5. Continue along the path, passing another baseball field on your right. 
    6. Cross the bridge back to the parking area.

    Did You Know?

    • Stegosaurus, meaning “roofed lizard,” is an herbivorous four-legged armored dinosaur from the late Jurassic period. 
    • They have distinctive kite-shaped upright plates along their backs and spikes on their tails. 
    • Stegosaurus had a brain about the size of a walnut, and paleontologists once thought they had a brain in their butt.
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