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Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Woodlawn Beach State Park
Start the morning off with a walk to the beach. Discover the
birds that call Lake Erie home! Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Whirlpool State Park
Come walk from Whirlpool to the Freedom
Plaza and back with a Park Naturalist and learn about the removal of the Robert
Moses Parkway and the restoration of the gorge. Registration
required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Whirlpool State Park
Join us on a hike that takes on a portion of the Niagara
Gorge! Each week we will cover a new portion of the gorge. Participants must be
8 years or older. Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Bring friends, family
and lawn chairs for a fun, musical evening.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Thursday nights with Hudson Valley Folk
Guild. Bring friends, family and lawn chairs for a fun, musical evening.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Ulster Welcome Center Plaza. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation welcomes talented musicians from the Hudson Valley Folk Guild and beyond to bring Walkway Over the Hudson's Ulster Welcome Center Plaza to life with free live music from 6-7 p.m. Concerts are open to everyone and suitable for all ages. Some seating available, but feel free to bring your own chairs. Concerts are weather-dependent.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Ulster Welcome Center Plaza. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation welcomes talented musicians from the Hudson Valley Folk Guild and beyond to bring Walkway Over the Hudson's Ulster Welcome Center Plaza to life with free live music from 6-7 p.m. Concerts are open to everyone and suitable for all ages. Some seating available, but feel free to bring your own chairs. Concerts are weather-dependent.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Bring friends, family
and lawn chairs for a fun, musical evening.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Thursday nights with Hudson Valley Folk
Guild. Bring friends, family and lawn chairs for a fun, musical evening.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Ulster Welcome Center Plaza. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation welcomes talented musicians from the Hudson Valley Folk Guild and beyond to bring Walkway Over the Hudson's Ulster Welcome Center Plaza to life with free live music from 6-7 p.m. Concerts are open to everyone and suitable for all ages. Some seating available, but feel free to bring your own chairs. Concerts are weather-dependent.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 07:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Upper Landing Park – 83 N. Water Street, Poughkeepsie. Movies Under the Walkway is back with free all-ages films screening outdoors in Upper Landing Park (83 N. Water Street, Poughkeepsie). No tickets or registration required. On August 10, enjoy Barbie! The park opens at 7 p.m. and the movie begins at approximately 8:30 p.m. Free parking is available at the Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum and Poughkeepsie Train Station. Sunshine only, no rain dates. Bring your own blankets and chairs.
Registration: Not required
Tue
13
Aug
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Ulster Welcome Center Plaza. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation welcomes talented musicians from the Hudson Valley Folk Guild and beyond to bring Walkway Over the Hudson's Ulster Welcome Center Plaza to life with free live music from 6-7 p.m. Concerts are open to everyone and suitable for all ages. Some seating available, but feel free to bring your own chairs. Concerts are weather-dependent.
Registration: Not required
Tue
13
Aug
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Bring friends, family
and lawn chairs for a fun, musical evening.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Thursday nights with Hudson Valley Folk
Guild. Bring friends, family and lawn chairs for a fun, musical evening.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Ulster Welcome Center Plaza. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation welcomes talented musicians from the Hudson Valley Folk Guild and beyond to bring Walkway Over the Hudson's Ulster Welcome Center Plaza to life with free live music from 6-7 p.m. Concerts are open to everyone and suitable for all ages. Some seating available, but feel free to bring your own chairs. Concerts are weather-dependent.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Walkway Over the Hudson – Either Entrance The Friends of the Walkway nonprofit organization is pleased to offer the opportunity to enjoy amazing Hudson Valley views after dark from 212 feet above the Hudson River at Walkway at Night. With the moon hanging high in the sky and the Mid-Hudson Bridge twinkling in the distance, there is truly nothing like a twilight evening on the World's Longest Elevated Pedestrian Bridge. Our friends from the Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association will be on-bridge with telescopes to view the night sky (weather permitting). Everyone must reserve a ticket for entry at walkway.org/walkwayatnight. Walkway members are welcome to attend at no cost. Non-members can register for $5.
Registration: Required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Center Overlook, Walkway Over the Hudson. The American Legion Post 739 organize and present monthly Flag Changing Ceremonies on the Walkway to honor our region's veterans and their service to our country. These events, organized and presented by these local veterans' organizations, are open to all who wish to attend.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at East Gate Plaza, Poughkeepsie. This presentation will tell the story of how the Poughkeepsie-Highland Railroad Bridge was the brainchild of Mayor Harvey Eastman and how that idea finally came to fruition in the late 1800s. It deals with Eastman's vision and the roadblocks he faced, and the laying of the cornerstone, which was a huge event for the time. The delay and eventual building of the bridge will be discussed as well as the final abandonment and rebuild. Finally, Jim will talk about his novel, The Poughkeepsie Murder, and its connection to the Walkway. Presented by James Bennett BFA, MFA, a Poughkeepsie artist and author. He has written over 30 books including two novels which incorporate local history and important landmarks. This event is free to attend and open to all.
Registration: Not required
Tue
20
Aug
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Ulster Welcome Center Plaza. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation welcomes talented musicians from the Hudson Valley Folk Guild and beyond to bring Walkway Over the Hudson's Ulster Welcome Center Plaza to life with free live music from 6-7 p.m. Concerts are open to everyone and suitable for all ages. Some seating available, but feel free to bring your own chairs. Concerts are weather-dependent.
Registration: Not required
Tue
20
Aug
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Bring friends, family
and lawn chairs for a fun, musical evening.
Registration: Not required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Thursday nights with Hudson Valley Folk
Guild. Bring friends, family and lawn chairs for a fun, musical evening.
Registration: Not required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Ulster Welcome Center Plaza. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation welcomes talented musicians from the Hudson Valley Folk Guild and beyond to bring Walkway Over the Hudson's Ulster Welcome Center Plaza to life with free live music from 6-7 p.m. Concerts are open to everyone and suitable for all ages. Some seating available, but feel free to bring your own chairs. Concerts are weather-dependent.
Registration: Not required
Tue
27
Aug
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Ulster Welcome Center Plaza. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation welcomes talented musicians from the Hudson Valley Folk Guild and beyond to bring Walkway Over the Hudson's Ulster Welcome Center Plaza to life with free live music from 6-7 p.m. Concerts are open to everyone and suitable for all ages. Some seating available, but feel free to bring your own chairs. Concerts are weather-dependent.
Registration: Not required
Tue
27
Aug
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Bring friends, family
and lawn chairs for a fun, musical evening.
Registration: Not required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Thursday nights with Hudson Valley Folk
Guild. Bring friends, family and lawn chairs for a fun, musical evening.
Registration: Not required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park
Meet at Ulster Welcome Center Plaza. Every Tuesday and Thursday, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation welcomes talented musicians from the Hudson Valley Folk Guild and beyond to bring Walkway Over the Hudson's Ulster Welcome Center Plaza to life with free live music from 6-7 p.m. Concerts are open to everyone and suitable for all ages. Some seating available, but feel free to bring your own chairs. Concerts are weather-dependent.
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Trailside Museums And Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park
On August 16th at 7:30 PM, bring a flashlight and join educators from Trailside Museums & Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park for a family-friendly education program about Bats! We'll learn about the fascinating nocturnal lives of our local bats, see them flying overhead as our bat detector identifies them, and have some nighttime fun with bat crafts and games! Registration is Required! For more information and to register, email Sadie.Kuchel@parks.ny.gov
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Trailside Museums And Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park
Learn about Biodiversity & Local Habitats! Get your Biodiversity Passport and visit our Pond, River, Forest, Woodland Pool, Rocky Summit & Grassland habitat stations to learn what you can do to promote biodiversity and help the plants and animals that call these habitats home. Participate in fun educational activities to earn a stamp at each station and earn a prize when you fill your passport!
Registration: Not required
Sat
26
Oct
Saturday, October 26, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Trailside Museums And Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park
Come to the bear den from 10:30 to 11:00 am to make bear treats, then watch the bears explore their den full of Halloween-themed enrichment at 11:00 a.m. Learn about vultures, owls, bears & other animals. Family friendly activities –pumpkin decorating, matching games & crafts. Wear your favorite not-so-spooky Halloween costume! Rain date Oct. 27th
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Dec
Saturday, December 21, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Trailside Museums And Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park
Come to the Bear Den at 10:30 to make tasty snacks for the black bears. Celebrate the holiday season at 11:00 when the bears come out to unwrap their gift boxes full of delicious treats! Bear Mountain also offers a day of fun at ice rink, merry-go-round & on the many hiking trails! Rain/snow date Dec. 22nd
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. Enjoy a guided, balance-challenging yoga flow that will enhance your presence in the natural world. No experience necessary! Participants must know how to swim. Board capacity is 225 lbs. All classes are weather dependent. Cost: $55-bring your own board, $75 includes class and paddleboard rental. Register here: https://jaiyogaschool.com/events-workshops.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park
Weather permitting, meet at the Thacher Park Overlook, where on a clear day at least four different landscape regions are visible. Learn how and when they formed and about the many different rock types of which they are made. Registration Encouraged. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park
Join us at the Visitor Center for live music by The Schramm Band, lawn games and more! No registration required.
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. Enjoy a guided, balance-challenging yoga flow that will enhance your presence in the natural world. No experience necessary! Participants must know how to swim. Board capacity is 225 lbs. All classes are weather dependent. Cost: $55-bring your own board, $75 includes class and paddleboard rental. Register here: https://jaiyogaschool.com/events-workshops.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Thompson's Lake Campground - Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. Enjoy a guided, balance-challenging yoga flow that will enhance your presence in the natural world. No experience necessary! Participants must know how to swim. Board capacity is 225 lbs. All classes are weather dependent. Cost: $55-bring your own board, $75 includes class and paddleboard rental. Register here: https://jaiyogaschool.com/events-workshops.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thacher State Park
(518) 872-0800
Mandalas represent harmony, unity, and balance. Join
artist Diane Steele for this hands-on wood painting
program.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Thacher State Park
Weather permitting, meet at the Thacher Park Overlook, where on a clear day at least four different landscape regions are visible. Learn how and when they formed and about the many different rock types of which they are made. Registration Encouraged. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Thacher State Park
(518) 872-0800
Mandalas represent harmony, unity, and balance. Join
artist Diane Steele for this hands-on wood painting
program.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Thacher State Park
Join us at the Visitor Center for
live music by The Schramm Band, lawn games and more!
No registration required.
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. Enjoy a guided, balance-challenging yoga flow that will enhance your presence in the natural world. No experience necessary! Participants must know how to swim. Board capacity is 225 lbs. All classes are weather dependent. Cost: $55-bring your own board, $75 includes class and paddleboard rental. Register here: https://jaiyogaschool.com/events-workshops.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Thacher State Park
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Thacher State Park
Stop by this table to learn about the amazing world of
reptiles by meeting ours up close! Great for adults and
kids alike.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Thacher State Park
(518) 872-0800
Combine the techniques of printmaking, painting,
and drawing media to create a unique work of art
using plant materials with artist Diane Steele
Registration: Required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Thacher State Park
Drop by this table to take a closer look at the diverse
organisms that make their home in our creek!
Borrow a net and magnifying glass to see how many
creatures you can find! All ages
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Thacher State Park
(518) 872-0800
Combine the techniques of printmaking, painting,
and drawing media to create a unique work of art
using plant materials with artist Diane Steele
Registration: Required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thacher State Park
Search for real fossils while enjoying amazing views
from the Escarpment Trail! This family-friendly
program travels 0.5 miles over easy terrain.
Note: Fossils may not be removed from the park.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 12:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Thacher State Park
Thacher Park is a prime spot for viewing a variety of
fall-migrating raptors. Stop by the Hawk Watch table
to borrow a pair of binoculars and view these birds
of prey. N
Registration: Not required
Sat
05
Oct
Saturday, October 5, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Thacher State Park
Enjoy the fall colors and incredible views of the
Hudson Valley on this guided hike.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)
Learn about the sharks native to NY, and how sharks are different from other fish. Even create your very own shark species! Wear shark-y attire to celebrate! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)
Sharks and Art, what's not to love? Make a themed piece of art inspired by one of the ocean's top predators! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)
Enjoy short walks, story time, animal visitors, and crafts. For children ages 3 - 5.Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)
Who makes all those little holes in the sand? Join us for a walk around the marsh as we learn about these little creatures. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)
Journey through time and observe real fossils and simulate how they form. Explore how fossils are found and compare them to life today. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)
Enjoy short walks, story time, animal visitors, and crafts. For children ages 3 - 5.Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)
The marsh at Sunken Meadow is home to these "living fossils." Let's catch and release baby horseshoe crabs. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Thu
05
Sep
Thursday, September 5, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)
Enjoy short walks, story time, animal visitors, and crafts. For children ages 3 - 5. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Thu
19
Sep
Thursday, September 19, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)
Enjoy short walks, story time, animal visitors, and crafts. For children ages 3 - 5. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
29
Sep
Sunday, September 29, 2024 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Sunken Meadow State Park (Governor Alfred E. Smith)
Let's go down to the marsh to seine, collect, and identify animals in this brackish water environment. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 11:30 AM - 02:30 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the first Saturday of the month from May to October, the first floor of the Lighthouse will be open and staffed with a costumed interpreter to talk about its history. A lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel lens is available to view in the museum's Lighthouse Gallery along with a fog bell and other artifacts. Please note: no access to the upper level is permitted.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
Site Interpreter Joanne Stein-Kohler has studied the Jewish
experience in America in the years leading up to and after the American Revolution,
through the lens of Rebecca Franks, the "Jewish Belle" of Philadelphia who
married a
British officer captured at Stony Point. Seating is limited, please call 845-786-2521 for a reservation.
Registration: Required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
2:00 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month from May to October (3:30 p.m. on Sep 21st), a costumed interpreter will lead a guided walk around the Battlefield explaining the plan and execution of the American assault on the British garrison, highlighting the design and defense strategy of the fort and the bold idea for the attack.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
248 years ago, the British Army conquered the New York City area in
a sweeping campaign with a handful of hair-raising battles, testing out the
Continental Army for the first time. Site Historian Michael J. F. Sheehan will present
a lecture with maps and illustrations on this gripping and dangerous year of
the American Revolution, when the cause was almost lost. Seating is limited, please
call 845-786-2521 for a reservation.
Registration: Required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024 11:30 AM - 02:30 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the first Saturday of the month from May to October, the first floor of the Lighthouse will be open and staffed with a costumed interpreter to talk about its history. A lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel lens is available to view in the museum's Lighthouse Gallery along with a fog bell and other artifacts. Please note: no access to the upper level is permitted.
Registration: Not required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
Master storyteller
Jonathan Kruk will delight audiences of all ages with stories
focusing on the legends and lore of the Hudson Valley while accompanied by musician
Steve Kelman. Jonathan's tales both entertain
and give insight about our local heritage. Audience seating begins at 1:45
p.m.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
Raised as an auxiliary force for Washington's Continental Army, the reenactors in Spencer's Additional Regiment
will conduct camp activities while explaining the unit's start in New Jersey and
how they followed the army. Spencer's Regiment also garrisoned Stony Point in 1780
and was present during the Arnold/Andre West Point affair.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
Join Gary Petagine and Sean Grady as they act out the Court Martial of Major John
Andre, who had been captured in Tarrytown with the plans for West Point in his
boot. Transferred to Tappan, NY, his trial took place at the Dutch Reformed
Church. Hear historical details of the tribunal
of one of the Revolution's most notorious spies. Please arrive early to secure
a seat for this popular performance. Audience
seating begins at 1:45 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
2:00 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month from May to October (3:30 p.m. on Sep 21st), a costumed interpreter will lead a guided walk around the Battlefield explaining the plan and execution of the American assault on the British garrison, highlighting the design and defense strategy of the fort and the bold idea for the attack.
Registration: Not required
Sat
05
Oct
Saturday, October 5, 2024 11:30 AM - 02:30 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the first Saturday of the month from May to October, the first floor of the Lighthouse will be open and staffed with a costumed interpreter to talk about its history. A lighthouse 4th Order Fresnel lens is available to view in the museum's Lighthouse Gallery along with a fog bell and other artifacts. Please note: no access to the upper level is permitted.
Registration: Not required
Sat
05
Oct
Saturday, October 5, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
This illustrated lecture by Site
Interpreter Connor Price
tells the story of one of the officers General Anthony Wayne relied on during
the Battle of Stony Point. He entrusted Pennsylvanian
Colonel Richard Butler to lead the northern column during the assault. Find out
more about one of the men who bravely fought here. Seating is limited, please call 845-786-2521 for
a reservation.
Registration: Required
Sat
12
Oct
Saturday, October 12, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
History has many stories
about
male heroics in the Revolution, but few instances mentioned in which female
courage was displayed. This illustrated lecture
by Site Interpreter Susan Overgard will highlight a few of the American and
British women that performed brave deeds for their side, while also dispelling
a few legends that sprung up after the war. Seating is limited, please call 845-786-2521
for a reservation.
Registration: Required
Sat
19
Oct
Saturday, October 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Stony Point Battlefield State Historic Site
2:00 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month from May to October (3:30 p.m. on Sep 21st), a costumed interpreter will lead a guided walk around the Battlefield explaining the plan and execution of the American assault on the British garrison, highlighting the design and defense strategy of the fort and the bold idea for the attack.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
This 90-minute walk in the village of Staatsburg will explore the estate's close relationship with the nearby village and its connection to the Mills family. A guide will discuss historic buildings and highlight hidden locations in the village that demonstrate Staatsburg's vibrant past and the lasting legacy of Ruth and Ogden Mills beyond the estate walls. Cost: free, Reservations required.
Registration: Required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Have you ever wondered what some of the ruins within Mills-Norrie State Park might be? The beautiful park land was once the setting for grand Hudson Riverfront estates. This 90-minute guided hike will lead visitors through the park, exploring the history of three historic estates: from Staatsburgh's founding as a gentleman's farm in the 1700s to the development of The Point and Stonehurst estates in the 19th century. The hike is approximately 1.5 miles of uneven terrain, requiring sturdy footwear. Cost: free, Reservations required.
Registration: Required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
What did the "Gilded Age" mean to the free, Black community of the Staatsburg village? Join staff for a one-hour conversation exploring that question through census records, historic maps, and the larger context of race relations during the Gilded Age. Often pushed to the outskirts of society by White Americans, Black men and women were nonetheless able to foster a strong community in the face of constant adversity. Long marginalized in the historical narrative, the free Black community of the Staatsburg village reveals the triumphs and struggles of generations of African Americans in the Hudson Valley. Cost: free Reservations required.
Registration: Required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
A guided walk through the estate's grounds that explores how the landscape was designed to reflect the luxurious lifestyle of Staatsburgh's owners, while deliberately hiding the turn-of-the-century technology and labor that made the estate run. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS. Cost: free
Registration: Required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
This 90-minute walk in the village of Staatsburg will explore the estate's close relationship with the nearby village and its connection to the Mills family. A guide will discuss historic buildings and highlight hidden locations in the village that demonstrate Staatsburg's vibrant past and the lasting legacy of Ruth and Ogden Mills beyond the estate walls. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS. Cost: free.
Registration: Required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Make your own macramé plant hanger in a workshop during the Great Estates Garden & Landscape Weekend. All materials and a plant are included in the $10 cost of the workshop, and light refreshments will be served. For ages 16 and up. Advance registration required: https://staatsburghmacrame.eventbrite.com/. Cost: $10/person.
Registration: Required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
This 90-minute walk in the village of Staatsburg will explore the estate's close relationship with the nearby village and its connection to the Mills family. A guide will discuss historic buildings and highlight hidden locations in the village that demonstrate Staatsburg's vibrant past and the lasting legacy of Ruth and Ogden Mills beyond the estate walls. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS. Cost: free.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
A guided walk through the estate's grounds that explores how the landscape was designed to reflect the luxurious lifestyle of Staatsburgh's owners, while deliberately hiding the turn-of-the-century technology and labor that made the estate run. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS. Cost: free.
Registration: Required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Have you ever wondered what some of the ruins within Mills and Norrie State Parks might be? The beautiful park land was once the setting for grand Hudson Riverfront estates. This 90-minute guided hike will lead visitors through the park, exploring the history of three historic estates: from Staatsburgh's founding as a gentleman's farm in the 1700s to the development of The Point and Stonehurst estates in the 19th century. The hike is approximately 1.5 miles of uneven terrain, requiring sturdy footwear. Cost: free. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS.
Registration: Required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
What did the "Gilded Age" mean to the free, Black community of the Staatsburg village? Join site staff for a one-hour conversation exploring that question through census records, historic maps, and the larger context of race relations during the Gilded Age. Often pushed to the outskirts of society by White Americans, Black men and women were nonetheless able to foster a strong community in the face of constant adversity. Long marginalized in the historical narrative, the free Black community of the Staatsburg village reveals the triumphs and struggles of generations of African Americans in the Hudson Valley. Cost: free. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS.
Registration: Required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
This 90-minute walk in the village of Staatsburg will explore the estate's close relationship with the nearby village and its connection to the Mills family. A guide will discuss historic buildings and highlight hidden locations in the village that demonstrate Staatsburg's vibrant past and the lasting legacy of Ruth and Ogden Mills beyond the estate walls. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS. Cost: free.
Registration: Required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In this special 90-minute tour, Staatsburgh's curator will focus on a selection of objects that are not easily seen on tour or which tell a special story. This version of the tour will focus on all things France including the French objects, furniture, and architecture in the house. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS. Cost: $12/Adults, $10/Seniors & Students, Children 12 & under are free.
Registration: Required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
In this special 90-minute tour, Staatsburgh's curator will focus on a selection of objects that are not easily seen on tour or which tell a special story. This version of the tour will focus on all things France including the French objects, furniture, and architecture in the house. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS. Cost: $12/Adults, $10/Seniors & Students, Children 12 & under are free.
