For almost 30 years, people have visited the Whispering Pines Nature Trail. The trail was originally developed for a special episode of the television program “Lassie.” Filmed in 1969, the episode depicts the journey of a 13-year-old blind girl who gained both confidence and independence with the help of Lassie and a ranger. By following a nylon rope along the trail and reading braille signs, she learned how to smell, hear, and touch the forest. Today the trail still provides an opportunity for children to learn about the forest, using all of their senses. A .6-mile trail winds along the hillside through a pine and oak forest, marked by 10 posts that correspond to numbers in the booklet A Journey Through the Whispering Pines, a guide for adults and children to walk the trail as naturalists, making observations and discovering the magic of the forest.