Find Your Zen: Forest Bathing Walk (Peaks of Otter Visitor Center - Milepost 86)
Blue Ridge Parkway · North Carolina
Photo: NPS Photo
Next time
Friday, Oct 9 · 2:00 PM
Local time at the park
About this program
Find your Zen on the Blue Ridge Parkway with a Ranger, as they guide you through a mindful and meditative Forest Bathing Walk. Forest Bathing, or Shinrin-Yoku, is a traditional Japanese practice where you will use all your senses to become fully immersed in nature.
A Ranger will lead a 1-hour guided Forest Bathing Walk along the 0.8-mile Elk Run Loop Nature Trail, located behind the Peaks of Otter Visitor Center. Comfortable shoes for hiking, water, and bug spray are recommended. All NPS Blue Ridge Parkway programs are free and open to anyone. All ages welcome.
- Where to meet
- Meet in the amphitheater behind the Peaks of Otter Visitor Center (85919 Blue Ridge Parkway, Bedford, VA 24523).
From the National Park Service.
Upcoming dates
- Friday, Oct 92:00 PM
- Friday, Oct 162:00 PM
Schedule from the Blue Ridge Parkway, checked daily. Programs can change, so check before you go.
At the park that day
Weather
71° / 48°
overcast clouds · OpenWeather forecast
Sunset
6:51 PM
Friday
- ClosedForest Service Road 125 (Skyline Drive) Closure through December -James River and Warm Springs RDUSFS · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · 11 mi away
- LiftedLifted: Mount Rogers National Recreation Area Current Road ConditionsUSFS · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · 11 mi away
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