Registration: Required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
Have you ever wondered what some of the ruins within Mills and Norrie State Parks might be? The beautiful park land was once the setting for grand Hudson Riverfront estates. This 90-minute guided hike will lead visitors through the park, exploring the history of three historic estates: from Staatsburgh's founding as a gentleman's farm in the 1700s to the development of The Point and Stonehurst estates in the 19th century. The hike is approximately 1.5 miles of uneven terrain, requiring sturdy footwear. Cost: free. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS.
Registration: Required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
A guided walk through the estate's grounds that explores how the landscape was designed to reflect the luxurious lifestyle of Staatsburgh's owners, while deliberately hiding the turn-of-the-century technology and labor that made the estate run. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS. Cost: free.
Registration: Required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Staatsburgh State Historic Site
What did the "Gilded Age" mean to the free, Black community of the Staatsburg village? Join site staff for a one-hour conversation exploring that question through census records, historic maps, and the larger context of race relations during the Gilded Age. Often pushed to the outskirts of society by White Americans, Black men and women were nonetheless able to foster a strong community in the face of constant adversity. Long marginalized in the historical narrative, the free Black community of the Staatsburg village reveals the triumphs and struggles of generations of African Americans in the Hudson Valley. Cost: free. Reservations required: https://Bookeo.com/StaatsburghSHS.
Registration: Required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Shirley Chisholm State Park
Join us for a
kayak tour and learn about the birds of the park from the water! Prior kayaking
experience required. Ages 15+ only. Registration required, opens 1 week in
advance (7/19/2024).
Registration: Required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Shirley Chisholm State Park
Insects do a big a job for us and our planet! Learn
about the amazing world of insects living here at the park with the SCSP
education team. For more information click here.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Shirley Chisholm State Park
Join us for a beginner paddling class! No prior
experience required. All materials provided. 15+ only. ALL minors must be
accompanied by an adult. Registration
required, opens 1 week in advance (7/20/2024).
Registration: Required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 03:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Shirley Chisholm State Park
Weekly free fishing clinics at the Penn Pier! Sign up
for a 1 hour session to learn about the fish living in Jamaica Bay through rod
and reel fishing. Registration recommended.
Registration: Required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Shirley Chisholm State Park
Join us for a beginner paddling class! No prior
experience required. All materials provided. 15+ only. ALL minors must be
accompanied by an adult. Registration
required, opens 1 week in advance (7/27/2024).
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Senate House State Historic Site
Stop
by Senate House on Saturday July 27th from 1-3PM as we show off a number of
reproductions of 18th century objects. For this drop-in activity, visitors will
have the opportunity to handle each object and guess what they are and what
they might have been used for. This activity is free of charge, is rain or
shine, and can be found on the grounds at our museum building. We hope to see
you then!
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Senate House State Historic Site
On Saturday, August 3rd at 1:00pm, Senate House will be hosting
a free presentation and book signing for Bearing
Witness: Exploring the Legacy of Enslavement in Ulster County in
the site's museum building.
Join in for an afternoon with the authors Susan Stessin-Cohn, Philip White, and
Ashley Biagini as they share the new website Bearing
Witness, developed in connection with the Ulster County Truth
and Reconciliation Commission. During their presentation, they will reveal
stories of a handful of notable Black residents of Ulster County, from the
early days of enslavement under the Dutch and English, to the blossoming of
free Black culture in the era following New York's legal abolition of slavery
in 1827. Copies of the authors' book Bearing
Witness will be available for purchase and signature.
While the talk is free to attend, tours of Senate House and access to the
museum's exhibit will also be available for $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for
seniors, with children ages 12 and under admitted free.
Registration: Not required
Sun
29
Sep
Sunday, September 29, 2024 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Senate House State Historic Site
Experience some key autumn activities from the 18th century and enjoy the season! There will be demonstrations of blacksmithing, meat smoking, candle dipping, pressing apples, and more. There will also be live performances of juggling, fire spitting, and unicycling!
Registration: Not required
Sat
19
Oct
Saturday, October 19, 2024
Senate House State Historic Site
Stop by Senate House on Saturday during the weekend-long, community-wide commemoration of the burning of Kingston. That day site will be hosting reenactors, a talk, tours, and more. For full event program and more information as it becomes available, please visit www.burningofkingston.com
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Selkirk Shores State Park
Join an American Canoe Association certified kayak
instructor to learn the basics of kayaking. We'll cover safety, equipment, and
how to paddle forward, backward, turn and stop. Dress in clothes that will get
wet (from splashes), wear sturdy shoes that will get wet when entering and
exiting the kayak, wear sunscreen and bring a water bottle. Kayaks,
paddles, and life jackets provided (you may bring your own if you prefer). Meet
at the Grindstone Marsh (left side of the beach parking lot). Registration
Required: https://forms.office.com/g/7FRqehN2sv.
Registration: Required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Selkirk Shores State Park
Craft Show & Farmers Market
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
Participants explore the mansion, 18th century
inhabitants and then develop characters
In their own 18th century story.
For children 8-13 years old. $5 per child. Pre registration
is required.
Registration: Required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
Participants explore the mansion, 18th century
inhabitants and then develop characters
In their own 18th century story.
For children 8-13 years old. $5 per child. Pre registration
is required.
Registration: Required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Schuyler Mansion State Historic Site
Participants explore the mansion, 18th century
inhabitants and then develop characters
In their own 18th century story.
For children 8-13 years old. $5 per child. Pre registration
is required.
Registration: Required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 08:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Saratoga Spa State Park
Swimming lessons for any child between the ages of 5 and 10 at Peerless Pool. Click here to fill out a Learn to Swim registration form. Choose between 2 times, 8:15AM-8:45AM or 9:15AM-9:45AM. Session B Registration ends: Thursday, July 11th: 6p.m. Registration is in person at 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Click here to fill out Medical information. Click here to know more about Learn to Swim level. For more information, call 518-584-2535.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 08:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Saratoga Spa State Park
Swimming lessons for any child between the ages of 5 and 10 at Peerless Pool. Click here to fill out a Learn to Swim registration form. Choose between 2 times, 8:15AM-8:45AM or 9:15AM-9:45AM. Session B Registration ends: Thursday, July 11th: 6p.m. Registration is in person at 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Click here to fill out Medical information. Click here to know more about Learn to Swim level. For more information, call 518-584-2535.
Registration: Required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 08:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Saratoga Spa State Park
Swimming lessons for any child between the ages of 5 and 10 at Peerless Pool. Click here to fill out a Learn to Swim registration form. Choose between 2 times, 8:15AM-8:45AM or 9:15AM-9:45AM. Session B Registration ends: Thursday, July 11th: 6p.m. Registration is in person at 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Click here to fill out Medical information. Click here to know more about Learn to Swim level. For more information, call 518-584-2535.
Registration: Required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 08:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Saratoga Spa State Park
Swimming lessons for any child between the ages of 5 and 10 at Peerless Pool. Click here to fill out a Learn to Swim registration form. Choose between 2 times, 8:15AM-8:45AM or 9:15AM-9:45AM. Session B Registration ends: Thursday, July 11th: 6p.m. Registration is in person at 19 Roosevelt Drive, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Click here to fill out Medical information. Click here to know more about Learn to Swim level. For more information, call 518-584-2535.
Registration: Required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Mon
05
Aug
Monday, August 5, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Mon
05
Aug
Monday, August 5, 2024 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 04:30 PM - 05:15 PM
Sandy Island Beach State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 until Sunday, July 28, 2024
Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site
The North American War of 1812 Grand Tactical annually
alternates between the United States and Canada.
It brings together this season at Sackets Harbor over 350
authentic living history presenters.
These include watercraft, musicians, and those who portray
traditional trades people of the era.
Destined to be the largest War of 1812 military reenactment
of the season the event hosts land forces, naval vessels, artillery, all by
participants from across the United States and Canada. This event will feature a full and varied schedule of
activities Saturday from 9:00am to 9:00pm and Sunday 9am to 3pm.
It includes military and camp life, soldier and sailor skill
demos, weapon and uniform demos, daily opposed sides tacticals.
That's not all!
Regency country dancing Saturday at 4pm and 8pm and Sea
Chanty vocalists performing "pop up" appearances throughout the camps. On Sunday at 11:30am a Memorial/Commemoration is set for the
1913 Memorial Grove Centennial Monument. A major goal of the historic site and our partners is to
teach history effectively and reunite people with "the sense of their own
past."
Presentations are an important part of the weekend, thanks
to financial support from the Sackets Harbor
Battlefield Alliance, the Northern New York
Community Foundation, and NYS Parks Bureau of Historic Sites.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Rockland Lake State Park
(845) 268-3020
Swimming lessons for anyone above the age of 2. Choose between 2 different sessions. 2-6 year old lessons are from 9:00AM – 9:30 AM, anyone aged 7 years old and above can participate in the lesson from 10:00 – 10:30. Session A Registration ends: Monday, July 15: 3p.m. Session B registration ends Monday July 29th. Registration and medical information forms must be filled out and emailed to: rocklandlakesp@parks.ny.gov. Space is limited. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. For more information, call the Rockland Lake office at: 845-268-3020. Classes for ages 2-6 are fully booked.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Rockland Lake State Park
(845) 268-3020
Swimming lessons for anyone above the age of 2. Choose between 2 different sessions. 2-6 year old lessons are from 9:00AM – 9:30 AM, anyone aged 7 years old and above can participate in the lesson from 10:00 – 10:30. Session A Registration ends: Monday, July 15: 3p.m. Session B registration ends Monday July 29th. Registration and medical information forms must be filled out and emailed to: rocklandlakesp@parks.ny.gov. Space is limited. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. For more information, call the Rockland Lake office at: 845-268-3020. Classes for ages 2-6 are fully booked.
Registration: Required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Rockland Lake State Park
(845) 268-3020
Swimming lessons for anyone above the age of 2. Choose between 2 different sessions. 2-6 year old lessons are from 9:00AM – 9:30 AM, anyone aged 7 years old and above can participate in the lesson from 10:00 – 10:30. Session A Registration ends: Monday, July 15: 3p.m. Session B registration ends Monday July 29th. Registration and medical information forms must be filled out and emailed to: rocklandlakesp@parks.ny.gov. Space is limited. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. For more information, call the Rockland Lake office at: 845-268-3020. Classes for ages 2-6 are fully booked.
Registration: Required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Rockland Lake State Park
(845) 268-3020
Swimming lessons for anyone above the age of 2. Choose between 2 different sessions. 2-6 year old lessons are from 9:00AM – 9:30 AM, anyone aged 7 years old and above can participate in the lesson from 10:00 – 10:30. Session A Registration ends: Monday, July 15: 3p.m. Session B registration ends Monday July 29th. Registration and medical information forms must be filled out and emailed to: rocklandlakesp@parks.ny.gov. Space is limited. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. For more information, call the Rockland Lake office at: 845-268-3020. Classes for ages 2-6 are fully booked.
Registration: Required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Rockland Lake State Park
(845) 268-3020
Swimming lessons for anyone above the age of 2. Choose between 2 different sessions. 2-6 year old lessons are from 9:00AM – 9:30 AM, anyone aged 7 years old and above can participate in the lesson from 10:00 – 10:30. Session A Registration ends: Monday, July 15: 3p.m. Session B registration ends Monday July 29th. Registration and medical information forms must be filled out and emailed to: rocklandlakesp@parks.ny.gov. Space is limited. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. For more information, call the Rockland Lake office at: 845-268-3020. Classes for ages 2-6 are fully booked.
Registration: Required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Rockland Lake State Park
(845) 268-3020
Swimming lessons for anyone above the age of 2. Choose between 2 different sessions. 2-6 year old lessons are from 9:00AM – 9:30 AM, anyone aged 7 years old and above can participate in the lesson from 10:00 – 10:30. Session A Registration ends: Monday, July 15: 3p.m. Session B registration ends Monday July 29th. Registration and medical information forms must be filled out and emailed to: rocklandlakesp@parks.ny.gov. Space is limited. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. For more information, call the Rockland Lake office at: 845-268-3020. Classes for ages 2-6 are fully booked.
Registration: Required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Rockland Lake State Park
(845) 268-3020
Swimming lessons for anyone above the age of 2. Choose between 2 different sessions. 2-6 year old lessons are from 9:00AM – 9:30 AM, anyone aged 7 years old and above can participate in the lesson from 10:00 – 10:30. Session A Registration ends: Monday, July 15: 3p.m. Session B registration ends Monday July 29th. Registration and medical information forms must be filled out and emailed to: rocklandlakesp@parks.ny.gov. Space is limited. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. For more information, call the Rockland Lake office at: 845-268-3020. Classes for ages 2-6 are fully booked.
Registration: Required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Rockland Lake State Park
(845) 268-3020
Swimming lessons for anyone above the age of 2. Choose between 2 different sessions. 2-6 year old lessons are from 9:00AM – 9:30 AM, anyone aged 7 years old and above can participate in the lesson from 10:00 – 10:30. Session A Registration ends: Monday, July 15: 3p.m. Session B registration ends Monday July 29th. Registration and medical information forms must be filled out and emailed to: rocklandlakesp@parks.ny.gov. Space is limited. Registration is on a first come first serve basis. For more information, call the Rockland Lake office at: 845-268-3020. Classes for ages 2-6 are fully booked.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 07:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Get to know our feathered residents! Join an expert from the Saw Mill River Audubon Society on a bird walk around the Preserve. Great for all levels of birding experience, beginners welcome! Binocular loans available upon request. Ages 8+. Max: 25 people. Cost: FREE. Parking: $6 per vehicle. NYS Residents over 62 park for free on weekdays. Please register here.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Join botanist, Patty Butter, for a leisurely walk and learn about the identification of summer wildflowers. Contribute as a citizen scientist to increase our knowledge of the ecology of the Preserve by logging your observations in the iNaturalist app. Max: 12 people. Cost: $4. Parking: $6 per vehicle. Register here.
Registration: Required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Explore the habitat of monarch butterflies with Shayla and Hailey on a family-friendly hike at Rockwood Hall. Learn about the monarch life cycle and their incredible transcontinental migration, why their numbers are in decline, and what we can do to help them. The hike will be about 2 miles with frequent stops for discussion. Max: 20 people. Cost: $4. Register here.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Relieve stress and explore the connection between breath and movement with instructor, Shivani Singh, as the sun sets over the Hudson with views of the Tappan Zee bridge and NYC in the distance. Appropriate for all levels of experience, ages 18+. Cost: $6. Register here.
Registration: Required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Learn how trees are transformed into everyday tools and functional art in this workshop with artist and woodworker, Mark Andreas. We will begin by exploring the forest to better understand the qualities and uses of individual tree species. Mark will then demonstrate how to work with hand tools such as a chisel, gouge, hand saw, and hatchet as he fashions a wooden spoon from raw material collected at the Preserve. Max: 20 people. Rain date: August 11. Cost: $4. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Earth's history is written in rocks. Learn how to identify them and how to read their stories with our resident geologist and educator, Kim Fendrich. Find out how rocks are made and modified throughout the rock cycle and hone your observational skills in this hands-on, interactive program! Max: 18 people. Ages 8+. Sorry, no pets. Cost: $4. Parking: $6 per vehicle. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Start your day with movement! Get energized in this virtual session with postural therapist, Joey Zimet, and learn exercises to improve posture and function. The class will incorporate unique standing, sitting, and floor exercises that are gentle and easily adapted to fit your needs. These methods are well-studied and based upon neuroscience, biomechanics, the myofascial system, and other variables. Treat yourself to some maintenance and self-care! Registered participants will receive a link to join. Cost: FREE. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Relieve stress and explore the connection between breath and movement with instructor, Shivani Singh, as the sun sets over the Hudson with views of the Tappan Zee Bridge and NYC in the distance. Appropriate for all levels of experience, ages 18+. Cost: $6. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Tickets available on July 19 at 10 am. Join Dayna Gralla for a therapeutic and restorative sound healing experience. Envelop yourself in the sounds of crystal singing bowls, chimes, and a variety of soothing instruments as you allow your mind to drift from an active state to a relaxed and meditative state. Max: 20 per session. Ages 10+. Cost: $8. Parking: $6 per vehicle until 4:30 pm. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 05:30 PM - 06:30 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Tickets available on July 19 at 10 am. Join Dayna Gralla for a therapeutic and restorative sound healing experience. Envelop yourself in the sounds of crystal singing bowls, chimes, and a variety of soothing instruments as you allow your mind to drift from an active state to a relaxed and meditative state. Max: 20 per session. Ages 10+. Cost: $8. Parking: $6 per vehicle until 4:30 pm. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Tickets available on July 19 at 10 am. The fireflies are out en masse and they put on a spectacular show this time of year! We'll set out just before sunset and meander through open meadows as the fireflies awaken from their slumber and begin to display their love language. The hike will be about 2 miles. Leashed dogs are welcome. Max: 40 people. Cost: $4. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Join Mike for a 5-6 mile hike to Pocantico Lake, which is not part of the Preserve, and to one of the many popular destinations within the Preserve: either Eagle Hill or Thirteen Bridges. The route and distance will depend on temperature. Leashed dogs are welcome. Be prepared to move at a steady pace; some hiking experience is recommended. Max: 20 people. Cost: $4. Parking: $6 per vehicle. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Join Nicole Byrnes from Girl Scouts of America in this family-friendly event and learn about the positive aspects of fishing from both an environmental and mental health perspective. After a brief educational session, attendees will be guided through a fishing session at Swan Lake; rods and artificial lures will be provided. This program is intended for a youth audience. Rain date: August 11. Max: 10 people per session. Cost: FREE; registration required. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Join Nicole Byrnes from Girl Scouts of America in this family-friendly event and learn about the positive aspects of fishing from both an environmental and mental health perspective. After a brief educational session, attendees will be guided through a fishing session at Swan Lake; rods and artificial lures will be provided. This program is intended for a youth audience. Rain date: August 11. Max: 10 people per session. Cost: FREE; registration required. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Join botanist, Devon Cummings, for a leisurely walk and learn about the identification of summer wildflowers. Contribute as a citizen scientist to increase our knowledge of the ecology of the Preserve by logging your observations in the iNaturalist app. Max: 12 people. Cost: $4. Parking: $6 per vehicle. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Tue
13
Aug
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Relieve stress and explore the connection between breath and movement with instructor, Shivani Singh, as the sun sets over the Hudson with views of the Tappan Zee Bridge and NYC in the distance. Appropriate for all levels of experience, ages 18+. Cost: $6. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Wed
14
Aug
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Explore the habitat of monarch butterflies with Shayla and Hailey on a family-friendly hike at Rockwood Hall. Learn about the monarch life cycle and their incredible transcontinental migration, why their numbers are in decline, and what we can do to help them. The hike will be about 2 miles with frequent stops for discussion. Max: 20 people. Cost: $4. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Join Melissa for a 2-mile hike and witness the spectacular view of the sun setting over the Hudson and the Tappan Zee Bridge. Leashed dogs are welcome. Max: 40 people. Cost: FREE, registration required. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Experience nature through painting! Learn the watercolor technique under the guidance of award-winning artist, Anne Johann, as you absorb the beauty of the landscape before you. You may bring your own supplies if you have them; if not, supplies will be provided. Max: 10 people. Cost: $8. Parking: $6 per vehicle. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Discover the world from a new perspective with educator, Kim Fendrich, and naturalist, Josh DiPaola, in this family-friendly event. Estimate the ages of various animals using clues on their bones and scales, observe the cunning evolutionary adaptations of moth wings, and take a closer look at tick teeth and insect eyes to better understand how they do what they do! No pets please. Cost: $4. Parking: $6 per vehicle. Max: 16 people. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 07:45 PM - 09:45 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Tickets available on July 19 at 10 am. Experience the Preserve after dark! Join Shayla, Hailey, and Dave for a 4-mile hike on carriage roads lit by moonlight. We walk at a brisk pace and there will be hills; some hiking experience is recommended. Leashed dogs are welcome. Max: 40 people. Cost: $4. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Tue
20
Aug
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Relieve stress and explore the connection between breath and movement with instructor, Shivani Singh, as the sun sets over the Hudson with views of the Tappan Zee Bridge and NYC in the distance. Appropriate for all levels of experience, ages 18+. Cost: $6. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Experience nature through painting! Learn the watercolor technique under the guidance of award-winning artist, Anne Johann, as you absorb the beauty of the landscape before you. You may bring your own supplies if you have them; if not, supplies will be provided. Max: 10 people. Cost: $8. Parking: $6 per vehicle. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Mon
26
Aug
Monday, August 26, 2024 07:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Get to know our feathered residents! Join an expert from the Saw Mill River Audubon Society on a bird walk around the Preserve. Great for all levels of birding experience, beginners welcome! Binocular loans available upon request. Ages 8+. Max: 25 people. Cost: FREE. Parking: $6 per vehicle. NYS Residents over 62 park for free on weekdays. Please register at: sawmillriveraudubon.org/register-trips/.
Registration: Required
Tue
27
Aug
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Relieve stress and explore the connection between breath and movement with instructor, Shivani Singh, as the sun sets over the Hudson with views of the Tappan Zee Bridge and NYC in the distance. Appropriate for all levels of experience, ages 18+. Cost: $6. RockefellerStateParkPreserve.org/events.
Registration: Required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 07:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve
Get to know our feathered residents! Join an expert from the Saw Mill River Audubon Society on a bird walk around the Preserve. Great for all levels of birding experience, beginners welcome! Binocular loans available upon request. Ages 8+. Max: 25 people. Cost: FREE. Parking: $6 per vehicle. NYS Residents over 62 park for free on weekdays. Please register at: sawmillriveraudubon.org/register-trips/.
Registration: Required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Enroll your child in New York State Park's free "Learn to Swim" program! This program is for children ages 6 -12. On site registration only. Each swim program runs 10 days (Monday-Friday only) and classes last 45 minutes. Participants will receive a swim cap and earn a Learn to Swim Certificate upon completion. For more information, contact
Roberto Clemente State Park at (718) 299-8750.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 09:15 AM - 03:00 PM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Program starts on Sunday, July 7 and ends Sunday, August 25.
