Nancy Frederick, right, with her ‘Just Run, Bike, Swim Astoria’ group.

Looking for a local, informal group that just likes to run? Or just bike? Or swim?

Try the “Just Run, Bike, Swim Astoria” Facebook page.

There’s no cost to join the group, which meets informally throughout the week for runs, hikes or bikes in the Astoria area.

The group usually meets Tuesdays for “Tuesday Trails” in the Fort Clatsop area. The group also holds workout sessions on Thursdays at the Astoria Middle School track.

The group’s stated purpose is “to post an activity for others to join,” through the Facebook page. “Activities might be swimming, running, or biking, or another form of cross-training.”

Events and information about events is shared, as well as product information, questions and equipment trading/sharing.

And any member can invite friends to this group, which is open for all to see.

The group was founded and is organized by Nancy Frederick, a local school teacher and explorer.

Geographically speaking, no one knows Clatsop County better than Frederick.

With her faithful dog “Pearl,” she has spent hundreds of hours running the trails, paths, old logging roads and abandoned rail lines.

She runs everything off-road that’s on a map (or not), and finds remote peaks that sometimes only have a number and not a name.

Her latest kick is making her way to the highest peaks in the county.

“I started climbing the peaks of Clatsop County about three years ago,” she said. “There’s a list you can get online (listsofjohn.com). I just thought it would be a half-year endeavor, but I found there’s a lot to climb.

“It’s harder than it sounds because they all start looking the same. You have to find them by looking at coordinates. Some take me two or three attempts, and a lot of trails are logging roads or behind gates. Some of the trails are 17 miles one way.”

But the views once you reach the top?

“Oh, my gosh,” she said. “Each time I get to one, I say, ‘This is the best view I’ve ever seen.’ There’s peaks that have names and peaks that have numbers. I’ve been trying to see all the peaks that have names. The group I go with takes the coordinates, and we’ve been naming peaks after each one of our dogs. We just named one ‘Zoey Peak.’ It’s like being in a foreign country.”

Frederick usually runs or walks the trails with an informal group of fellow trail-travelers who have the same passion. Most join the group through the Facebook page.

“It’s a group I started nine or 10 years ago. I was trying to find people who did the same sort of things. There’s a lot of followers now, with a core group of 10 or 20. Sometimes you don’t want to go by yourself.

“A bunch of us have been meeting at Fort George every Tuesday for nine years. We go out and run, then meet. Fort George made some great shirts for us.”

Frederick could write a book on the undiscovered country of Clatsop County.

“Every trail I’m on is my favorite. I really do love them all. I call them things like the ‘salal trail,’ the ‘really muddy trail,’ the ‘spooky trail’ or the ‘fun trail.’”

Running around a track or on a road? That wouldn’t be exciting enough for Frederick.

“I don’t like being on a treadmill or in a gym or the pool,” she said. “One thing just leads to another and right now I’m stuck on this peak obsession.”

She likes to keep it all in-county. There’s something for everyone.

“We just live in an amazing place,” she said.