Cheap Trips: Art Center, Growers Market and Jasper Park

Are you interested in taking a trip, but not willing to part with a stack of money?

Try one of these three trips you can enjoy on just one tank of gas: Wayne Art Center in Wayne, West Chester Growers Market in West Chester and Jasper Park in Emmaus.

1. Wayne Art Center

Address: 413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne
How Far From Nazareth Patch? About one hour and 20 minutes / About 66 miles

Admission:

• Free

Hours:

• Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Summary: The Wayne Art Center provides in-studio art instruction and regular exhibits, lectures and programs. The center affords artists an interdisciplinary venue to share, learn, exhibit and perform.

Upcoming exhibits include Decorative Objects from Chanticleer Gardens (Feb. 12 through March 10) and Expressions of Radnor (Feb. 12 through March 24).

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2. West Chester Growers Market

Address: North Church and West Chestnut Streets, West Chester
How Far From Nazareth Patch? About one hour and 39 minutes / About 72 miles

Admission:

• Free

Hours:

• The first and third Saturdays through April, 10 a.m. to noon
• Every Saturday between May and November, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Summary: As Mother Nature continues to bless the area with mild weather, making a stop at the West Chester Growers Market is still a great way to spend a Saturday morning.

The West Chester Growers Market is a local market that offers homegrown and handmade products, including produce, plants, free-range meats, baked goods and more.

Area vendors are a staple at the market, and you can count on seasonal harvests, as well as some non-produce products in between.

Links:

• West Chester Growers Market Website

3. Jasper Park

Address: 4960 Vera Cruz Road, Emmaus
How Far From Nazareth Patch? About 34 minutes / About 26 miles

Admission:

• Free parking and free admission

Hours:

• Open daily dawn to dusk

Summary: This 27-acre park in Lehigh County features a fitness trail, playground, picnic tables and something unusual -- indentations in the woods that indicate thousands of years before European settlers arrived.

Jasper is a smooth but sharp stone that can be worked into arrow heads, knives and tools. Removal of jasper from the park is illegal. of the Leni Lenape greets visitors at the park entrance.

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