Space is limited for this very popular program, so please don't hesitate to register
your child. Activities include skills & Ball techniques, strategy & teamwork exercises, footwork exercises, fun games & trial matches. Please visit
asphaltgreen.org/communityregistration to register. Session 1: Ages 5-7, time 9:15am - 10:30am. Session 2: Ages 8-9, time 10:45am - 12pm. Session 3: Ages 10 - 11, time 12:15pm - 1:30pm. Session 4: Ages 12-13, time 1:45pm - 3pm.
Registration: Required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Enroll your child in New York State Park's free "Learn to Swim" program! This program is for children ages 6 -12. On site registration only. Each swim program runs 10 days (Monday-Friday only) and classes last 45 minutes. Participants will receive a swim cap and earn a Learn to Swim Certificate upon completion. For more information, contact
Roberto Clemente State Park at (718) 299-8750.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Enroll your child in New York State Park's free "Learn to Swim" program! This program is for children ages 6 -12. On site registration only. Each swim program runs 10 days (Monday-Friday only) and classes last 45 minutes. Participants will receive a swim cap and earn a Learn to Swim Certificate upon completion. For more information, contact
Roberto Clemente State Park at (718) 299-8750.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Enroll your child in New York State Park's free "Learn to Swim" program! This program is for children ages 6 -12. On site registration only. Each swim program runs 10 days (Monday-Friday only) and classes last 45 minutes. Participants will receive a swim cap and earn a Learn to Swim Certificate upon completion. For more information, contact
Roberto Clemente State Park at (718) 299-8750.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Enroll your child in New York State Park's free "Learn to Swim" program! This program is for children ages 6 -12. On site registration only. Each swim program runs 10 days (Monday-Friday only) and classes last 45 minutes. Participants will receive a swim cap and earn a Learn to Swim Certificate upon completion. For more information, contact
Roberto Clemente State Park at (718) 299-8750.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Enroll your child in New York State Park's free "Learn to Swim" program! This program is for children ages 6 -12. On site registration only. Each swim program runs 10 days (Monday-Friday only) and classes last 45 minutes. Participants will receive a swim cap and earn a Learn to Swim Certificate upon completion. For more information, contact
Roberto Clemente State Park at (718) 299-8750.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 09:15 AM - 03:00 PM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Program starts on Sunday, July 7 and ends Sunday, August 25.
Space is limited for this very popular program, so please don't hesitate to register
your child. Activities include skills & Ball techniques, strategy & teamwork exercises, footwork exercises, fun games & trial matches. Please visit
asphaltgreen.org/communityregistration to register. Session 1: Ages 5-7, time 9:15am - 10:30am. Session 2: Ages 8-9, time 10:45am - 12pm. Session 3: Ages 10 - 11, time 12:15pm - 1:30pm. Session 4: Ages 12-13, time 1:45pm - 3pm.
Registration: Required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Department of Motor Vehicle coming to Roberto Clemente State Park. Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to get a REAL / Enhanced ID. For more information click here.
Registration: Not required
Mon
05
Aug
Monday, August 5, 2024 until Friday, August 16, 2024 09:00 AM - 09:45 AM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Enroll your child in New York State Park's free "Learn to Swim" program! This program is for children ages 6 -12. On site registration only. Each swim program runs 10 days (Monday-Friday only) and classes last 45 minutes. Participants will receive a swim cap and earn a Learn to Swim Certificate upon completion. For more information, contact Roberto Clemente State Park at (718) 299-8750.
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 09:15 AM - 03:00 PM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Program starts on Sunday, July 7 and ends Sunday, August 25.
Space is limited for this very popular program, so please don't hesitate to register
your child. Activities include skills & Ball techniques, strategy & teamwork exercises, footwork exercises, fun games & trial matches. Please visit
asphaltgreen.org/communityregistration to register. Session 1: Ages 5-7, time 9:15am - 10:30am. Session 2: Ages 8-9, time 10:45am - 12pm. Session 3: Ages 10 - 11, time 12:15pm - 1:30pm. Session 4: Ages 12-13, time 1:45pm - 3pm.
Registration: Required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 09:15 AM - 03:00 PM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Program starts on Sunday, July 7 and ends Sunday, August 25.
Space is limited for this very popular program, so please don't hesitate to register
your child. Activities include skills & Ball techniques, strategy & teamwork exercises, footwork exercises, fun games & trial matches. Please visit
asphaltgreen.org/communityregistration to register. Session 1: Ages 5-7, time 9:15am - 10:30am. Session 2: Ages 8-9, time 10:45am - 12pm. Session 3: Ages 10 - 11, time 12:15pm - 1:30pm. Session 4: Ages 12-13, time 1:45pm - 3pm.
Registration: Required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 09:15 AM - 03:00 PM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Program starts on Sunday, July 7 and ends Sunday, August 25.
Space is limited for this very popular program, so please don't hesitate to register
your child. Activities include skills & Ball techniques, strategy & teamwork exercises, footwork exercises, fun games & trial matches. Please visit
asphaltgreen.org/communityregistration to register. Session 1: Ages 5-7, time 9:15am - 10:30am. Session 2: Ages 8-9, time 10:45am - 12pm. Session 3: Ages 10 - 11, time 12:15pm - 1:30pm. Session 4: Ages 12-13, time 1:45pm - 3pm.
Registration: Required
Thu
19
Sep
Thursday, September 19, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Roberto Clemente State Park
Department of Motor Vehicle coming to Roberto Clemente State Park. Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity to get a REAL / Enhanced ID. For more information click here.
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Robert Moses State Park - Long Island
Join us on a walk to the inlet to look for all of the unique inshore species that call the Great South Bay home! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
06
Oct
Sunday, October 6, 2024 09:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Robert Moses State Park - Long Island
This outing is open to the first 72 registrants who will tee off on
Sunday, October 6, 2024. For an application you can call (631) 321-3510 or
visit parks.ny.gov.
Prizes and awards given for team low gross, men's and
women's individual low score and closet to the pin. The entry fee is $40.00 per
person or $160.00 per foursome. This fee entitles the participant to a
continental breakfast, lunch, awards & a giveaway. Application deadline is
September 24, 2024. Dates: Sunday, October 6
Time: 9:00 AM
Location: Robert Moses State Park
Fee: $40 per person or $160 per foursome
Vehicle Use Fee: Free.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Point Au Roche State Park
Love Shark Week? This year we're celebrating Shark Week at the Nature Center with a short
talk and fun shark-themed activities! What do sharks have to do with Lake Champlain you ask? More than you might think! Come learn more about these awesome predators,
how important they are to the oceans, and their possible connection to this
area. Please note that our Environmental
Educator used to work for the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay – bring your
questions and try to stump her!
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Point Au Roche State Park
Join a park
naturalist for our nature-themed story and playtime for ages 0-5! Come explore
with stories, songs, and art projects from 10-10:30, then stay for some outdoor
playtime! Snakes love the summer sun
just as much as we do, so let's learn about our slithery friends and explore
how they like to spend their summer!
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Pixley Falls State Park
PEAK- Leave No Trace Workshop for kids is conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Make a UV bead bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Pixley Falls State Park adventure. Stop in anytime from 11am-3pm participate, free of charge.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Pixley Falls State Park
PEAK- Leave No Trace Workshop for kids is conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Make a UV bead bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Pixley Falls State Park adventure. Stop in anytime from 11am-3pm participate, free of charge.
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Pixley Falls State Park
PEAK- Leave No Trace Workshop for kids is conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Make a UV bead bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Pixley Falls State Park adventure. Stop in anytime from 11am-3pm participate, free of charge.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Pixley Falls State Park
PEAK- Leave No Trace Workshop for kids is conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Make a UV bead bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Pixley Falls State Park adventure. Stop in anytime from 11am-3pm participate, free of charge.
Registration: Not required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Pixley Falls State Park
PEAK- Leave No Trace Workshop for kids is conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Make a UV bead bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Pixley Falls State Park adventure. Stop in anytime from 11am-3pm participate, free of charge.
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Pixley Falls State Park
PEAK- Leave No Trace Workshop for kids is conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Make a UV bead bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Pixley Falls State Park adventure. Stop in anytime from 11am-3pm participate, free of charge.
Registration: Not required
Sun
08
Sep
Sunday, September 8, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Pixley Falls State Park
PEAK- Leave No Trace Workshop for kids is conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Make a UV bead bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Pixley Falls State Park adventure. Stop in anytime from 11am-3pm participate, free of charge.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
Why was Philipse Manor Hall built where it was? Why did the Munsee have a village in downtown Yonkers for thousands of years? How did the Yonkers waterfront change over time? Learn the answers to these questions and more as you explore the daylighted Saw Mill River and Yonkers' Hudson River waterfront. $6 for adults, $3 for seniors and students. Tickets include museum admission. To register, email philipsemanorhall@parks.ny.gov or call 914-965-4027.
Registration: Required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
In-person at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Free! Join us for story time in the Gothic Chamber, in partnership with Yonkers Public Library. Free! No registration required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
In-person at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Free! How did people entertain themselves in the past? Join us indoors (outdoors, weather-permitting) at Philipse Manor Hall to try your hand at all kinds of historical games. Learn the history behind these games and then learn how to play Graces, Quoits, Nine Men's Morris, Shut the Box, Mancala, Graces, Ninepins, Captain's Mistress, and more! For children and adults. Free! No registration required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
In-person at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site. $18 ($15 for Friends of Philipse Manor Hall). Join us for this new Sunday morning Hatha yoga series at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site! The beautiful sunlit Gothic Chamber is the perfect place for a morning yoga class. Open to all levels and abilities! All proceeds benefit the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall. Register at www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
(914) 965-4027
In-person at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site. Why was Philipse Manor Hall built where it was? Why did the Munsee have a village in downtown Yonkers for thousands of years? How did the Yonkers waterfront change over time? Learn the answers to these questions and more as you explore the daylighted Saw Mill River and Yonkers' Hudson River waterfront. $6 for adults, $3 for seniors and students. Tickets include museum admission. To register, email philipsemanorhall@parks.ny.gov or call 914-965-4027.
Registration: Required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
In-person at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site. $18 ($15 for Friends of Philipse Manor Hall). Join us for this new Sunday morning Hatha yoga series at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site! The beautiful sunlit Gothic Chamber is the perfect place for a morning yoga class. Open to all levels and abilities! All proceeds benefit the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall. Register at www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events.
Registration: Required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
In-person at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Free! How did people entertain themselves in the past? Join us indoors (outdoors, weather-permitting) at Philipse Manor Hall to try your hand at all kinds of historical games. Learn the history behind these games and then learn how to play Graces, Quoits, Nine Men's Morris, Shut the Box, Mancala, Graces, Ninepins, Captain's Mistress, and more! For children and adults. Free! No registration required. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
In-person at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site. $18 ($15 for Friends of Philipse Manor Hall). Join us for this new Sunday morning Hatha yoga series at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site! The beautiful sunlit Gothic Chamber is the perfect place for a morning yoga class. Open to all levels and abilities! All proceeds benefit the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall. Register at www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events.
Registration: Required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
In-person at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site. $18 ($15 for Friends of Philipse Manor Hall). Join us for this new Sunday morning Hatha yoga series at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site! The beautiful sunlit Gothic Chamber is the perfect place for a morning yoga class. Open to all levels and abilities! All proceeds benefit the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall. Register at www.philipsemanorhall.com/programs-and-events.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Peebles Island State Park
Join us every other Saturday at Grafton Lakes and learn all about trail running. Get a jump start with the class we are hosting before our first run where you can learn about gear and all about the hobby. Accepting all skill levels and welcoming all faces! Our first session will be a class with opportunities to score some discounted gear. This first session is to learn about equipment and safety with a short introduction run on an easy trail.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 08:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Winter in July wraps up with a visit to Whoville and the meanest, green guy around, The Grinch! People can make you feel a lot of ways, and for the Grinch, he hated them! All their toys, noise, fun and food drove him crazy, especially around Christmas when the Who were at their cheeriest! A terrible plot to ruin the holiday was hatched, but could something change him and make the Grinch's heart grow to care about others? All movies are shown on the east lawn of the Keeper's house and is free of charge! Patrons are encouraged to bring their own refreshments and a chair or blanket to lay on. Free8:30pm-10:00pm, Location: Keeper's House, Dobbs Ferry, Ages: All Ages
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Meet up address: 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562. Free easy, 2-hour tour. Meet at the front (upper level/south side) of the Joseph Caputo Center, which is located at 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562, just west of Rte. 9/Highland Ave. at the junction of Croton Ave., Rte. 133 (from Metro-North Ossining Train Station by taxi or 15-minute uphill walk - parking lots nearby). After a brief walk, descend into the Weir in Ossining and explore the original 1842 brick water tunnel and learn its history. Walk may be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. Required: pre-registration.
Registration: Required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Meet up address: 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562. Free, easy, 2-hour tour. Meet at the front (upper level/south side) of the Joseph Caputo Center, which is located at 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562, just west of Rte. 9/Highland Ave. at the junction of Croton Ave., Rte. 133 (from Metro-North Ossining Train Station, by taxi or 15-minute uphill walk - parking lots nearby). After a brief walk, descend into the Weir in Ossining and explore the original 1842 brick water tunnel and learn its history. Walk may be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. Required: pre-registration. https://aqueduct.org/events/weir-tour-72.
Registration: Required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 01:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Meet up address: On the Aqueduct at Gory Brook Road at Ridge Street, Sleepy Hollow, NY. Free, easy, open-air walk of approximately 3 miles/hours. Meet at Aqueduct Ventilator #12, on the Aqueduct Trail just steps south of the intersection of Gory Brook Road and Ridge Street in Sleepy Hollow (on-street parking on Gory Brook Road). We will walk north and discuss the Aqueduct and view some of its structures, including a weir, a 90-foot high embankment carrying the Aqueduct over the Pocantico River, and the ghostly remnants of an old Keeper's House. We will also touch upon Rockefeller history and the monument in nearby Sleepy Hollow Cemetery to those in the NY Guard's First Provisional Regiment who perished during the 1918 Spanish Influenza pandemic while guarding the Aqueduct during The Great War. Walk may be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. Required: pre-registration. https://aqueduct.org/events/sleepy-hollow-loop-walk-6.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Meet up address: 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562. Free, easy, 2-hour tour. Meet at the front (upper level/south side) of the Joseph Caputo Center, which is located at 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562, just west of Rte. 9/Highland Ave. at the junction of Croton Ave., Rte. 133 (from Metro-North Ossining Train Station by taxi or 15-minute uphill walk - parking lots nearby). After a brief walk, descend into the Weir in Ossining and explore the original 1842 brick water tunnel and learn its history. Walk may be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. Required: pre-registration. https://aqueduct.org/events/weir-tour-73.
Registration: Required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Meet up address: 95 Broadway, Ossining, NY 10562. Enjoy a free, easy, 2 miles/hours (total) loop hike north along the Aqueduct and atop the beautiful Croton Dam. Meet near the restrooms at the rear (south end) of the parking lot at Croton Gorge Park, Rte. 129, Cortlandt, NY, 10567. GPS Coordinates: 41.22603, -73.85770. The leader of the hike will discuss the history and construction of the Old Croton Aqueduct and the features of the Croton Dam, the trailhead of the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail. The Aqueduct was completed in 1842 to supply fresh water to a thirsty New York City. (From Metro-North Hudson Line Croton-Harmon Train Station: 15-minute taxi.) Note: Parking fee for Croton Gorge Park is $10. Walk may be rescheduled if weather does not cooperate. Required: pre-registration. https://aqueduct.org/events/croton-dam-hike-6.
Registration: Required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 08:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park
Movies on the Trail wraps up with our favorite villain in Despicable Me! Only a few people can pull off being a bad guy like Gru, who is battling to become the world's greatest villain with the help from his team of minions and evil genius, Dr. Nefario! His master plan? To steal the moon! When his plan leads him to adopt three orphan girls as cover, mayhem and hilarity ensues as their worlds collide! Will Gru stick to his original plan? Will the girls turn the villian good? All movies are shown on the east lawn of the Keeper's House and is free of charge! Patrons are encouraged to bring their own refreshments and a chair or blanket to lay on. 8:30pm-10:00pm, Location: Dobbs Ferry, Free, Ages: All Ages.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 12:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Olana State Historic Site
Enjoy FREE house access and landscape tours at Olana State Historic Site from 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM. Advanced reservations are not available; timed-entry house tickets and guided landscape tickets can be reserved on-site, day-of, in the Museum Store. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is limited. Museum Store: 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Tour Hours: 12:30 PM – 6:00 PM. For further inquiries, please call ticketing at (518) 751-0344 or email tickets@olana.org.Want to make a day of it? Join a FREE program happening in the Wagon House Education Center. Learn more below. To learn more, visit: www.OLANA.org/thirdthursdays.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Olana State Historic Site
Join artist and yoga practitioner Nkoula Badila for a special yoga workshop. Get centered in Olana's landscape as you explore movement and mindfulness outdoors. Program will take place along Ridge Road; check in at Olana's Visitor Center for more information day-of. To learn more, visit: www.OLANA.org/thirdthursdays.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Olana State Historic Site
Celebrate the beginning of summer with live music outdoors at Olana. Listen to ANDES MANTA perform the vibrant music of South America and the Andes on traditional instruments such as panpipes and the Andean flute. Performance will take place outdoors near the Main House; check in at Olana's visitor center for more information day-of. To learn more, visit: www.OLANA.org/thirdthursdays.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Olana State Historic Site
Why do so many turn to farms and gardens in moments of personal, social and ecological turbulence? From about 1861 to 1870, the farm, orchard and garden below Frederic and Isabel Church's first house at Olana, Cosy Cottage, was a place to ground their daily lives. Today, the once productive farm looks different. A rewilding meadow and honeybee hives stand where there were once peach, cherry and apple trees. During this program, participants will walk through the historic farm, using their senses to tune into the living world of plants and animals. Use sketching and journaling to gather plant impressions and explore who continues to inhabit the farm now. The program will include opportunities for sharing and discussion and will end with seasonal snacks.$15 general; $10 Members; $5 Columbia & Greene County Residents. To learn more, visit: www.OLANA.org/programs-events/.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Olana State Historic Site
Inspired by your time at Olana? Join The Olana Partnership educators for hands-on artmaking using professional materials and a series of prompts to get your creativity flowing. Drop in program; FREE. All materials provided. Located in the Wagon House Education Center. To learn more, visit: www. OLANA.org/programs-events/.
Registration: Not required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Olana State Historic Site
Doors open 7:00pm; Film begins at 8:00pm. Join The Olana Partnership and Upstate Films at Olana State Historic Site for a movie night under the stars. Director Michel Gondry delivers a sci-fi love story for the ages about memory, ideals, and tenderness. When Joel (Jim Carrey) discovers his ex-girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has had memories of him erased from her mind, he desperately decides to match the process and have her removed from his memory. But as Joel's memories progressively disappear, he begins to rediscover his love for Clementine. (dir. Michel Gondry, US, 2004, 108m) $14 general admission/$10 members. To learn more, visit: OLANA.org/programs-events/.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Olana State Historic Site
Join artist Anne Crowley for the opportunity to express your connection to memories through landscape painting in a plein air workshop at Olana. The breathtaking views can help you share and reflect on an important memory of yours. Grab your French easel and oil painting supplies and enjoy this outdoor adventure in art. This program is offered in collaboration with Woodstock School of Art on occasion of the exhibition Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory.$74 per student; register at Woodstock School of Art. https://woodstockschoolofart.org/classes-workshops/workshops/. To learn more, visit OLANA.org/afterglow.
