I was chatting with my wife today and noted that we know about most of the public parks in about a 25 mile radius because of word of mouth.  I actually drive to the next city over for one park my 5 year old likes, and in the opposite direction we go about the same distance to another park frequently.  There are several good one’s close by too.

Then there are the hiking trails.  People have told us about those too.  There are several you can find us walking on or running on regularly.

And there are also some great nature parks with hiking trails, cliffs and more.

Again – I doubt I found a single one via anything but Word of Mouth.  I guess that is the nature of a great free resource that has no marketing budget.

It makes me wonder how busy these places would be with a little bit of marketing.  Maybe it is better that it doesn’t happen so I can keep them more to myself.