Registration: Required
Wed
21
Aug
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Nissequogue River State Park
Kayak the Nissequogue River on a scenic Nature Tour to see birds, turtles and more! Must bring your own kayak and lifejacket. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
29
Sep
Sunday, September 29, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Nissequogue River State Park
Kayak the Nissequogue River on a scenic Nature Tour to see birds, turtles and more! Must bring your own kayak and lifejacket. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us for a casual stroll to Prospect Point and around Goat
Island to view the Falls and explore what makes this park so unique! Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us on a hike that takes on a portion of the Niagara
Gorge! Each week we will cover a new portion of the gorge. Participants must be
8 years or older. Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us
on this guided walk on Goat Island as we share the tales of daredevils and
funambulists of Niagara Falls through the years. Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Paint some rocks with fun facts on the
bottom and then take a guided walk around Goat Island to place the eco-friendly
painted rocks around the park! Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Discover the important people and events that created and
protected our nation's oldest state park on this guided walk. Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us for a casual stroll to Prospect Point and around Goat
Island to view the Falls and explore what makes this park so unique! Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us on this guided walk on Goat Island as we share the
tales of daredevils and funambulists of Niagara Falls through the years. Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us for a casual stroll to Prospect Point and around Goat
Island to view the Falls and explore what makes this park so unique! Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us on this guided walk on Goat Island as we share the
tales of daredevils and funambulists of Niagara Falls through the years. Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us for a casual stroll to Prospect Point and around Goat
Island to view the Falls and explore what makes this park so unique! Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us on this guided walk on Goat Island as we share the
tales of daredevils and funambulists of Niagara Falls through the years. Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us for a casual stroll to Prospect Point and around Goat
Island to view the Falls and explore what makes this park so unique! Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us on a hike that takes on a portion of the Niagara
Gorge! Each week we will cover a new portion of the gorge. Participants must be
8 years or older. Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Bring your furry friend on this casual walk to take in the
beautiful views of Niagara Falls and the Niagara Gorge. It is not necessary to
have a dog to participate, however, all dogs must be up-to-date on
immunizations, leashed, and under control. Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us on this guided walk on Goat Island as we share the
tales of daredevils and funambulists of Niagara Falls through the years. Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us for a casual stroll to Prospect Point and around Goat
Island to view the Falls and explore what makes this park so unique! Registration available at Eventbrite.com
but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Join us on a hike that takes on a portion of the Niagara
Gorge! Each week we will cover a new portion of the gorge. Participants must be
8 years or older. Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Niagara Falls State Park
Explore and experience the beauty of Niagara Falls at sunset
on a guided tour. Registration
available at Eventbrite.com but not required.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Moreau Lake State Park Nature Center
Wiggly Wanderers is a casual and fun program that is
offered to walking toddlers, carriable babies and their caregivers. This will
be a beginner's hike/wander series for toddlers who are ready to move and
caregivers who are willing and able to baby wear and/or carry their toddler if
their legs get too tired. We will not plan too much distance walking and we
will rely on teachable moments to carry us through these experiences. Strollers
will not work for these programs. While you do not need to attend each week, we
will continue to build our toddlers hiking skills as well as their caregivers'
confidence taking the children into the woods to explore. This event does not
have sign ups, please come if you can. We meet at the nature center parking lot. $1 per child. For any
questions call 518-793-0511.
https://parks.ny.gov/100/challenge/.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Moreau Lake State Park Nature Center
Bring your binoculars and
join an educator on a peaceful morning paddle around Moreau Lake and look for
birds! Limited rentals are available or bring your own kayak. This program is
for people aged 18 and older if you need to rent a kayak or 13+ if you have
your own kayak. The cost is $5 (or $15 including kayak rental). Check in and
pay (cash or check) at the office upon arrival. Park tollbooth fees are waved in lieu of program fees, be
sure to call 24-hours in advance to reserve your spot by calling the
office at 518-793-0511.
https://parks.ny.gov/100/challenge/.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Moreau Lake State Park Nature Center
Join an educator at the
nature center to observe, survey and learn about the moths of MLSP! We are
celebrating National Moth Week by identifying moths, instructing you on how to
make your own safe DIY moth trap, and learning about the life activities and
ecology of moths. Moth surveying and ID will take place at 10am outside the
nature center, but you can stop by all day to learn about moths! Open to all
ages with engaging activities for all. Pay $1 per child and $5 per adult (cash
or check) at the office upon arrival. Please register in advance by calling
518-793-0511. https://parks.ny.gov/100/challenge/.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Moreau Lake State Park Nature Center
This hike will be slow and
steady to let the kids explore and enjoy an off-trail hike at their own
pace. We will walk roughly a mile and
see the Hudson from another view point and perhaps throw some sticks in! This hike is NOT stroller friendly so if you
have a younger sibling who wants to join, plan to carry them if they get
tired. Bring water and snacks are more
than welcome. This hike is $1 per
kids. Please register in advance by
calling 518-793-0511. https://parks.ny.gov/100/challenge/.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Moreau Lake State Park Nature Center
Calling
all trail steward volunteers or lovers of trails to help do some light trail
work on one of our trails for a couple hours or as long as you would like. You
will be led and taught skills by one of our staff where we will be using
loppers, hand saws and clearing any trash we come across. Please bring water,
wear comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting dirty, closed toed
shoes/hiking shoes, eye protection, and work gloves if you have them. We will
supply tools and garbage bags. Please call to register in advance by calling
518-793-0511.
https://parks.ny.gov/100/challenge/.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Moreau Lake State Park Nature Center
Join Moreau Lake State Park on
Sunday, August 4 at 9:00am as they celebrate 100 years of the New York State
Park System with a Centennial Boat Float. Moreau Lake State Park is looking to
gather 100 kayaks, canoes, or paddleboards in the lake for a community boat
float followed by a drone photo of the gathering. Kayaks are available for rent
on a first come, first served basis through the Park and the park
concessionaire Big Tony's. Attendees will receive a limited addition
commemorative sticker.
Big Tony's, the parks onsite
restaurant will be cooking up food including smash burgers, chicken sandwiches
and serving Italian ices by the beach. To register for this event and
for more information please visit the Friends of Moreau Lake State Park's event
page: here.
Registration: Required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Moreau Lake State Park
Wiggly Wanderers is a casual and fun program that is
offered to walking toddlers, carriable babies and their caregivers. This will
be a beginner's hike/wander series for toddlers who are ready to move and
caregivers who are willing and able to baby wear and/or carry their toddler if
their legs get too tired. We will not plan too much distance walking and we
will rely on teachable moments to carry us through these experiences. Strollers
will not work for these programs. While you do not need to attend each week, we
will continue to build our toddlers hiking skills as well as their caregivers'
confidence taking the children into the woods to explore. This event does not
have sign ups, please come if you can. We meet at the nature center parking lot. $1 per child. For any
questions call 518-793-0511.
https://parks.ny.gov/100/challenge/.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Moreau Lake State Park
Bring your binoculars and
join an educator on a peaceful morning paddle around Moreau Lake and look for
birds! Limited rentals are available or bring your own kayak. This program is
for people aged 18 and older if you need to rent a kayak or 13+ if you have
your own kayak. The cost is $5 (or $15 including kayak rental). Check in and
pay (cash or check) at the office upon arrival. Park tollbooth fees are waved in lieu of program fees, be
sure to call 24-hours in advance to reserve your spot by calling the
office at 518-793-0511.
https://parks.ny.gov/100/challenge/.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Moreau Lake State Park
Join an educator at the
nature center to observe, survey and learn about the moths of MLSP! We are
celebrating National Moth Week by identifying moths, instructing you on how to
make your own safe DIY moth trap, and learning about the life activities and
ecology of moths. Moth surveying and ID will take place at 10am outside the
nature center, but you can stop by all day to learn about moths! Open to all
ages with engaging activities for all. Pay $1 per child and $5 per adult (cash
or check) at the office upon arrival. Please register in advance by calling
518-793-0511. https://parks.ny.gov/100/challenge/.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Moreau Lake State Park
This hike will be slow and
steady to let the kids explore and enjoy an off-trail hike at their own
pace. We will walk roughly a mile and
see the Hudson from another view point and perhaps throw some sticks in! This hike is NOT stroller friendly so if you
have a younger sibling who wants to join, plan to carry them if they get
tired. Bring water and snacks are more
than welcome. This hike is $1 per
kids. Please register in advance by
calling 518-793-0511. https://parks.ny.gov/100/challenge/.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Moreau Lake State Park
Calling
all trail steward volunteers or lovers of trails to help do some light trail
work on one of our trails for a couple hours or as long as you would like. You
will be led and taught skills by one of our staff where we will be using
loppers, hand saws and clearing any trash we come across. Please bring water,
wear comfortable clothing that you don't mind getting dirty, closed toed
shoes/hiking shoes, eye protection, and work gloves if you have them. We will
supply tools and garbage bags. Please call to register in advance by calling
518-793-0511.
https://parks.ny.gov/100/challenge/.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Moreau Lake State Park
Join Moreau Lake State Park on
Sunday, August 4 at 9:00am as they celebrate 100 years of the New York State
Park System with a Centennial Boat Float. Moreau Lake State Park is looking to
gather 100 kayaks, canoes, or paddleboards in the lake for a community boat
float followed by a drone photo of the gathering. Kayaks are available for rent
on a first come, first served basis through the Park and the park
concessionaire Big Tony's. Attendees will receive a limited addition
commemorative sticker.
Big Tony's, the parks onsite
restaurant will be cooking up food including smash burgers, chicken sandwiches
and serving Italian ices by the beach. To register for this event and
for more information please visit the Friends of Moreau Lake State Park's event
page: here.
Registration: Required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Montauk Downs State Park
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced that New York State will provide free Learn-to-Swim programs. Enrollment for the Learn-to-Swim program for children is open at all participating New York State parks. Participants' parents are asked to sign up ahead of time as space is limited and expected to fill up quickly. Each swim program is 30 minutes in duration and participants who enroll and attend at least 3 lessons will receive New York State Parks swag. The Learn-to-Swim Program incorporates guidelines set forth by the American Red Cross to teach swimming and water safety skills. Our morning Learn-to-Swim Program is for children ages 3 through 15, at Montauk Downs State Park. It is encouraged that participants bring their own goggles and a swim cap. Times: 8am-8:30am = Level 1 & Level 3 8:45am-9:15am = Level 2 9:30am-10am = Parent and Child 9:30am-10am = Pre-K. Register at https://bookwhen.com/learntoswimli.
Registration: Required
Mon
05
Aug
Monday, August 5, 2024 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Montauk Downs State Park
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced that New York State will provide free Learn-to-Swim programs. Enrollment for the Learn-to-Swim program for children is open at all participating New York State parks. Participants' parents are asked to sign up ahead of time as space is limited and expected to fill up quickly. Each swim program is 30 minutes in duration and participants who enroll and attend at least 3 lessons will receive New York State Parks swag. The Learn-to-Swim Program incorporates guidelines set forth by the American Red Cross to teach swimming and water safety skills. Our morning Learn-to-Swim Program is for children ages 3 through 15, at Montauk Downs State Park. It is encouraged that participants bring their own goggles and a swim cap. Times: 8am-8:30am = Level 1 & Level 3 8:45am-9:15am = Level 2 9:30am-10am = Parent and Child 9:30am-10am = Pre-K. Register at https://bookwhen.com/learntoswimli.
Registration: Required
Mon
12
Aug
Monday, August 12, 2024 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Montauk Downs State Park
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced that New York State will provide free Learn-to-Swim programs. Enrollment for the Learn-to-Swim program for children is open at all participating New York State parks. Participants' parents are asked to sign up ahead of time as space is limited and expected to fill up quickly. Each swim program is 30 minutes in duration and participants who enroll and attend at least 3 lessons will receive New York State Parks swag. The Learn-to-Swim Program incorporates guidelines set forth by the American Red Cross to teach swimming and water safety skills. Our morning Learn-to-Swim Program is for children ages 3 through 15, at Montauk Downs State Park. It is encouraged that participants bring their own goggles and a swim cap. Times: 8am-8:30am = Level 1 & Level 3 8:45am-9:15am = Level 2 9:30am-10am = Parent and Child 9:30am-10am = Pre-K. Register at https://bookwhen.com/learntoswimli.
Registration: Required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
Come
learn about the wonderful world of snakes with Colleen Stevens, Student
Conservation Association/AmeriCorps Environmental Education Intern. The program
will start off at the Sam's Point Visitor Center with a presentation on the different
species of snakes that live in our area. We will discuss typical snake habitat,
venomous species and much more. After the presentation, we will hike out on the
Indian Rock Footpath with high hopes of experiencing snakes in their natural
habitat! This five-mile hike is mildly challenging, starting on Loop Road, then
hiking on a footpath with steep and rocky terrain. Individuals may attend just
the presentation if they are uncomfortable with the hiking portion of the
program. Meet at the Sam's Point Visitor Center. Pre-registration is
required by calling the Sam's Point Visitor Center at 845-647-7989.
Registration: Required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 10:00 AM - 03:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
In summer, wild blueberries and
huckleberries can be found growing along almost every trail at Sam's Point,
providing a tasty snack for both wildlife and hikers alike. Can you identify
these two berries? Stop by the picnic area at Sam's Point to try the berry
taste- test and make your own berry holder to take with you on your hike. The twenty-seven-minute documentary, "The Huckleberry Pickers: A Vanished
Shawangunk Culture", will be shown in the Visitor Center throughout the day.
All children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian over the age of
18. Pre-registration
for this program is not required, however, reservations to get into Sam's Point
on weekends are required. You can reserve a parking spot through Reserve
America New York: https://bit.ly/3uPj21L.
Registration: Required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 03:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
In summer, wild blueberries and
huckleberries can be found growing along almost every trail at Sam's Point,
providing a tasty snack for both wildlife and hikers alike. Can you identify
these two berries? Stop by the picnic area at Sam's Point to try the berry
taste- test and make your own berry holder to take with you on your hike. The
twenty-seven-minute documentary, "The Huckleberry Pickers: A Vanished
Shawangunk Culture", will be shown in the Visitor Center throughout the day.
All children must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian over the age of
18. Pre-registration
for this program is not required, however, reservations to get into Sam's Point
on weekends are required. You can reserve a parking spot through Reserve America
New York: https://bit.ly/3uPj21L.
Registration: Required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
Join
Taylor Pazderski, Student Conservation Association/AmeriCorps Ecosystem
Steward, for a three-mile walk and talk lesson on the globally rare dwarf pitch
pines and other vegetation found in the Park Preserve. We will talk about Sam's
Point's unique fire dependent ecosystems and the plant species that live within
them. This walk will include stops to see evidence of a previous forest fire at
Sam's Point and a wonderful variety of different trees, shrubs, and flowers,
and plants. This hike will take place on Loop Road, a recently restored carriage
road. Loop Road does have some uphill and downhill portions that can be steep
at times. Meet at the Sam's Point Visitor Center. Pre-registration is
required by calling the Sam's Point Visitor Center at 845-647-7989.
Registration: Required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
(845) 647-7989
Join Colleen Stevens, Student Conservation
Association/AmeriCorp Environmental Educator, for an adventurous hike to the
Ice Caves at Sam's Point, where the air is always a comfortable 55 degrees
Fahrenheit, even during the height of the summer heat. This nearly four-mile
hike includes one steep hill on a carriage road, but the reward of walking
through the cool, dark, talus cave is worth the effort. While in the cave,
educators will explain the geology of this unique natural area and why it's so
special. The footpath section of this outing does include two primitive ladders
and a steep stone staircase, which some may find challenging. Plan to bring
food and lots of water and we'll have lunch on the trail. This program is
recommended for families of all ages who are capable of hiking this distance
and terrain. Meet at the Sam's Point Visitor Center. Pre-registration is
required by calling the Sam's Point Visitor Center at 845-647-7989.
Registration: Required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
Come learn about the wonderful world of snakes with Colleen
Stevens, Student Conservation Association/AmeriCorps Environmental Education
Intern. The program will start off at the Sam's Point Visitor Center with a
lesson on the different species of snakes that live in our area. We will
discuss typical snake habitat, venomous species and much more. After the
lesson, we will hike out on Loop Road with high hopes of experiencing snakes in
their natural habitat! This three-mile hike is mildly challenging, with some steep
sections. Plan to bring food and lots of water and we'll have lunch on the
trail. This program is recommended for families of all ages who are capable
of hiking this distance and terrain. Meet at the Sam's Point Visitor
Center. Pre-registration is required by calling the Sam's Point Visitor Center
at 845-647-7989.
Registration: Required
Wed
14
Aug
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
Join the Sam's Point Educators to learn about
monarch caterpillars and butterflies. We will discuss their life cycle and look
at caterpillars in the Sam's Point Gallery. After the lesson, we will play a
monarch migration game to learn about the tremendous journey Monarchs take to
get here. After the game, we will take a three-mile hike on Loop Road to look
for milkweed, a favorite food of monarch caterpillars. With any luck, we may
find some caterpillars on these plants. Younger
and older siblings are always welcome, but very young naturalists may require
some assistance. All participants should come well prepared with appropriate
footwear, food, and water. This program is recommended for children between
the ages of seven to twelve years old, accompanied by a parent or guardian over
the age of 18. Well-behaved younger siblings are always welcome. Meet at the Sam's Point Visitor Center.
Pre-registration is required by calling the Sam's Point Visitor Center at
845-647-7989.
Registration: Required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 09:45 AM - 05:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
Explore Shingle Gully, where ice persists into
summer in deep, crevice caves. These caves are in a backcountry area in
Minnewaska State Park Preserve. This rugged, protected landscape is accessible
only on guided tours led by Park staff and volunteer docents. This all-day,
strenuous, approximately six-mile adventure ascends and descends 1,500 feet. It
includes off-trail bushwhacking and steep rock scrambles and is only appropriate
for experienced hikers. To register, please visit http://samspoint.eventbrite.com.
Pre-registration deadline: August 13.
Registration: Required
Wed
21
Aug
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 09:45 AM - 05:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
Explore Shingle Gully, where ice persists into
summer in deep, crevice caves. These caves are in a backcountry area in
Minnewaska State Park Preserve. This rugged, protected landscape is accessible
only on guided tours led by Park staff and volunteer docents. This all-day,
strenuous, approximately six-mile adventure ascends and descends 1,500 feet. It
includes off-trail bushwhacking and steep rock scrambles and is only
appropriate for experienced hikers. To register, please visit http://samspoint.eventbrite.com.
Pre-registration deadline: August 15.
Registration: Required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 09:45 AM - 05:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve: Sam's Point Area
Explore Shingle Gully, where ice persists into
summer in deep, crevice caves. These caves are in a backcountry area in
Minnewaska State Park Preserve. This rugged, protected landscape is accessible
only on guided tours led by Park staff and volunteer docents. This all-day,
strenuous, approximately six-mile adventure ascends and descends 1,500 feet. It
includes off-trail bushwhacking and steep rock scrambles and is only
appropriate for experienced hikers. To register, please visit http://samspoint.eventbrite.com.
Pre-registration deadline: August 16.
Registration: Required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 08:00 AM - 09:30 AM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Are you interested in birds or birding?
Join Nick Martin, Park Educator, for bird walks, starting at the Gardiner
Library, every Friday during July. During this program, we will take an
approximately one mile walk on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail and wander
through Majestic Park, which can be muddy and wet, especially after a rainfall.
Participants are encouraged to wear waterproof boots or shoes and bring
binoculars and a birding field guide, or a smart device with a field guide
installed. Interested participants are welcome to attend one or all Friday
programs. The total number of participants for
this program is limited to fifteen individuals. Meet at the Gardiner Library, in the lower parking area. No
pre-registration is required. For more information, please contact the Gardiner
Library directly at 845-255-1255 or email Nicholas.Martin@parks.ny.gov
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Begin your day with peace of mind when you join Jane Dobson with
Mind the Forest guides for a meditative walk in the beautiful forest at
Minnewaska. Join any one or all of the classes in this series as we use mindful
nature connection to explore themes of embodiment, species loneliness and
relationship, reciprocity and gratitude, and our relationship with time.
Inspired by the Japanese practice of Forest Bathing, this guided experience is
more of a saunter than a hike or exercise. We'll shift from our thinking
minds, where we spend most of our time, to our direct experience of the present
moment through our senses. This type of mindful nature connection brings a host
of mental and physical health benefits to us, including reduced levels of our
stress hormone cortisol, reduced anxiety and improved mood, focus and sleep.
This free program is open to participants over the age of 16 years old,
accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18 years old. Pre-registration
is required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at
845-255-0752. The meeting location will be provided on registration.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Explore Shingle Gully, where ice persists into
summer in deep, crevice caves. These caves are in a backcountry area in
Minnewaska State Park Preserve. This rugged, protected landscape is accessible
only on guided tours led by Park Preserve staff and volunteer docents. This
all-day, strenuous, approximately six-mile adventure ascends and descends 1,500
feet. It includes off-trail bushwhacking and steep rock scrambles and is only
appropriate for experienced hikers. To register, please visit http://samspoint.eventbrite.com.
Pre-registration deadline: July 19.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 09:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Join Nick Martin, Park Educator, for an approximately four-mile hike to
Echo Rock. Echo Rock is perched on a cliff edge above the Palmaghatt
Ravine, where beautiful views of the surrounding Park Preserve and Wallkill
Valley can be seen. Our trip will take participants on a few historic carriage
roads and one footpath, including Lake Minnewaska, Millbrook Mountain, and
Hamilton Point Carriage Roads. This section of Hamilton Point Carriage Road is
lovely, with exposed rock formations, scattered boulders, and lush ferns. Our
return trip will be slightly different, as we will follow Hamilton Point and
Castle Point Carriage Roads, the Meadows trails, and Lake Minnewaska Carriage
Road to return to our starting point. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center. Pre-registration is
required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Bring your children to the Minnewaska Nature Center to make their
own plaster animal track and nature themed sun prints to bring home. While the
plaster hardens and the sun print dries, participants can explore the nearby
trails. This activity is recommended for children over the age of six years
old, accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18. Siblings of any
age are welcome; however, younger siblings may need parental assistance. Pre-Registration is NOT required.
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 09:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Field guides are excellent tools that blend the areas of art and science to create a deeper understanding of the world around you. On this three-mile outing, we will be focusing on how to create entries in a field guide, which can be used to help identify plants and animals at Minnewaska. Josh Grosse, Student Conservation Association/AmeriCorps Environmental Educator, will help walk you through the steps of making entries in your own field guide, from taking measurements of the subject to making a drawing. Blank guides, measurement tools, and drawing materials will be provided by Minnewaska before we embark on the hike. Starting from the Lower Parking Lot, we will follow the entire length of the Mossy Glen Footpath, which is lined with abundant mountain laurel and follows the edges of the babbling Peter's Kill stream. Along the way, we will make a few stops to create entries in our guides. Please note that the footpath includes some tricky footing and may be slippery in some places. Participants should come prepared with appropriate clothing and sturdy footwear, plenty of water, and food to sustain themselves. Participants are also encouraged (but not required) to download the "Seek" iNaturalist app – a helpful digital tool for identifying plant and animal species using your phone's camera– before coming to this program. Meet at the Lower Parking Lot. Pre-registration is required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 07:00 AM - 09:00 AM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Designed for both birding enthusiasts and those
just looking to learn the basics, this weekly series will offer outings led by
Nick Martin, Park Educator, or an experienced birding volunteer. Participants
should bring binoculars, water, and wear hiking shoes or boots. Outing
destinations will be determined the day of the program. Poor weather conditions
will trigger a program cancellation. Participants will meet at the Lake
Minnewaska entrance. Participants MUST arrive prior to the start of the
program, but no earlier than 6:30 am. The Park Preserve gates will be
locked at 7:00 am. Late arrivals will NOT be allowed in the Park
Preserve. The total number of participants for this program is limited
to twenty-five individuals. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska entrance. For
questions, please call 845-255-0752 or email Nicholas.Martin@parks.ny.gov. This program is set up on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 09:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
If your child is interested in learning about how to properly
prepare for and carry out a hike, come along with SCA/AmeriCorps Environmental
Educator, Josh Grosse, for this exciting program. Our day will begin with a
fun, interactive game that teaches participants how to properly pack for a safe
day on the trail. Afterward, we'll take a five-mile hike to Millbrook Mountain
and back, taking two carriage roads and one moderately challenging footpath.
Along the way, we will practice using orienteering tools, like maps and
compasses, with another interactive activity on the trail. Once we reach
Millbrook Mountain, we will soak in the expansive view— where vultures can
often be seen flying below— and eat our lunches together. From here, we'll head
back to the Visitor Center to conclude our day.
All participants should come properly prepared with lunch, snacks, plenty of
water, and appropriate clothing and footwear. Please note, the footpath portion
of this hike does include some steep and potentially slippery sections that
some may find challenging. This program is recommended for children between
the ages of nine to thirteen years old, accompanied by a parent or guardian
over the age of 18. Well-behaved younger siblings are always welcome, so long
as they can hike the full distance. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor
Center. Pre-registration is required by calling the Minnewaska Visitor
Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Are you interested in birds or birding? Join Nick
Martin, Park Educator, for bird walks, starting at the Gardiner Library. During
this program, we will take an approximately one mile walk on the Wallkill
Valley Rail Trail and wander through Majestic Park, which can be muddy and wet,
especially after a rainfall. Participants are encouraged to wear waterproof
boots or shoes and bring binoculars and a birding field guide, or a smart device
with a field guide installed. Interested participants are welcome to attend one
or all Friday programs. The total number of
participants for this program is limited to fifteen individuals. Meet at the Gardiner Library, in the lower parking area. No
pre-registration is required. For more information, please contact the Gardiner
Library directly at 845-255-1255 or email Nicholas.Martin@parks.ny.gov
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Join Nick Martin, Park Educator, for
this approximately three-mile loop hike. After a brief walk on Lower Awosting
Carriage Road, we'll pick up Mossy Glen Footpath and hike this trail until it
ends. While this hike does not offer any broad scenic vistas, like the higher
elevations of the Park Preserve, this is a lovely trail in all seasons. It
meanders in and out of shady, hemlock-dominated woods, through stands of
rhododendrons, across bare rock slabs, and along the edge of the Peter's Kill
stream. At the conclusion of this trail, we will take Blueberry Run Footpath
until it intersects with Lower Awosting Carriage Road. We'll continue our walk
on this easy-going carriage road until we arrive back at the parking lot. The
footpath sections of this hike include uneven and rocky footing and some
potentially slippery rocks and mud, which may be difficult for some. Meet at the Lower Parking Area. Pre-registration
is required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Join Park Educators in learning the fun art of papermaking. Using
simple tools, we'll create our own paper from old, office paper. This
reinvention can produce lovely new results that we'll decorate using paints,
pastels, sun prints and other materials. This program is recommended for
anyone over the age of seven, but children must be accompanied by a parent or
guardian over the age of 18. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center.
Pre-registration is required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at
845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Mon
05
Aug
Monday, August 5, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
They say one person's trash is another person's treasure, but what
about turning your own trash into your own treasure? Bring your family to
Minnewaska to learn about how to turn a t-shirt into a tote bag. We'll take a
casual, one-mile hike after our craft session, collecting trash we find along
the trail, and learning about the importance of keeping our world clean and
safe, all while exploring the natural curiosities around us. If time allows, we
will play a game about the significance of recycling and composting. Please
bring your own t-shirt, and we will supply the rest! This program is
recommended for children between the ages of six to twelve years old,
accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18. Well-behaved younger
siblings are always welcome. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center.
Pre-registration is required by calling the Minnewaska Visitor Center at
845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 07:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Designed for both birding enthusiasts and those
just looking to learn the basics, this weekly series will offer outings led by
Nick Martin, Park Educator, or an experienced birding volunteer. Participants
should bring binoculars and water, and wear hiking shoes or boots. Outing
destinations will be determined the day of the program. Poor weather conditions
will trigger a program cancellation. Participants will meet at the Lake
Minnewaska entrance. Participants MUST arrive prior to the start of the
program, but no earlier than 6:30 am. The Park Preserve gates will be
locked at 7:00 am. Late arrivals will NOT be allowed in the Park
Preserve. The total number of participants for this program is limited
to twenty-five individuals. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska entrance. For
questions, please call 845-255-0752 or email Nicholas.Martin@parks.ny.gov. This program is set up on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration: Required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Join Laura Conner, Environmental Educator, for a
quiet hike along the Bullwheel, High Peter's Kill, Yellow Loop, and Red Loop
Footpaths to two scenic overlooks in the Peter's Kill Area. One view offers a
leafy panorama of the Rondout Valley, with a backdrop of the Catskill
Mountains, and the second view spotlights the iconic Sky Top Tower. This stone
tower stands out like a landlocked lighthouse guiding visitors to the
Shawangunk Mountains. The round-trip distance for this outing is about two
miles and there are a few moderate hills. Children must be accompanied by a
parent or guardian over the age of 18. Meet at the Peter's Kill Area. Pre-registration
is required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Are you interested in birds or birding? Join Nick
Martin, Park Educator, for bird walks, starting at the Gardiner Library. During
this program, we will take an approximately one mile walk on the Wallkill
Valley Rail Trail and wander through Majestic Park, which can be muddy and wet,
especially after a rainfall. Participants are encouraged to wear waterproof
boots or shoes and bring binoculars and a birding field guide, or a smart
device with a field guide installed. Interested participants are welcome to
attend one or all Friday programs. The total
number of participants for this program is limited to fifteen
individuals. Meet at the Gardiner Library,
in the lower parking area. No pre-registration is required. For more
information, please contact the Gardiner Library directly at 845-255-1255 or
email Nicholas.Martin@parks.ny.gov
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Stop by to see the Sam's Point Educators at the 35th
Annual Blueberry Festival hosted by the Ellenville Wawarsing Chamber of
Commerce. The Sam's Point Educators have a booth dedicated to the history of
the Berry Pickers of Sam's Point. This will include artifacts and other
interpretive materials that explain who the Berry Pickers were, and how they
lived on the mountain. Please visit https://www.ewcoc.com/blueberry-festival for more information! Pre-registration for this program is not required, it is a public festival
with free parking.
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Join Laura Conner, Environmental Educator, for
an approximately four-mile walk on level-surfaced carriage roads to reach Echo
Rock. Echo Rock is a scenic vista perched on a cliff
above the Palmaghatt Ravine. On a clear day, this unique spot offers beautiful
views of the surrounding Park Preserve and the Wallkill Valley. Our trip to
Echo Rock will take participants on a few historic carriage roads, including
the Lake Minnewaska, Millbrook Mountain and Hamilton Point Carriage Roads. Our
return trip will be slightly different, as we will take Hamilton Point, Castle
Point and Lake Minnewaska Carriage Roads to return to our starting point.
All participants should come well prepared with appropriate footwear, food, and
water. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center. Pre-registration
is required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Tue
13
Aug
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Join Laura Conner,
Environmental Educator, and Josh Grosse, Student Conservation
Association/AmeriCorps Environmental Educator, for a bike ride to the gorgeous
and remote Lake Awosting. Starting on Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, we'll ride
to Upper Awosting Carriage Road, which we'll follow until it ends at Lake
Awosting. From here, we'll continue along the Lake Awosting Carriage Road until
we reach the beach area, where we'll lock our bikes on a bike rack. This quiet,
rock-slab beach is surrounded by nothing but forest. Then, everyone will have
an opportunity to dip into the cool, clear lake followed by lunch at the beach.
For our return ride, we'll cruise along a short section of Castle Point
Carriage Road until we connect with Hamilton Point Carriage Road, which offers
gorgeous sweeping views of the Palmaghatt Ravine. Then, we'll ride the last
part of our journey along Millbrook Mountain and Lake Minnewaska Carriage
Roads. The total distance for the bike ride is approximately nine miles.
Participants must bring their own bikes, equipment, swim gear, towels, food and
water and they should be capable of doing this ride with minimal stops. The
Lake Awosting Swim Area has a changing area and composting toilets. Only Class
1, pedal-assist, electric bikes are allowed in the Park Preserve. Meet at the
Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center Upper Parking Lot. Pre-registration is required
by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Wed
14
Aug
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 09:30 AM - 04:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Throughout modern history, people have used
long-distance hiking as a form of leisure, exercise, personal fulfillment, and
even political protest. Join Josh Grosse, Student Conservation
Association/AmeriCorps Environmental Educator, for an all day, eight-mile hike
on a combination of gently sloping carriage roads and rugged footpaths. On this
hike, we will discuss the lives and accomplishments of a few notable
long-distance hikers, including John Burroughs, Grandma Gatewood, and Dr. John
Francis. We will begin at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center and make
our way down to the Upper Awosting Carriage Road. We will follow this until we
intercept Blueberry Run Footpath, which we will take until we reach the iconic
Castle Point. On our
return trip, we will follow Castle Point Carriage Road until we meet the
trailhead for Rainbow Falls Footpath, which will take us back to Upper Awosting
Carriage Road. This section of trail includes some moderate rock scrambling.
We will follow Upper Awosting Carriage Road back to the Visitor Center. Please
note that this hike is intended for more experienced hikers, as the footpaths
include some steep sections with tricky footing. Participants
should come prepared with appropriate clothing and sturdy footwear, and plenty
of water and food to sustain themselves. Meet at the Lake
Minnewaska Visitor Center. Pre-registration is required by calling the Lake
Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Bring along a sketchbook and any art materials you feel
comfortable carrying for a four-and-a-half mile hike along some of Minnewaska's
lesser known footpaths with Josh Grosse, Student Conservation Association/AmeriCorps Environmental
Educator. Along the way, we will discuss notable artists,
photographers, and writers who have been inspired by the Shawangunk Ridge's
myriad beauties and wonders. The scenic trails we'll follow include remnants of
an abandoned highway, a babbling stream crossing, and impressive walls of
vegetation—all of which will provide plenty of imaginative inspiration. We will
talk about basic artistic concepts like composition and color theory and do a
practice exercise or two to gain hands-on experience with these principles. Art
materials including watercolors, oil pastels, and colored pencils will be
provided by Minnewaska, as well as optional prompts for writing and
illustrating. Meet at the
Lower Parking Lot. Pre-registration is required by calling the Lake
Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Mon
19
Aug
Monday, August 19, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Join Laura Conner, Environmental Educator, for a morning stroll
and hands-on lesson about ferns. These beautiful, non-flowering plants come in
many varieties, shapes and sizes. During the program, you'll learn about the
basic characteristics of these plants and how to identify some of our more
common ferns. We'll walk up to four miles along the carriage roads in the Lake
Minnewaska area on a search for these charismatic plants, learning as we go. Pre-registration
is required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Tue
20
Aug
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 09:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Come explore the High Peter's Kill Footpath with
Laura Conner, Environmental Educator, on this approximately five-mile
hike. We'll start by walking downhill on the High Peter's Kill Footpath,
which features a variety of terrain along a cliff escarpment with numerous,
scenic viewpoints. For our return trip, we'll walk along the easy-going
Awosting Falls Carriage Road, past the beautiful and iconic Awosting Falls.
This hike does include rocky, narrow sections of trail that may be challenging
for some. Participants should bring enough water and food for the outing and
wear proper hiking shoes. Meet in the Lower Parking Area. Pre-registration
is required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Wed
21
Aug
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
For many people, nature and art go hand in hand. In this fun,
family program, we will take a look at notable artists who used beautiful
landscapes along the Shawangunk Ridge as inspiration for paintings, and other
artists who have used natural objects, like sticks and rocks, to make their own
wonderful creations. After our discussion, we will take an approximately
one-mile round trip hike on the Red Loop Footpath to reach the Peter's Kill, a
cool mountain stream that's shaded from the summer heat by a dense forest.
Here, we'll collect natural materials to make our own sculptures right along
the stream edge. Once we've shared, we'll return the natural materials to where
we found them and walk back up to where we started. This program is recommended for children between the ages of seven to
twelve years old, accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18.
Well-behaved younger siblings are always welcome. Meet at the Peter's Kill Area. Pre-registration is
required by calling the Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Wed
21
Aug
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Join Nick Martin, Park Educator, for an evening open discovery
hike along some of the carriage roads near Lake Minnewaska and through the old
golf course and orchard. During this approximately two-mile hike, we will focus
on awareness of the natural world – looking at and discussing what participants
are interested in looking at, such as trees, mosses, amphibians, birds, and
more. Part of this hike will take place on Lake Minnewaska and Upper Awosting
Carriage Roads, which are gently sloping, gravel trails. The other part of this
hike will take place on the grassy paths that wind through the old orchard and
golf course, which may be muddy or wet. Participants should come well-prepared
with enough food and water for the outing and are encouraged to wear sturdy and
waterproof boots. Participants may want to bring binoculars if they have them.
A few pairs will be available for participants to who would like to borrow
them. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center. Pre-registration is
required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Join Park
Educators in learning the fun art of papermaking. We will learn how paper is
made then make paper ourselves! While our paper dries, we'll take a short hike,
and if time and drying permit, we will paint our homemade creations. This
program is recommended for children between the ages of seven to twelve years
old, accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18. Well-behaved
younger siblings are always welcome. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor
Center. Pre-registration is required by calling the Minnewaska Visitor Center
at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Are you interested in birds or birding? Join Nick
Martin, Park Educator, for bird walks, starting at the Gardiner Library. During
this program, we will take an approximately one mile walk on the Wallkill Valley
Rail Trail and wander through Majestic Park, which can be muddy and wet,
especially after a rainfall. Participants are encouraged to wear waterproof
boots or shoes and bring binoculars and a birding field guide, or a smart
device with a field guide installed. Interested participants are welcome to
attend one or all Friday programs. The total
number of participants for this program is limited to fifteen
individuals. Meet at the Gardiner Library,
in the lower parking area. No pre-registration is required. For more
information, please contact the Gardiner Library directly at 845-255-1255 or
email Nicholas.Martin@parks.ny.gov.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 08:30 AM - 03:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Join Nick Martin, Park Educator, for
an approximately eight-mile hike and optional swim at Lake Awosting from the
site of the former Awosting Reserve. The woods road and footpaths in this area
of Minnewaska have continuous uphill sections and the total elevation gain is
around 1,400 feet, which may be challenging for some. The return trip to our
starting point will be all downhill. All participants should wear appropriate
footwear and bring enough food and water to sustain themselves for the duration
of the hike. This program may be cancelled if weather conditions justify a
change. Meet at the Aumick
Road Parking Area. Pre-registration is required by calling the Lake
Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Before
Minnewaska became a State Park Preserve, it was home to a luxurious resort,
complete with two hotels on scenic vistas, plenty of recreational activities,
and a chance to "renew your soul" within the world of natural beauty. Join Park
Educators as we take a deep dive into this rich history by looking at historic
photographs from the collection of the Library of Congress as well as reprinted
copies of promotional brochures from over one hundred years ago. We will then
take a hike around the Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road, stopping to examine
various spots where those photographs were taken and vistas that inspired the
brochure covers. Along the way, we'll also discuss ecological differences
between then and now and the positive role that the resort had in preserving
this unique place. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center. Pre-registration
is required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Tue
27
Aug
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 07:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Designed for both birding enthusiasts and those
just looking to learn the basics, this weekly series will offer outings led by
Nick Martin, Park Educator, or an experienced birding volunteer. Participants
should bring binoculars and water, and wear hiking shoes or boots. Outing
destinations will be determined the day of the program. Poor weather conditions
will trigger a program cancellation. Participants will meet at the Lake
Minnewaska entrance. Participants MUST arrive prior to the start of the
program, but no earlier than 6:30 am. The Park Preserve gates will be
locked at 7:00 am. Late arrivals will NOT be allowed in the Park
Preserve. The total number of participants for this program is limited
to twenty-five individuals. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska entrance. For
questions, please call 845-255-0752 or email Nicholas.Martin@parks.ny.gov
This program is set up on a first-come, first-served basis.
Registration: Not required
Tue
27
Aug
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Join Laura Conner, Environmental Educator, for a
three-and-a-half-mile loop hike on the Mossy Glen Footpath and Lower Awosting
Carriage Road. During the summer, lush green foliage along this narrow, shady
path gives it a peaceful, tropical feeling. This trail does have exposed roots
and rock slabs that can be slippery when wet. All participants should come well
prepared with appropriate footwear, food, and water. Meet at the Lower Parking
Area. Pre-registration is required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor
Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Wed
28
Aug
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 09:30 AM - 01:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Snakes, birds, and bears, oh my! Join SCA/AmeriCorps Environmental
Educator, Josh Grosse, and learn about the various habitats that Minnewaska
provides for these animals. This program will also include a half-mile walk to
the Beacon Hill field, where we will play a game about finding the right
resources for different animals' habitats before we return to the Nature
Center. To finish out our time together, Junior Naturalists will make their own
mini "habitat in a box" for a native animal of their choosing, using model
trees, mosses, paints, and more. This program
is recommended for children between the ages of seven to twelve years old,
accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18. Well-behaved younger
siblings are always welcome. Meet
at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center. Pre-registration is required by
calling the Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Every autumn, millions of songbirds and hawks take to the skies
as they fly south to their winter habitats. Learn where and when to look for
this amazing feat of nature during a presentation by Nick Martin, Park
Educator. After this discussion, we will go for a slow-paced walk of up to two
miles on the carriage roads near Lake Minnewaska. Participants should come
well-prepared with enough food and water to sustain themselves for the outing.
Participants are also encouraged to bring binoculars if they have them. If not,
a few pairs will be available for participants to borrow.
Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center. Pre-registration is required
by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 09:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Are you interested in birds or birding? Join Nick
Martin, Park Educator, for bird walks, starting at the Gardiner Library. During
this program, we will take an approximately one mile walk on the Wallkill
Valley Rail Trail and wander through Majestic Park, which can be muddy and wet,
especially after a rainfall. Participants are encouraged to wear waterproof
boots or shoes and bring binoculars and a birding field guide, or a smart
device with a field guide installed. Interested participants are welcome to
attend one or all Friday programs. The total
number of participants for this program is limited to fifteen
individuals. Meet at the Gardiner Library,
in the lower parking area. No pre-registration is required. For more
information, please contact the Gardiner Library directly at 845-255-1255 or
email Nicholas.Martin@parks.ny.gov
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 09:30 AM - 02:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 255-0752
Join Nick Martin, Park Educator, for
an approximately six-mile hike to Lake Awosting. Starting from the Lake
Minnewaska Visitor Center, we'll follow Lake Minnewaska Carriage Road down to
the intersection with Upper Awosting Carriage Road, which we'll walk until we
reach Blueberry Run Footpath. From here, we'll hike this trail until the
intersection with Lower Awosting Carriage Road, taking a stop at the Peter's
Kill stream along the way. From Lower Awosting, we'll hike out this trail until
we reach Lake Awosting. We'll rest along the lake edge, taking in the scenery
while we have our lunches. Once we are ready to resume, we'll continue on the
Lake Awosting Carriage Road to reach Upper Awosting Carriage Road, which we'll
follow all the way back to our starting point. The footpath section of this
hike has uneven terrain that may be wet and muddy, though the carriage road
sections are relatively easy hiking. Meet
at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center. Pre-registration is
required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
(845) 647-4611
Join Becca Howe-Parisio,
Sam's Point Environmental Educator, for a lesson on tree identification. We
will wander around the outside of the Library to look at the trees and learn
how to identify them using a field guide. We will color tree booklets that you
can take home to identify trees in your own yard. This program is recommended
for children aged six years old and up, accompanied by a parent or guardian
over the age of 18. Meet at the Cragsmoor Free Library. Pre-registration is
required by calling April Marl, Library Program Coordinator at 845-647-4611 or by
emailing April@cragsmoorfreelibrary.info.
Registration: Required
Thu
05
Sep
Thursday, September 5, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Many birds call
Minnewaska home, including impressive birds of prey and fascinating scavengers.
In this homeschool program, we will observe these important animals both up
close and from afar. We will discuss their roles in the ecosystem, from
carnivores at the top of the food chain to the vulture's equally valuable job
as nature's cleanup crew. After our lesson, we will walk up to a beautiful view
on the east side of Lake Minnewaska, where we will play a game and look for
large groups of migrating hawks and soaring vultures using binoculars. This program is recommended
for children between the ages of seven to twelve years old, accompanied by a
parent or guardian over the age of 18. Well-behaved younger siblings are always
welcome. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center. Pre-registration is
required by calling the Lake Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Thu
17
Oct
Thursday, October 17, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
As autumn is ushered in, Minnewaska's green landscape becomes
peppered with flecks of red, yellow, and orange. Excellent views of the
surrounding valleys are matched by equally amazing educational opportunities.
We will start this lesson in the Visitor Center, where each student will use a
leaf press booklet to create their own identification guide. We'll use this
tool as we take a two-to-three-mile hike along one of the Park Preserve's many
carriage roads. We will make friends with trees, getting to know them by touch,
smell, and sight. We'll also hear their story about how they grew from seed to
adult, before giving them a big hug. We will also play some leaf matching games
to try out our identification skills! This program is recommended for children between the ages of seven to
twelve years old, accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age of 18.
Well-behaved younger siblings are always welcome. Meet at the Lake Minnewaska
Visitor Center. Pre-registration is required by calling the Lake
Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Wed
06
Nov
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Minnewaska State Park Preserve
With the last of the
trees shedding their leaves, late autumn begins to feel like a time of grayness
and death. However, not everything gets the memo. Join Josh Grosse,
Student Conservation Association/Americorps Environmental Educator, as we dive
into the exceptional world of mosses, lichens, and mushrooms. We will discuss
the role of each organism in the ecosystem, and why their rebellious greenness
and growth persists into the cold months. Our discussion will be followed by an
appreciation walk, where we will look at examples of each and make close
observations using magnifying glasses. This program is recommended for children between the ages
of seven to twelve years old, accompanied by a parent or guardian over the age
of 18. Well-behaved younger siblings are always welcome. Meet at the Lake
Minnewaska Visitor Center. Pre-registration is required by calling the Lake
Minnewaska Visitor Center at 845-255-0752.
Registration: Required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Mills Norrie State Park (Margaret Lewis Norrie)
At Staatsburgh State Historic Site (Mills Mansion) on the great lawn. Rain location will be the Taconic Regional Office at 9 Old Post Rd., Staatsburg. Brought to you by Town of Hyde Park Recreation Department.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Midway State Park
Did you witness the Eclipse this year?
Come celebrate all things Space! Fact & Fiction - dress up in your favorite space themed outfit and join the staff is some out of this galaxy fun!
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Midway State Park
Today we celebrate Parents!
One parent can ride free with a paying child all day today.
All rider safety requirements apply.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Midway State Park
Balloon Art - Our balloon artist will make a special balloon just for you. Free in the rides area.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Midway State Park
Our tattoo artist will provide free airbrush temporary tattoos at the gazebo in the rides area
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Midway State Park
In the middle of the rides area at the gazebo, we'll have a DJ and a photo booth! Come record your memories of the day!
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Midway State Park
Free caricatures at the gazebo in the rides area
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Midway State Park
Free facepainting in the center of the rides area
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Midway State Park
Rides on the Little Dipper Roller Coaster are free today. All rider safety requirements apply.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Midway State Park
The UP Guys provide a great variety show with audience participation. Great, family-friendly fun!
Located at the Gazebo in the center of the rides area.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Midway State Park
The UP Guys provide a great variety show with audience participation. Great, family-friendly fun!
Located at the Gazebo in the center of the rides area.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Midway State Park
Free rides on our Helicopters Ride all day. Rider safety requirements apply.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Midway State Park
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Midway State Park
Balloon Art - Our balloon artist will make a special balloon just for you. Free in the rides area.
Registration: Not required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 11:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Midway State Park
Celebrate your inner royal self and dress up to show it today!
Come enjoy a royal time!
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Midway State Park
Our tattoo artist will provide free airbrush temporary tattoos at the gazebo in the rides area
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Midway State Park
Free caricatures at the gazebo in the rides area
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Midway State Park
The annual car show that Midway has become know for.
Hosted by the Der Kobblers Club in the event field next to the rides area.
Participants showing vehicles start arriving at 9am, the viewing show time is 11-3 pm, with awards being given at 3pm
For participation information, reach out directly to the der Kobblers: https://www.facebook.com/derkobblersclub/
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Marsha P. Johnson State Park (East River State Park)
Come check out our
classroom, outdoor reading room, and game library! Note, no open hours 7/13.
All ages!
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 01:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Marsha P. Johnson State Park (East River State Park)
Come check out our classroom, outdoor reading room, and game library! Note, no open hours 7/13. All ages!
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Macomb Reservation State Park
Join staff from the Point
Au Roche Nature center for our community campfires this summer! There will be campfire songs, stories, animal
artifacts, and a variety of camp games. Stay for s'mores after the program! All ages and abilities welcome. Meet at the toll booth near the entrance to the campground.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
This summer, the Rippleton Schoolhouse at Lorenzo invites visitors of all ages to engage with history hands-on during Sensory Saturdays. Come explore an authentic 1887 schoolhouse, try your hand at traditional games and activities, and explore the beautiful grounds.
*Admission is free*
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
This summer, the Rippleton Schoolhouse at Lorenzo invites visitors of all ages to engage with history hands-on during Sensory Saturdays. Come explore an authentic 1887 schoolhouse, try your hand at traditional games and activities, and explore the beautiful grounds.
*Admission is free*
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
This summer, the Rippleton Schoolhouse at Lorenzo invites visitors of all ages to engage with history hands-on during Sensory Saturdays. Come explore an authentic 1887 schoolhouse, try your hand at traditional games and activities, and explore the beautiful grounds.
*Admission is free*
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
Caroga Arts Collective, founded and directed by cellist Kyle Price, will return to our front lawn for a second year. Comprised of top professional musicians from around the country, performers may include School of Music faculty, and members of America's leading orchestras and chamber groups. Last year's playlist included Mendelson, Gershwin, Oscar Peterson, Taylor Swift, and the Eagles! Bring your own seating and picnic.
*Admission is free*
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
This summer, the Rippleton Schoolhouse at Lorenzo invites visitors of all ages to engage with history hands-on during Sensory Saturdays. Come explore an authentic 1887 schoolhouse, try your hand at traditional games and activities, and explore the beautiful grounds.
*Admission is free*
Registration: Not required
Sun
08
Sep
Sunday, September 8, 2024 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
At 9:00AM join LCH for the annual Parade of Hounds through Cazenovia. Signifying the start of the official "hunt" season, it begins at the village green on Emory Ave., next to Sullivan and Albany Streets, around the corner by the Brae Loch and on to Lorenzo. Following the parade there will be the traditional Blessing of the Hounds on the front lawn of Lorenzo (approximately 9:30AM)
*Admission is free*
Registration: Not required
Sun
15
Sep
Sunday, September 15, 2024 02:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
Join art historian Elisabeth Genter Montevecchio for a free 45-minute tour highlighting Lorenzo's amazing fine art collection including works by Sanford Gifford, Edward Moran, Jasper Cropsey, Dwight Williams, and 17th century Dutch Masters. Reservations required, as space is limited. Call 315-655-3200, ext. 106 or email: jacqueline.roshia@parks.ny.gov
*Admission to the program is free*
Registration: Not required
Sun
22
Sep
Sunday, September 22, 2024 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
Since relocating to the Lorenzo grounds in 1997, the Rippleton Schoolhouse has served as a place to "live history." Hundreds of Central New York pupils attend classes in our restored one-room schoolhouse each year. Since 2002, the Friends of Lorenzo have hosted this annual event welcoming "kids of all ages" to participate in period games, enjoy live music, refreshments, horse-drawn wagon rides, fall crafts, and more! For more information call 315-655-3200 or visit https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/lorenzo/details/aspx
*Admission to the event is free*
Registration: Not required
Wed
04
Dec
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
The Friends of Lorenzo will showcase the bedecked Mansion at their annual Preview Party as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Christmas at Lorenzo! For the anniversary we will be revisiting the past, with each room decorated in a previous year's theme. Members and their guests are treated to a special evening of live music and seasonal delights! To purchase tickets or become a member, visit https://www.friendsoflorenzo.org/
Registration: Not required
Tue
10
Dec
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 until Friday, December 13, 2024 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
Join us for a traditional tour of the Mansion and holiday decorations. This year is the 50th Anniversary of Christmas at Lorenzo and for the occasion we will be revisiting the past, with each room decorated in a previous year's theme! Private group tours of 8 or more may also be scheduled through the end of December by calling (315)655-3200, ext. 106.
*Holiday admission: $6 per person; $2 per child, ages 12 and under*
Registration: Not required
Thu
12
Dec
Thursday, December 12, 2024 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
This year is the 50th Anniversary of Christmas at Lorenzo and for the occasion we will be revisiting the past, with each room decorated in a previous year's theme! With support from the Friends of Lorenzo, this annual holiday celebration will feature a tour of the decorated mansion, refreshments, live music, and horse-drawn sleigh/wagon rides. In addition, on Saturday and Sunday, holiday crafts for "kids of all ages" will be featured at the Rippleton Schoolhouse.
*Holiday admission: $6 per person; $2 per child, ages 12 and under*
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Dec
Friday, December 13, 2024 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
This year is the 50th Anniversary of Christmas at Lorenzo and for the occasion we will be revisiting the past, with each room decorated in a previous year's theme! With support from the Friends of Lorenzo, this annual holiday celebration will feature a tour of the decorated mansion, refreshments, live music, and horse-drawn sleigh/wagon rides. In addition, on Saturday and Sunday, holiday crafts for "kids of all ages" will be featured at the Rippleton Schoolhouse.
*Holiday admission: $6 per person; $2 per child, ages 12 and under*
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Dec
Saturday, December 14, 2024 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
This year is the 50th Anniversary of Christmas at Lorenzo and for the occasion we will be revisiting the past, with each room decorated in a previous year's theme! With support from the Friends of Lorenzo, this annual holiday celebration will feature a tour of the decorated mansion, refreshments, live music, and horse-drawn sleigh/wagon rides. In addition, on Saturday and Sunday, holiday crafts for "kids of all ages" will be featured at the Rippleton Schoolhouse.
*Holiday admission: $6 per person; $2 per child, ages 12 and under*
Registration: Not required
Sun
15
Dec
Sunday, December 15, 2024 01:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Lorenzo State Historic Site
This year is the 50th Anniversary of Christmas at Lorenzo and for the occasion we will be revisiting the past, with each room decorated in a previous year's theme! With support from the Friends of Lorenzo, this annual holiday celebration will feature a tour of the decorated mansion, refreshments, live music, and horse-drawn sleigh/wagon rides. In addition, on Saturday and Sunday, holiday crafts for "kids of all ages" will be featured at the Rippleton Schoolhouse.
*Holiday admission: $6 per person; $2 per child, ages 12 and under*
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua
Let's explore Long Point
State Park on this fun, educational guided walk with a park educator. Learn more about the ferns, flowers and birds
that will be found along the trail. Meet at the trailhead to the point.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua
(716) 386-2722
Meet at the Long Point on Lake Chautauqua Beach. The free program is for non-swimmers and beginning swimmers.
Please call the park at 716-386-2722 or email longpointwny@parks.ny.gov to register.
Meets 9:30-10:30 am on 3 dates: 7/25, 7/28, 7/29
Registration: Required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Long Point State Park on Lake Chautauqua
(716) 386-2722
Meet at the Long Point on Lake Chautauqua Beach. The free program is for non-swimmers and beginning swimmers.
Please call the park at 716-386-2722 or email longpointwny@parks.ny.gov to register.
Meets 9:30-10:30 am on 3 dates: 7/25, 7/28, 7/29
Registration: Required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Ever wonder why the river is that color? What pollinators
get out of the flowers? Why that plant is poisonous? How plants get nutrients
from the soil? Come to the Chemistry of Nature walk to find out! 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Humphrey Nature Center. Letchworth State Park educator Theo Berenson gives us
a look at the small things swimming in our waterways. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Hike more than 130 steps to feel the spray of Lower
Falls, stand on the stone footbridge, and learn why the falls are naturally
eroding much faster than Middle or Upper Falls. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Lower Falls Restaurant. Search for crayfish of the Genesee River, learn about
these important animals. Waterproof walking shoes recommended. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of the
1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people with
epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural tools and
family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear where to
learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 until Monday, September 30, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Celebrate the world-famous phenomenon of monarch butterfly
migration with detailed hand-built displays. See live caterpillars in the
nursery in late August into September.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever
attempted was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90
miles through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Humphrey Nature Center. The "Indian Chief" of Middle Falls, fishers screaming in the
night, Mary Jemison's land deal, the "Torture Tree" of Little Beard's
Town...Conrad Baker tells these popular, important stories, points to where they
stray from history, and advocates that they should be preserved.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Wolf Creek parking area. Delve into this lesser-known waterfall ravine,
remembering the wolves that once denned here.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Archery Field Overlook. Feel the complex adaptations animals use to survive
harsh winters and tough food in the Genesee Valley.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Upper Falls picnic area. Feel the rumble and spray of two powerful Genesee
River waterfalls. See historic photos taken from these famous overlooks,
showing landscapes and railroad bridges of the past.
Registration: Not required
Mon
05
Aug
Monday, August 5, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear its
wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural tools and
family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear where to
learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Mount Morris Dam. Use your observation skills and join the I BIRD NY
Challenge by identifying any 10 bird species of your choosing in New York
State. All participants will be awarded a commemorative patch, given a
completion certificate, and entered into a drawing for great birding prizes
when challenge sheets are submitted to birdingchallenge@dec.ny.gov.
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 08:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. In a less familiar realm of sights and sounds, experience
the changing colors and moods in the blending zone of dawn or dusk. 2 miles.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Great Bend Overlook. Learn about the canyon raptors of Letchworth State
Park. Information table with displays.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah (Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Humphrey Nature Center. Steve Tulowiecki gives a detailed tour of this new
resource that includes over 100 pages of maps that shine new light on the
nature, history, and tourism of the park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Council Grounds. Explore the blocks planted along the Erie Railroad.
1.5 miles.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Middle Falls. Step through the veil of lore, shine a light on tales of the
Genesee Valley...ghost deer of the
falls, the railroad bridge fire "conspiracy," Mary Jemison's
legendary land purchase negotiation, the Torture Tree...and more. Will take
rustic stone steps to Mary Jemison's grave site. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Hike more than 130 steps to feel the spray of Lower Falls,
stand on the stone footbridge, and learn why the falls are naturally eroding
much faster than Middle or Upper Falls. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Mon
12
Aug
Monday, August 12, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Mon
12
Aug
Monday, August 12, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
13
Aug
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
14
Aug
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Meet Osistah, our Black Rat Snake, to better learn
about these often-misunderstood creatures. We may even dispel a myth or two!
Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Accomplished naturalist Wayne Gall takes a deep dive into a
specific type of precious wetland found in the park and the surprising
diversity of life it supports. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Upper Falls picnic area. Feel the rumble and spray of two powerful Genesee River waterfalls. See historic photos taken from these famous overlooks, showing landscapes and railroad bridges of the past.
Registration: Not required
Mon
19
Aug
Monday, August 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of the
1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people with
epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Mon
19
Aug
Monday, August 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Lower Falls Restaurant. Visit Lee's Landing in the glow of the Blue Moon.
Registration: Not required
Tue
20
Aug
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear its
wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
21
Aug
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Humphrey Nature Center. Kieran Kelley gives a masterclass in a popular and
useful online tool that can make your observations useful to scientists around
the world.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at campground registration building, across the
street from 7957 Schenck Road, Perry, NY. Part of a new series of nature walks aimed to immerse
participants into the diversity of habitats that can be found in Letchworth
State Park. Silver Lake flows into the Genesee River, forming a quiet ravine
and a hidden waterfall.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Mon
26
Aug
Monday, August 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
27
Aug
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
28
Aug
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds. 0.5 mile.
Registration: Not required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Explore around the Humphrey Nature Center to complete
our nature themed scavenger hunt and win a prize! 0.5 mile.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Mount Morris Dam overlook just south of 2640 Park
Road, Mount Morris, NY. Get the inside scoop on why it looks like there's no
river at the dam, what all those big dark birds are circling around, and how
the Genesee River formed the canyons of Letchworth State Park.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Letchworth State Park educator Mike Landowski
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Council Grounds Parking area. Learn about the history of the parks' Council Grounds.
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Upper Falls trestle parking area. Hear how these falls transformed from industrialized
lumbermill to America's best state park. See historic photos of all three
bridges that stood over Upper Falls.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 12:30 AM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Archery Field Overlook. Learn how the Genesee River carved the park's canyons.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Geology, history, and nature lore are the subjects of
a walk into the changing path of the Lower Falls. Lots of steps and muddy
spots.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Walk the same country estate grounds as Mr. Letchworth
and see his life's work in action, with historic photos.
Registration: Not required
Tue
03
Sep
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
03
Sep
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
04
Sep
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
05
Sep
Thursday, September 5, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Hunt for caterpillars, then get behind the scenes of
caterpillar raising and butterfly tagging. If there are adult butterflies ready
for release, help attach their ID tags and send them on their way to Mexico.
Registration: Not required
Thu
05
Sep
Thursday, September 5, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
06
Sep
Friday, September 6, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an industrial
zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's best state
park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sun
08
Sep
Sunday, September 8, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds.
Registration: Not required
Mon
09
Sep
Monday, September 9, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. The Knee-High Naturalists program is designed to allow
children ages 3 – 6 (must be
accompanied by an adult) to explore the natural world.
Themes change with each program, and
activities may include storybook reading, crafts, or a short
nature walk.
Registration: Not required
Mon
09
Sep
Monday, September 9, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
10
Sep
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Hunt for caterpillars, then get behind the scenes of caterpillar raising and butterfly tagging. Get the inside scoop on how metamorphosis actually works. If there are adult butterflies ready for release, help attach their ID tags and send them on their way to Mexico.
Registration: Not required
Tue
10
Sep
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
11
Sep
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
12
Sep
Thursday, September 12, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Sep
Friday, September 13, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Sep
Friday, September 13, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Sep
Friday, September 13, 2024 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Parade Grounds parking area, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. Enjoy the tranquility of the Tupelo Oxbow as we discuss
nature's engineers, the American
Beaver. Patient onlookers may even be treated to glimpses of
the oxbow's resident beaver.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Learn about the ever-changing woods in the Letchworth
Arboretum.
Registration: Not required
Mon
16
Sep
Monday, September 16, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
17
Sep
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
17
Sep
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
17
Sep
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Archery Field Overlook. Hike along the rim of the Great Bend Gorge.
Registration: Not required
Wed
18
Sep
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
19
Sep
Thursday, September 19, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Trout Pond. Use your observation skills and join the I BIRD NY Challenge
by identifying any 10 bird species of your choosing in New York State. All
participants will be awarded a commemorative patch, given a completion
certificate, and entered into a drawing for great birding prizes when challenge
sheets are submitted to birdingchallenge@dec.ny.gov.
Registration: Not required
Thu
19
Sep
Thursday, September 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
20
Sep
Friday, September 20, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
20
Sep
Friday, September 20, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Parade Grounds parking area, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. Special educational gathering by the Rochester Area
Mycological Society. A morning foray followed by a public display of the
mushrooms in the afternoon.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Buried Barrel Hard Cider in Castile, NY. Hear stories, folklore, and true legends of Letchworth State
Park and the Genesee Valley from the cidery within sight of the park's Castile
entrance. Meet at Buried Barrel Hard Cider, 6517 Denton Corners Road, Castile,
NY.
Registration: Not required
Mon
23
Sep
Monday, September 23, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Letchworth State Park
The Knee-High Naturalists program is designed to allow
children ages 3 – 6 (must be
accompanied by an adult) to explore the natural world.
Themes change with each program, and
activities may include storybook reading, crafts, or a short
nature walk.
Registration: Not required
Mon
23
Sep
Monday, September 23, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
24
Sep
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
24
Sep
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
25
Sep
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
26
Sep
Thursday, September 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Hunt for caterpillars, then get behind the scenes of
caterpillar raising and butterfly tagging.
Get the inside scoop on how metamorphosis actually works. If
there are adult butterflies ready for release, help attach their ID tags and send
them on their way to Mexico. Hear how you can help monarch butterflies succeed
on their endangered migration.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at Parade Grounds parking lot, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. A new series of nature walks aimed to immerse
participants into the diversity of habitats that can be found in Letchworth
State Park.
Registration: Not required
Mon
30
Sep
Monday, September 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Letchworth State Park
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 02:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Lakeside State Park
Events taking place throughout the park. Call (585) 682-4888
for more information (events concluding at 10:00 pm).
Registration: Not required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Lakeside State Park
There is more than meets the eye and many misconceptions
about mammals. Discover secrets about these fantastic furbearers on a guided
walk through the woods. Meet at Day-use side picnic shelter.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Lake Taghkanic State Park
The Mid-Hudson Astronomical Association hosts a monthly stargazing party in the West Beach parking lot. Bring your own telescopes and binoculars or use those provided by our members. You will be asked to provide your license plate number and make/model car, so Park Management and Police have a record of who will be in park after hours. More info at https://www.meetup.com/mhastro/events/275468188/. Registration: RSVP is required at least one day beforehand.
Registration: Required
Wed
21
Aug
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Knox Farm State Park
Birds of a feather flock together! Enjoy a casual bird walk
to observe our feathered friends. All levels and birding beginners are welcome,
Binoculars are not necessary but encouraged. Registration Required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Knox Farm State Park
Enjoy a leisurely walk with your dog and a Park Naturalist.
It is not necessary to have a dog to participate, however, all dogs in
attendance must be up-to-date on immunizations, leashed, and under control. Registration
required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Jones Beach State Park
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced that New York State will provide free Learn-to-Swim programs. Enrollment for the Learn-to-Swim program for children is open at all participating New York State parks. Participants' parents are asked to sign up ahead of time as space is limited and expected to fill up quickly. Each swim program is 30 minutes in duration and participants who enroll and attend at least 3 lessons will receive a New York State Parks swag bag. Please note participants should park on the West side of the Field 4 parking lot and must pay the $10 parking fee. The Learn-to-Swim Program incorporates guidelines set forth by the American Red Cross to teach swimming and water safety skills. Our morning Learn-to-Swim Program is for children ages 3 through 15, at Jones Beach State Park. It is encouraged that participants bring their own goggles and a swim cap. Times: 8am-8:30am = Level 1 & Level 3 8:45am-9:15am = Level 2 9:30am-10am = Parent and Child 9:30am-10am = Pre-K. Adult Swim ONLY Dates: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 August 6, 13 (Tuesdays) 7:00PM - 7:45PM. Register at https://bookwhen.com/learntoswimli.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 07:00 PM - 07:45 PM
Jones Beach State Park
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced that New York State will provide free Learn-to-Swim programs. Enrollment for the Learn-to-Swim program for children is open at all participating New York State parks. Participants' parents are asked to sign up ahead of time as space is limited and expected to fill up quickly. Each swim program is 30 minutes in duration and participants who enroll and attend at least 3 lessons will receive a New York State Parks swag bag. Please note participants should park on the West side of the Field 4 parking lot and must pay the $10 parking fee. The Learn-to-Swim Program incorporates guidelines set forth by the American Red Cross to teach swimming and water safety skills. Our morning Learn-to-Swim Program is for children ages 3 through 15, at Jones Beach State Park. It is encouraged that participants bring their own goggles and a swim cap. Times: 8am-8:30am = Level 1 & Level 3 8:45am-9:15am = Level 2 9:30am-10am = Parent and Child 9:30am-10am = Pre-K. Adult Swim ONLY Dates: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 August 6, 13 (Tuesdays) 7:00PM - 7:45PM. Register at https://bookwhen.com/learntoswimli.
Registration: Required
Mon
05
Aug
Monday, August 5, 2024 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Jones Beach State Park
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced that New York State will provide free Learn-to-Swim programs. Enrollment for the Learn-to-Swim program for children is open at all participating New York State parks. Participants' parents are asked to sign up ahead of time as space is limited and expected to fill up quickly. Each swim program is 30 minutes in duration and participants who enroll and attend at least 3 lessons will receive a New York State Parks swag bag. Please note participants should park on the West side of the Field 4 parking lot and must pay the $10 parking fee. The Learn-to-Swim Program incorporates guidelines set forth by the American Red Cross to teach swimming and water safety skills. Our morning Learn-to-Swim Program is for children ages 3 through 15, at Jones Beach State Park. It is encouraged that participants bring their own goggles and a swim cap. Times: 8am-8:30am = Level 1 & Level 3 8:45am-9:15am = Level 2 9:30am-10am = Parent and Child 9:30am-10am = Pre-K. Adult Swim ONLY Dates: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 August 6, 13 (Tuesdays) 7:00PM - 7:45PM. Register at https://bookwhen.com/learntoswimli.
Registration: Required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 07:00 PM - 07:45 PM
Jones Beach State Park
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced that New York State will provide free Learn-to-Swim programs. Enrollment for the Learn-to-Swim program for children is open at all participating New York State parks. Participants' parents are asked to sign up ahead of time as space is limited and expected to fill up quickly. Each swim program is 30 minutes in duration and participants who enroll and attend at least 3 lessons will receive a New York State Parks swag bag. Please note participants should park on the West side of the Field 4 parking lot and must pay the $10 parking fee. The Learn-to-Swim Program incorporates guidelines set forth by the American Red Cross to teach swimming and water safety skills. Our morning Learn-to-Swim Program is for children ages 3 through 15, at Jones Beach State Park. It is encouraged that participants bring their own goggles and a swim cap. Times: 8am-8:30am = Level 1 & Level 3 8:45am-9:15am = Level 2 9:30am-10am = Parent and Child 9:30am-10am = Pre-K. Adult Swim ONLY Dates: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 August 6, 13 (Tuesdays) 7:00PM - 7:45PM. Register at https://bookwhen.com/learntoswimli.
Registration: Required
Mon
12
Aug
Monday, August 12, 2024 08:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Jones Beach State Park
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced that New York State will provide free Learn-to-Swim programs. Enrollment for the Learn-to-Swim program for children is open at all participating New York State parks. Participants' parents are asked to sign up ahead of time as space is limited and expected to fill up quickly. Each swim program is 30 minutes in duration and participants who enroll and attend at least 3 lessons will receive a New York State Parks swag bag. Please note participants should park on the West side of the Field 4 parking lot and must pay the $10 parking fee. The Learn-to-Swim Program incorporates guidelines set forth by the American Red Cross to teach swimming and water safety skills. Our morning Learn-to-Swim Program is for children ages 3 through 15, at Jones Beach State Park. It is encouraged that participants bring their own goggles and a swim cap. Times: 8am-8:30am = Level 1 & Level 3 8:45am-9:15am = Level 2 9:30am-10am = Parent and Child 9:30am-10am = Pre-K. Adult Swim ONLY Dates: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 August 6, 13 (Tuesdays) 7:00PM - 7:45PM. Register at https://bookwhen.com/learntoswimli.
Registration: Required
Tue
13
Aug
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 07:00 PM - 07:45 PM
Jones Beach State Park
The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (State Parks) announced that New York State will provide free Learn-to-Swim programs. Enrollment for the Learn-to-Swim program for children is open at all participating New York State parks. Participants' parents are asked to sign up ahead of time as space is limited and expected to fill up quickly. Each swim program is 30 minutes in duration and participants who enroll and attend at least 3 lessons will receive a New York State Parks swag bag. Please note participants should park on the West side of the Field 4 parking lot and must pay the $10 parking fee. The Learn-to-Swim Program incorporates guidelines set forth by the American Red Cross to teach swimming and water safety skills. Our morning Learn-to-Swim Program is for children ages 3 through 15, at Jones Beach State Park. It is encouraged that participants bring their own goggles and a swim cap. Times: 8am-8:30am = Level 1 & Level 3 8:45am-9:15am = Level 2 9:30am-10am = Parent and Child 9:30am-10am = Pre-K. Adult Swim ONLY Dates: July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 August 6, 13 (Tuesdays) 7:00PM - 7:45PM. Register at https://bookwhen.com/learntoswimli.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Join Sarah Wassberg-Johnson, food historian and Education and Programs Manager at Phillipse Manor Hall SHS, on a hands-on journey about the history of food. What did people eat 250 years ago? Where did the food come from? What types of tools did they use in the kitchen? Sarah will answer these questions and more during this family-friendly two-hour program. We hope you can join us!
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
05
Oct
Saturday, October 5, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
12
Oct
Saturday, October 12, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
19
Oct
Saturday, October 19, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Sat
26
Oct
Saturday, October 26, 2024
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
Friends of John Jay Homestead host a weekly outdoor, certified market which provides the finest New York-grown, fresh and seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, breads, specialty items and more on a historic farm setting. Customers can expect to find certified organic and biodynamic produce, ethically raised, organic meat and eggs, as well as a wide variety of artisan food items with dozens of weekly vendors. While at John Jay Homestead, patrons can also enjoy a walk, sight see, and explore flower, herb, and vegetable gardens or picnic on the historic grounds of John Jay Homestead.The Farm Market is open from 9:30am to 2:00pm for the general public, while members of Friends of John Jay Homestead are offered the Members Only First Pick from 9:00am to 9:30am.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 10:00 AM - 04:30 PM
John Brown Farm State Historic Site
Interact
with Civil War Re-enactors and see what life was like for Civil War Soldiers.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 09:30 AM - 04:00 PM
John Brown Farm State Historic Site
The Adirondack Family Book Festival brings together beloved
children's and YA authors and illustrators to meet their readers of all ages,
read aloud, and talk about their work. Hands-on art making and discovery
are also planned. The event is free and open to all.
Join
us for a celebration of community, diversity, and storytelling in the beautiful
Adirondack mountains! adirondackfamilybookfestival.wordpress.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Come and discover the award-winning Jay Estate Gardens this spring! The gardens will be open to the public two days a week. Enjoy docent-led experiences or follow a self-guided tour following our QR code signs. Drop in for a lesson, talks, and workshops led by JHC's Director of Horticulture and Garden Education, Lucia Maestro and special guest speakers. Please visit our website or email Lucia for more information: hortdirector.JHC@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 02:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Travel back in time as you experience the 1838 Jay Mansion! Our docent-led tours share the stories of the many eras of the Jay Mansion and give you a behind-the-scenes look at our extensive restoration process. No reservation necessary. Please visit our website or email Meredith Slater: mslater.jhc@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Our gardens are magnificent during the summer months! Enjoy Japanese anemone, sunflowers and cone flowers. Spend a morning by our calming reflecting pool or wander through our new Japanese Cherry tree allée. Two days a week you can enjoy docent-led experiences or follow a self-guided tour following our QR code signs. Drop in for a lesson, talks, and workshops led by JHC's Director of Horticulture and Garden Education, Lucia Maestro and special guest speakers. Please visit our website or email Lucia for more information: hortdirector.JHC@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Our gardens are magnificent during the summer months! Enjoy Japanese anemone, sunflowers and cone flowers. Spend a morning by our calming reflecting pool or wander through our new Japanese Cherry tree allée. Two days a week you can enjoy docent-led experiences or follow a self-guided tour following our QR code signs. Drop in for a lesson, talks, and workshops led by JHC's Director of Horticulture and Garden Education, Lucia Maestro and special guest speakers. Please visit our website or email Lucia for more information: hortdirector.JHC@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Our gardens are magnificent during the summer months! Enjoy Japanese anemone, sunflowers and cone flowers. Spend a morning by our calming reflecting pool or wander through our new Japanese Cherry tree allée. Two days a week you can enjoy docent-led experiences or follow a self-guided tour following our QR code signs. Drop in for a lesson, talks, and workshops led by JHC's Director of Horticulture and Garden Education, Lucia Maestro and special guest speakers. Please visit our website or email Lucia for more information: hortdirector.JHC@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Our gardens are magnificent during the summer months! Enjoy Japanese anemone, sunflowers and cone flowers. Spend a morning by our calming reflecting pool or wander through our new Japanese Cherry tree allée. Two days a week you can enjoy docent-led experiences or follow a self-guided tour following our QR code signs. Drop in for a lesson, talks, and workshops led by JHC's Director of Horticulture and Garden Education, Lucia Maestro and special guest speakers. Please visit our website or email Lucia for more information: hortdirector.JHC@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Our gardens are magnificent during the summer months! Enjoy Japanese anemone, sunflowers and cone flowers. Spend a morning by our calming reflecting pool or wander through our new Japanese Cherry tree allée. Two days a week you can enjoy docent-led experiences or follow a self-guided tour following our QR code signs. Drop in for a lesson, talks, and workshops led by JHC's Director of Horticulture and Garden Education, Lucia Maestro and special guest speakers. Please visit our website or email Lucia for more information: hortdirector.JHC@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Our gardens are magnificent during the summer months! Enjoy Japanese anemone, sunflowers and cone flowers. Spend a morning by our calming reflecting pool or wander through our new Japanese Cherry tree allée. Two days a week you can enjoy docent-led experiences or follow a self-guided tour following our QR code signs. Drop in for a lesson, talks, and workshops led by JHC's Director of Horticulture and Garden Education, Lucia Maestro and special guest speakers. Please visit our website or email Lucia for more information: hortdirector.JHC@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Our gardens are magnificent during the summer months! Enjoy Japanese anemone, sunflowers and cone flowers. Spend a morning by our calming reflecting pool or wander through our new Japanese Cherry tree allée. Two days a week you can enjoy docent-led experiences or follow a self-guided tour following our QR code signs. Drop in for a lesson, talks, and workshops led by JHC's Director of Horticulture and Garden Education, Lucia Maestro and special guest speakers. Please visit our website or email Lucia for more information: hortdirector.JHC@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Our gardens are magnificent during the summer months! Enjoy Japanese anemone, sunflowers and cone flowers. Spend a morning by our calming reflecting pool or wander through our new Japanese Cherry tree allée. Two days a week you can enjoy docent-led experiences or follow a self-guided tour following our QR code signs. Drop in for a lesson, talks, and workshops led by JHC's Director of Horticulture and Garden Education, Lucia Maestro and special guest speakers. Please visit our website or email Lucia for more information: hortdirector.JHC@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Jay Heritage Center
Please join us for an important workshop about protecting native species and pollinators. Native species are best suited for the weather and soil conditions of any given area and they attract insects and wildlife. Learn how to create your own native garden at home, and learn about some of those native species on display in the Jay Gardens. Hands-on practice workshop open to all ages.
Registration: Not required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Jay Heritage Center
Our gardens are magnificent during the summer months! Enjoy Japanese anemone, sunflowers and cone flowers. Spend a morning by our calming reflecting pool or wander through our new Japanese Cherry tree allée. Two days a week you can enjoy docent-led experiences or follow a self-guided tour following our QR code signs. Drop in for a lesson, talks, and workshops led by JHC's Director of Horticulture and Garden Education, Lucia Maestro and special guest speakers. Please visit our website or email Lucia for more information: hortdirector.JHC@gmail.com.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Ever wonder why the river is that color? What pollinators
get out of the flowers? Why that plant is poisonous? How plants get nutrients
from the soil? Come to the Chemistry of Nature walk to find out! 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Humphrey Nature Center. Letchworth State Park educator Theo Berenson gives us
a look at the small things swimming in our waterways. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Hike more than 130 steps to feel the spray of Lower
Falls, stand on the stone footbridge, and learn why the falls are naturally
eroding much faster than Middle or Upper Falls. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Lower Falls Restaurant. Search for crayfish of the Genesee River, learn about
these important animals. Waterproof walking shoes recommended. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of the
1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people with
epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural tools and
family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear where to
learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 03:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 until Monday, September 30, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Celebrate the world-famous phenomenon of monarch butterfly
migration with detailed hand-built displays. See live caterpillars in the
nursery in late August into September.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever
attempted was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90
miles through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Humphrey Nature Center. The "Indian Chief" of Middle Falls, fishers screaming in the
night, Mary Jemison's land deal, the "Torture Tree" of Little Beard's
Town...Conrad Baker tells these popular, important stories, points to where they
stray from history, and advocates that they should be preserved.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Wolf Creek parking area. Delve into this lesser-known waterfall ravine,
remembering the wolves that once denned here.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Archery Field Overlook. Feel the complex adaptations animals use to survive
harsh winters and tough food in the Genesee Valley.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Upper Falls picnic area. Feel the rumble and spray of two powerful Genesee
River waterfalls. See historic photos taken from these famous overlooks,
showing landscapes and railroad bridges of the past.
Registration: Not required
Mon
05
Aug
Monday, August 5, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear its
wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural tools and
family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear where to
learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Mount Morris Dam. Use your observation skills and join the I BIRD NY
Challenge by identifying any 10 bird species of your choosing in New York
State. All participants will be awarded a commemorative patch, given a
completion certificate, and entered into a drawing for great birding prizes
when challenge sheets are submitted to birdingchallenge@dec.ny.gov.
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 08:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. In a less familiar realm of sights and sounds, experience
the changing colors and moods in the blending zone of dawn or dusk. 2 miles.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Great Bend Overlook. Learn about the canyon raptors of Letchworth State
Park. Information table with displays.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah (Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Humphrey Nature Center. Steve Tulowiecki gives a detailed tour of this new
resource that includes over 100 pages of maps that shine new light on the
nature, history, and tourism of the park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Council Grounds. Explore the blocks planted along the Erie Railroad.
1.5 miles.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Middle Falls. Step through the veil of lore, shine a light on tales of the
Genesee Valley...ghost deer of the
falls, the railroad bridge fire "conspiracy," Mary Jemison's
legendary land purchase negotiation, the Torture Tree...and more. Will take
rustic stone steps to Mary Jemison's grave site. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Hike more than 130 steps to feel the spray of Lower Falls,
stand on the stone footbridge, and learn why the falls are naturally eroding
much faster than Middle or Upper Falls. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Mon
12
Aug
Monday, August 12, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Mon
12
Aug
Monday, August 12, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
13
Aug
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
14
Aug
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Meet Osistah, our Black Rat Snake, to better learn
about these often-misunderstood creatures. We may even dispel a myth or two!
Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Accomplished naturalist Wayne Gall takes a deep dive into a
specific type of precious wetland found in the park and the surprising
diversity of life it supports. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Upper Falls picnic area. Feel the rumble and spray of two powerful Genesee River waterfalls. See historic photos taken from these famous overlooks, showing landscapes and railroad bridges of the past.
Registration: Not required
Mon
19
Aug
Monday, August 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of the
1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people with
epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Mon
19
Aug
Monday, August 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Lower Falls Restaurant. Visit Lee's Landing in the glow of the Blue Moon.
Registration: Not required
Tue
20
Aug
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear its
wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
21
Aug
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Humphrey Nature Center. Kieran Kelley gives a masterclass in a popular and
useful online tool that can make your observations useful to scientists around
the world.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at campground registration building, across the
street from 7957 Schenck Road, Perry, NY. Part of a new series of nature walks aimed to immerse
participants into the diversity of habitats that can be found in Letchworth
State Park. Silver Lake flows into the Genesee River, forming a quiet ravine
and a hidden waterfall.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Sun
25
Aug
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Mon
26
Aug
Monday, August 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
27
Aug
Tuesday, August 27, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
28
Aug
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds. 0.5 mile.
Registration: Not required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Explore around the Humphrey Nature Center to complete
our nature themed scavenger hunt and win a prize! 0.5 mile.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Mount Morris Dam overlook just south of 2640 Park
Road, Mount Morris, NY. Get the inside scoop on why it looks like there's no
river at the dam, what all those big dark birds are circling around, and how
the Genesee River formed the canyons of Letchworth State Park.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Letchworth State Park educator Mike Landowski
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Council Grounds Parking area. Learn about the history of the parks' Council Grounds.
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Upper Falls trestle parking area. Hear how these falls transformed from industrialized
lumbermill to America's best state park. See historic photos of all three
bridges that stood over Upper Falls.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 12:30 AM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Archery Field Overlook. Learn how the Genesee River carved the park's canyons.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Geology, history, and nature lore are the subjects of
a walk into the changing path of the Lower Falls. Lots of steps and muddy
spots.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Walk the same country estate grounds as Mr. Letchworth
and see his life's work in action, with historic photos.
Registration: Not required
Mon
02
Sep
Monday, September 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
03
Sep
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
03
Sep
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
04
Sep
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
05
Sep
Thursday, September 5, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Hunt for caterpillars, then get behind the scenes of
caterpillar raising and butterfly tagging. If there are adult butterflies ready
for release, help attach their ID tags and send them on their way to Mexico.
Registration: Not required
Thu
05
Sep
Thursday, September 5, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
06
Sep
Friday, September 6, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an industrial
zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's best state
park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sun
08
Sep
Sunday, September 8, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds.
Registration: Not required
Mon
09
Sep
Monday, September 9, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. The Knee-High Naturalists program is designed to allow
children ages 3 – 6 (must be
accompanied by an adult) to explore the natural world.
Themes change with each program, and
activities may include storybook reading, crafts, or a short
nature walk.
Registration: Not required
Mon
09
Sep
Monday, September 9, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
10
Sep
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Hunt for caterpillars, then get behind the scenes of caterpillar raising and butterfly tagging. Get the inside scoop on how metamorphosis actually works. If there are adult butterflies ready for release, help attach their ID tags and send them on their way to Mexico.
Registration: Not required
Tue
10
Sep
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
11
Sep
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
12
Sep
Thursday, September 12, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Sep
Friday, September 13, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Sep
Friday, September 13, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Sep
Friday, September 13, 2024 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Parade Grounds parking area, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. Enjoy the tranquility of the Tupelo Oxbow as we discuss
nature's engineers, the American
Beaver. Patient onlookers may even be treated to glimpses of
the oxbow's resident beaver.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Learn about the ever-changing woods in the Letchworth
Arboretum.
Registration: Not required
Mon
16
Sep
Monday, September 16, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
17
Sep
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
17
Sep
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
17
Sep
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Archery Field Overlook. Hike along the rim of the Great Bend Gorge.
Registration: Not required
Wed
18
Sep
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
19
Sep
Thursday, September 19, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Trout Pond. Use your observation skills and join the I BIRD NY Challenge
by identifying any 10 bird species of your choosing in New York State. All
participants will be awarded a commemorative patch, given a completion
certificate, and entered into a drawing for great birding prizes when challenge
sheets are submitted to birdingchallenge@dec.ny.gov.
Registration: Not required
Thu
19
Sep
Thursday, September 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
20
Sep
Friday, September 20, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
20
Sep
Friday, September 20, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Parade Grounds parking area, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. Special educational gathering by the Rochester Area
Mycological Society. A morning foray followed by a public display of the
mushrooms in the afternoon.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Buried Barrel Hard Cider in Castile, NY. Hear stories, folklore, and true legends of Letchworth State
Park and the Genesee Valley from the cidery within sight of the park's Castile
entrance. Meet at Buried Barrel Hard Cider, 6517 Denton Corners Road, Castile,
NY.
Registration: Not required
Mon
23
Sep
Monday, September 23, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
The Knee-High Naturalists program is designed to allow
children ages 3 – 6 (must be
accompanied by an adult) to explore the natural world.
Themes change with each program, and
activities may include storybook reading, crafts, or a short
nature walk.
Registration: Not required
Mon
23
Sep
Monday, September 23, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
24
Sep
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Experience the museum's most famous exhibit and hear
its wild origin story. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tue
24
Sep
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Wed
25
Sep
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. A Great Depression era federal work program brought
teenagers and twenty-somethings to build park roads, bridges, cabins, shelters,
pavilions, and safety walls we use today. Hear their stories. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
26
Sep
Thursday, September 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Irish girl turned landowner, mother, and Onondawagah
(Seneca) historical icon. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Hunt for caterpillars, then get behind the scenes of
caterpillar raising and butterfly tagging.
Get the inside scoop on how metamorphosis actually works. If
there are adult butterflies ready for release, help attach their ID tags and send
them on their way to Mexico. Hear how you can help monarch butterflies succeed
on their endangered migration.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See how the hardest American canal job ever attempted
was hand-dug from the City of Rochester to the farms of Olean, NY, 90 miles
through forests, fields, and canyons. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Parade Grounds parking lot, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. A new series of nature walks aimed to immerse
participants into the diversity of habitats that can be found in Letchworth
State Park.
Registration: Not required
Mon
30
Sep
Monday, September 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Hither Hills State Park
Hither Hills State Park hosts a weekly sandcastle contest which
is open to all ages. Sand, water, and natural materials native to the beach
can be used to create sculptures. Prizes are provided by the Natural Heritage
Trust. Each week prizes will be awarded for the best sculptors and castles
in several categories. Registration is held each Thursday from 9:30am –
10:30am at Hither Hills State Park Beach House. Fee: Free to public $10 vehicle use fee is in effect.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Hither Hills State Park
Hither Hills State Park hosts a weekly sandcastle contest which
is open to all ages. Sand, water, and natural materials native to the beach
can be used to create sculptures. Prizes are provided by the Natural Heritage
Trust. Each week prizes will be awarded for the best sculptors and castles
in several categories. Registration is held each Thursday from 9:30am –
10:30am at Hither Hills State Park Beach House. Fee: Free to public $10 vehicle use fee is in effect.
Registration: Not required
Thu
15
Aug
Thursday, August 15, 2024 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Hither Hills State Park
Hither Hills State Park hosts a weekly sandcastle contest which
is open to all ages. Sand, water, and natural materials native to the beach
can be used to create sculptures. Prizes are provided by the Natural Heritage
Trust. Each week prizes will be awarded for the best sculptors and castles
in several categories. Registration is held each Thursday from 9:30am –
10:30am at Hither Hills State Park Beach House. Fee: Free to public $10 vehicle use fee is in effect.
Registration: Not required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Hither Hills State Park
Hither Hills State Park hosts a weekly sandcastle contest which
is open to all ages. Sand, water, and natural materials native to the beach
can be used to create sculptures. Prizes are provided by the Natural Heritage
Trust. Each week prizes will be awarded for the best sculptors and castles
in several categories. Registration is held each Thursday from 9:30am –
10:30am at Hither Hills State Park Beach House. Fee: Free to public $10 vehicle use fee is in effect.
Registration: Not required
Thu
29
Aug
Thursday, August 29, 2024 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Hither Hills State Park
Hither Hills State Park hosts a weekly sandcastle contest which
is open to all ages. Sand, water, and natural materials native to the beach
can be used to create sculptures. Prizes are provided by the Natural Heritage
Trust. Each week prizes will be awarded for the best sculptors and castles
in several categories. Registration is held each Thursday from 9:30am –
10:30am at Hither Hills State Park Beach House. Fee: Free to public $10 vehicle use fee is in effect.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Lets get groovy and make some colorful crafts! Join us in learning how to tie dye shirts and bandanas, in addition to making splatter paint art! All you need to bring is a white 100% cotton t-shirt and your creativity- everything else will be provided. Family program (ages 6 and up). To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Explore the natural world around us. These programs will connect children and their parents with nature through short walks, animal visitors, and crafts. To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Join us for a scavenger hunt based on the hit game, Animal Crossing! Participants will find and learn about critters found across the Northeast and make an Animal Crossing inspired craft. Children's program (ages 6 to 16). To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Fri
06
Sep
Friday, September 6, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Explore the natural world around us. These programs will connect children and their parents with nature through short walks, animal visitors, and crafts. To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Learning about some of the tiniest birds in the animal kingdom is bound to put a smile on anyone's face! During this program, participants will learn about the world of hummingbirds and will go home having made a hummingbird inspired craft. Children's Program (ages 6 and up). To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
08
Sep
Sunday, September 8, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Hempstead Lake State Park
The world is a vibrant place with colors everywhere you look! Join us in exploring the world of colors, including how other animals see colors and the role of colors in nature. Participants will get to make and take home their very own kaleidoscope! Children's Program (ages 6 and up). To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Channel your inner Monet! Join us as we talk about the history and impact of impressionist art and paint our own masterpieces out in nature. Adult Program (ages 18 and up). To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
15
Sep
Sunday, September 15, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Join an educator in talking about a plant that thrives in the sunshine- succulents! Learn about the different types of succulents and find out what makes them great house plants for beginners. Children's Program (ages 6 and up).To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Fri
20
Sep
Friday, September 20, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Explore the natural world around us. These programs will connect children and their parents with nature through short walks, animal visitors, and crafts. To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hempstead Lake State Park
September is National Self Care Month! Join us in making natural products that you can use at home to pamper yourself. Adult Program (ages 18 and up). To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
22
Sep
Sunday, September 22, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Happy first day of Fall! Celebrate the start of Fall with an educator! We will take a short hike, talk about the changes we will see in nature during this time of year, and create a Fall-inspired craft. Family Program (ages 6 and up). To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Have you ever wondered where the legends of fairies and unicorns come from? Join us for a discussion on folklore and its relationship to nature and a scavenger hunt. Children's Program (ages 6 and up). To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
29
Sep
Sunday, September 29, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Hempstead Lake State Park
Did you know mushrooms are more similar to humans than plants? Join us in learning all about the fascinating world of fungi through discussions and hands on learning activities! Children's Program (ages 6 and up).To register, please visit Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Heckscher State Park
Bats are both mysterious and often misunderstood. Walk with us through the park in search of our nocturnal neighbors! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hamlin Beach State Park
You can leave the park but trees can't. Address a postcard
to share your Hamlin experience with your favorite tree in the park. Postcards
provided. Meet at picnic shelter 3 in area 3.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Hamlin Beach State Park
The Mohawk language and the natural world are one. Deepen
your understanding of both on this eye-opening experience led by Eli Carr. All
are welcome and no prior experience is required. Meet at picnic shelter 3 in
area 3.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hamlin Beach State Park
Wetlands are watershed's kidneys. Explore this interesting
ecosystem alongside fellow enthusiasts. All are welcome to attend this free
program. Please pre-register at https://hamlinny.myrec.com/info/activities/default.aspx?type=activities. Meet at Yanty Marsh parking area.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Hamlin Beach State Park
Learn how to hike safely with the Hamlin Hiking Club. Please
pre-register at https://hamlinny.myrec.com/info/activities/default.aspx?type=activities. Meet at campground recreation hall.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 09:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Hamlin Beach State Park
Participants should bring a lawn chair or blanket. Meet at
picnic shelter 3 in area 3.
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Hamlin Beach State Park
Take your favorite stuffie to the park to enjoy story-time
and song with a librarian from the Hamlin Public library, a short-walk to find
"forest creatures", create a craft, and enjoy a free teddy bear snack! This
fun, free, family-friendly is sponsored by the Friends of Hamlin Beach State
Park and is geared towards cubs 8 and under but all are welcome. Please
pre-register by emailing Genesee.education@parks.ny.gov. Meet picnic shelter 3
in area 3.
Registration: Required
Wed
21
Aug
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Hamlin Beach State Park
How have some plant species persisted through multiple
extinction events? Learn about their interesting adaptions on a guided walk.
Meet at parking lot 1.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hamlin Beach State Park
Wind down the summer with a nature-themed slow yoga and
mediation practice led by a yoga alliance certified RYT200 instructor, Marion.
Meet at picnic shelter 3 in area 3.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Hamlin Beach State Park
Learn how to find the North Star in the night sky, and learn
about its important role in American history. Meet at picnic shelter 3 in area
3.
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Hamlin Beach State Park
Wind down the summer with a nature-themed slow yoga and mediation
practice led by a yoga alliance certified RYT200 instructor, Marion. Meet at
picnic shelter 3 in area 3.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hallock State Park Preserve
Meet at Visitor Center. Come join the Atlantic Conservation
Society (AMSEAS) and Hallock State Park Preserve Staff for a short presentation
on the many species of cetaceans, and pinnipeds and sea turtles that come to
our waters and feed. Learn how marine
debris affects these beautiful creatures of the sea. before we head off to pick
up marine debris on the Long Island beachfront. Trash pickers will be
provided. Bring gloves and water in
refillable containers as well as your willingness to help. AMSEAS also collects data with your assistance
to measure the impact this collected debris has on sea life. Please sign up via link.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Green Lakes State Park
Join an American Canoe Association certified kayak
instructor to learn the basics of kayaking. We'll cover safety, equipment, and
how to paddle forward, backward, turn and stop. Dress in clothes that will get
wet (from splashes), wear sturdy shoes that will get wet when entering and
exiting the kayak, wear sunscreen and bring a water bottle. Kayaks,
paddles, and life jackets provided (you may bring your own life jacket). You
may not bring your own kayak or paddle. Meet at the boathouse (1st
west beach parking area). Registration Required (opens July 19th at
noon): https://forms.office.com/g/98D92vP2pe.
Registration: Required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Green Lakes State Park
Minecraft Scavenger Hunt Hike- Did you know many of
the objects found in Minecraft are also found in the real world? Take a short
walk along the Lake Trail to see if you can find Minecraft items in real life!
Bring the whole family to enjoy this self-guided walk (about a half mile) along
our Lake Trail. It is a wide, flat surfaced (crushed gravel), fairly flat
trail. If you are enjoying the hike, feel free to finish the 2-mile walk!
Starts at the Environmental Education Center (west beach parking area.)
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Green Lakes State Park
Are you a night owl? Stay out late to learn about some of
the animals that wake up when the sun goes down. Use your sense to explore the
world as they do. Meet at the reserve picnic area ball field. Wear bug spray
and dress in layers.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Green Lakes State Park
Join an educator on a guided hike around the lake to
learn its secrets. Why is the lake green? How is it a rare lake? What unusual
life live in its depths? This is a two mile walk on a flat crushed gravel
trail. Usually takes between 1-1.5 hours. Guide presents info along the first ¼
mile. Simply enjoy the walk and view for the rest of the hike and ask the guide
any questions you have. Meet at the Environmental Education Center (west beach
parking lot).
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Green Lakes State Park
Learn how to use a map and compass while on a treasure
hunt! This is a kid focused program; kids must be accompanied by an adult. Meet
at the Reserve Shelter Ball Field.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Green Lakes State Park
Learn how to build a campfire safely and enjoy a sweet
treat! We will provide ingredients for S'mores. If you have any special dietary
needs, please feel free to bring your own ingredients. This is a kid focused
program; kids must be accompanied by an adult. Meet in outdoor classroom at the
Environmental Education Center (west beach parking lot).
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Green Lakes State Park
Take a leisurely walk around the beach area and up to
the Tulip Hill picnic area to hear about how Green Lakes became the park it is
today. Learn about the Civilian Conservation Corps building the park in the
1930s. This hike is between 1-2 miles. Meet at the Environmental Education
Center (west beach parking lot.)
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Green Lakes State Park
Join an educator on a
short hike looking for signs of Green Lakes' wildlife. Along the way we'll
explore some examples of the clues that animals leave behind. Bring the whole
family! The hike will be along part of the lake trail, up or down a flight of
stairs, over a grass field and along paved pathways. It will be less than 1
mile. Meet at the Environmental Education Center (west beach parking lot).
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Green Lakes State Park
Join an American Canoe Association certified kayak
instructor to learn the basics of kayaking. We'll cover safety, equipment, and
how to paddle forward, backward, turn and stop. Dress in clothes that will get
wet (from splashes), wear sturdy shoes that will get wet when entering and
exiting the kayak, wear sunscreen and bring a water bottle. Kayaks,
paddles, and life jackets provided (you may bring your own life jacket). You
may not bring your own kayak or paddle. Meet at the boathouse (west beach parking
lot). Registration Required: https://forms.office.com/g/BnDmAQDK0R.
Registration: Required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Green Lakes State Park
Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet outside the
Environmental Education Center and search for birds as your family walks along
the lake trail. This scavenger hunt can be completed along the first ¼ mile of
the trail, or you can finish the 2-mile walk around the lake.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Green Lakes State Park
Have you heard that
bats are blind? Or they fly into your hair? That they eat your blood? All of
this is untrue! Come out to learn the truth about these little animals through
games, activities and maybe even seeing them fly through the night sky. Meet at
the reserve shelter ball field. Wear bug spray and dress in layers.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Green Lakes State Park
Join an educator on a guided hike around the lake to
learn its secrets. Why is the lake green? How is it a rare lake? What unusual
life live in its depths? This is a two mile walk on a flat crushed gravel
trail. Usually takes between 1-1.5 hours. Guide presents info along the first ¼
mile. Simply enjoy the walk and view for the rest of the hike and ask the guide
any questions you have. Meet at the Environmental Education Center located next
to the first west beach parking lot.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Green Lakes State Park
Where did the water in Green Lake come from?
Learn about all the places those drops of water have been on their journey to
the lake. Be a drop of water in this game and make a bracelet to track your
journey. Great for children 5+ (must be accompanied by an adult.) Meet at the
Environmental Education Center.
Registration: Not required
Thu
08
Aug
Thursday, August 8, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Grant Cottage State Historic Site
Carol
Godette will discuss Victorian-era mourning and funeral customs; how William
Burke's involvement in the embalming of President Ulysses S Grant led him to
open his own funeral home; and the rich history of Burke's role as one of four
operating funeral homes in Saratoga Springs.
Registration: Not required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Grant Cottage State Historic Site
Musician Dan Berggren will be
playing Civil War Era music at Grant Cottage, on Mt. McGregor. Dan Berggren's
roots are firmly in the Adirondacks where he was raised but his music has
branched out across many borders. The award-winning musician and educator grew
up on the land farmed by his mother's family for generations and has worked in
the woods with forest rangers and survey crews. Hearing stories and songs from
local friends and neighbors, Dan has developed a style that captures the spirit
of the mountains.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Grant Cottage State Historic Site
Join us to
celebrate the U.N.'s International Day of Peace by learning about the
relationship between people and the gardens of Earth, seed preservation, Native
diets and meals, natural pest control, and the importance of the Circle of
Life.
Our presenter is
storyteller and author Joseph (Joe) Bruchac of Greenfield Center, N.Y. The
program is based on his book, Native American Gardening. The book was
co-authored with Michael J. Caduto and shares stories, projects, and recipes
for families. Joe's poems, articles, and stories have appeared in over 500
publications, and he is the author of more than 170 books for adults and
children. Much of his writing is drawn from his connection to the Adirondack
Mountain foothills town where he grew up and his Abenaki ancestry.
This is the second program in our
2024 Grant Cottage Literary Landmark Author Series. A book
signing will follow the program.
Registration: Not required
Sat
05
Oct
Saturday, October 5, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Grant Cottage State Historic Site
In Greek
mythology, the centaur was a creature with the upper body of a man and the
lower body of a horse. When James Longstreet was a cadet at West Point, he
watched fellow cadet Ulysses S. Grant become the best horseman the Academy had
ever seen. Grant's control of a mount was so flawless and fluid that animal and
human seemed to become one. "Rider and horse held together like the fabled
centaur!" gasped Longstreet.
Grant's love of
horses began when he was a toddler and stayed with him, in war and peace, his
entire life. For our 3rd and final Grant Cottage Literary
Landmark Author Series program in 2024, Grant Cottage tour guide and
author Steve Trimm will share this wonderful equestrian. His books, Saving
Grant Cottage and General Grant's Supporting Players are available
for sale in the Cottage's visitor center bookstore (Steve donates all profits
from the books' sales to the Friends of Grant Cottage).
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Grafton Lakes State Park
Join educator Wren as we examine how different animals
move around! Whether it's in the air, land, or sea, we'll be identifying and
characterizing the tracks and movements that animals make. Then, we'll get to
use paint to recreate your favorite tracks and gaits. We might be able to make
plaster molds of real tracks, too. This program costs $3 and is geared for all
ages. Please register at (518) 279-1155.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 05:00 PM - 05:45 PM
Grafton Lakes State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Grafton Lakes State Park
Did you know July is National Blueberry Month? Join us
on a guided hike to Grafton Lakes' hidden gem of a blueberry field! Our
educators will teach you about the history of this special spot and how it
affects the wildlife of the park. If we're lucky, we might even sample some of
the blueberries! Registration is required for this hike -- please call
518-279-1155 to register or with any questions. This program costs $2 per
person but will not require payment of the park admission.
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 05:00 PM - 05:45 PM
Grafton Lakes State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 05:00 PM - 05:45 PM
Grafton Lakes State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 11:00 AM - 01:00 AM
Grafton Lakes State Park
Join an educator in a guided craft at the beach! We
will have a different craft available each week, and all materials provided. No
registration is required and this program costs $2 per crafter. Call
518-279-1155 with any questions
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Grafton Lakes State Park
All skill levels are welcome on a guided kayak tour of
Long Pond! Paddle through nature and learn about local wildlife. Registration
is required. Kayak, paddles, and safety equipment will be provided. For ages
16+, those under 18 must be accompanied by a guardian. Call 518-279-1155 to register.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 05:00 PM - 05:45 PM
Grafton Lakes State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 05:00 PM - 05:45 PM
Grafton Lakes State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 05:00 PM - 05:45 PM
Grafton Lakes State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Glimmerglass State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 05:30 PM - 06:15 PM
Glimmerglass State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024 08:00 AM
Glimmerglass State Park
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Crafts located at tent by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Chester the clown 2-4pm
(Games & activities- at the beach)
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Meet by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Located at the tent by Concession
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Swim lesson times: Ages 3-7 10:00-10:30 a.m., Ages 3-7 10:40-11:10 a.m., Ages 8-12 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Swim lesson times: Ages 3-7 10:00-10:30 a.m., Ages 3-7 10:40-11:10 a.m., Ages 8-12 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Swim lesson times: Ages 3-7 10:00-10:30 a.m., Ages 3-7 10:40-11:10 a.m., Ages 8-12 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Crafts located at tent by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Meet by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Located at the field across from the Large Shelter
*Certificates/ribbons/pictures following the event*
Registration: Not required
Mon
05
Aug
Monday, August 5, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Swim lesson times: Ages 3-7 10:00-10:30 a.m., Ages 3-7 10:40-11:10 a.m., Ages 8-12 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Tue
06
Aug
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Swim lesson times: Ages 3-7 10:00-10:30 a.m., Ages 3-7 10:40-11:10 a.m., Ages 8-12 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Swim lesson times: Ages 3-7 10:00-10:30 a.m., Ages 3-7 10:40-11:10 a.m., Ages 8-12 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Crafts located at tent by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Meet by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Music by J & J
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Located at tent by Concession
Registration: Not required
Mon
12
Aug
Monday, August 12, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Swim lesson times: Ages 3-7 10:00-10:30 a.m., Ages 3-7 10:40-11:10 a.m., Ages 8-12 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Tue
13
Aug
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Swim lesson times: Ages 3-7 10:00-10:30 a.m., Ages 3-7 10:40-11:10 a.m., Ages 8-12 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Wed
14
Aug
Wednesday, August 14, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Swim lesson times: Ages 3-7 10:00-10:30 a.m., Ages 3-7 10:40-11:10 a.m., Ages 8-12 11:20 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Crafts located at tent by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Meet by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Crafts located at tent by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Meet by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Crafts located at tent by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Gilbert Lake State Park
Meet by Concession
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Genesee Valley Greenway State Park
Meet at Brook Road parking lot, Rochester. What looks like a plain old Rochester parking lot is a
gateway to a preserved stone lock on America's most difficult canal project,
built well before the Civil War. Get maps, tips, and insider info on how to
explore this 90-mile trail corridor that follows the Genesee River from the
city through Letchworth State Park into the southern tier, for free.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Genesee Valley Greenway State Park
Meet at Oakland Locks, Nunda. Walk along the most end-to-end barge locks ever built in any
American canal. Hear the secrets of the hand-dug construction project, and why
railroads were sunset for the canal, but a new dawn for Genesee Valley Greenway
State Park.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Genesee Valley Greenway State Park
Meet on Old Road 16 past Old State Road. Walk the towpath of the southern end of the historic Genesee
Valley Canal.
Registration: Not required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Genesee Valley Greenway State Park
Meet at Caneadea River Access Park on Rte. 19. Learn more about the canal history in a canal town.
Registration: Not required
Sun
22
Sep
Sunday, September 22, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Genesee Valley Greenway State Park
Meet just down the road from festival grounds at 5
Bull Street, Cuba, NY. Walk off the excellent Cuba Garlic Festival food on
Cuba's beautiful piece of this 90-mile trail corridor that follows the Genesee
River to Rochester. The Friends of the Genesee Valley Greenway will be at
Garlic Fest!
Registration: Not required
Sat
06
Jul
Saturday, July 6, 2024 until Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Gantry Plaza State Park
Learn the basics of rod and reel fishing and help us collect
valuable data for the East River Fish Project to support conservation efforts
in the East River! All ages. Click here to register. Sessions at 10am,
11am and 12pm.
Registration: Required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 08:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Gantry Plaza State Park
Let's observe, catch, and release fireflies at night! We will also
collect and contribute important data for Firefly Atlas to support firefly
conservation efforts! All ages. Bring a flashlight! Click here to register.
Registration: Required
Fri
12
Jul
Friday, July 12, 2024 until Friday, August 2, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Mommy and Me.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
Venture throughout the park on this guided
scavenger hunt. Talk about different things to look at when identifying flora
and fauna and win a small prize! Registration
required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Age 5-9
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Age 10-14.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Age 5-9
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information. Age 10-14.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
Tweet, Tweet! Learn about the common birds
we see in the park with a short presentation before taking a walk to see what
we can find! Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
Stop by to learn about cool celestial events happening right
now and make a moon phase game to bring home! Registration
required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
Learn about nature journaling and sound mapping in the Nature
Center before venturing into the park to start your very own nature journal! Registration
required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
Stop in to learn some tips and tricks for wilderness
survival. Learn about to start a fire using flint and steel or make your own
survival kit! Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Fort Niagara State Park
Play a guessing game to learn about mammals we have in New
York State! Feel their furs and take a closer look at their skulls while we
explore our outdoor neighbors. Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sun
08
Sep
Sunday, September 8, 2024 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site
Witness a day of tactical demonstrations, drill, camp life and
cooking at Fort Montgomery! The 3rd New Jersey Regiment, Captain Bloomfield's
Company is a living history group dedicated to historical authenticity. This
activity-filled day with the Greys promises an exciting, authentic glimpse of
Continental soldering and camp follower life during the American Revolution.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site
Learn what it was like to prepare
for winter in the 18th and 19th centuries! From pickling
to drying to salting and smoking, presenter Tom Hunt will discuss and
demonstrate many of the techniques used in early American food preservation.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site
Come for a unique, walking tour
of one of the Hudson Valley's most dramatic battle sites! Using firsthand accounts and archaeological
data, this tour will chart the flow of the battle of the Twin Forts starting at
Bear Mtn and ending up at Fort Clinton (today site of Trailside Museums and Zoo)
focusing on the intense fighting that happened in and around Fort Clinton on
the day of the battle. Registration Required: Call (845) 446-2134 to Register or
for More Information.
Registration: Required
Sat
05
Oct
Saturday, October 5, 2024 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site
Join the Fort Montgomery Battle Site Association as
they commemorate the 246th anniversary of the battle for Forts Montgomery and
Clinton and bring to life the people who lived here through camp life demonstrations
and children's activities.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Evangola State Park
We will search the pond and fields for
flying, crawling and swimming insects. Nets and magnifiers will be provided. Registration
required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Evangola State Park
Discover the aquatic creatures in
Evangola's Marsh Pond. Use nets and viewfinders to catch and observe the
wildlife. For ages 8 and up. Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Evangola State Park
Slow roll through Evangola State Park to find the busiest
birding spots. Adults only, all participants must have a helmet. Registration
required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Evangola State Park
Discover snakes, turtles, frogs and salamanders as we explore
the ponds and forests at Evangola State Park. Registration
required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Evangola State Park
Learn to build an emergency shelter from natural materials
and practice navigation and fire building techniques. For adults and children 8
and older. Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. Enjoy a guided, balance-challenging yoga flow that will enhance your presence in the natural world. No experience necessary! Participants must know how to swim. Board capacity is 225 lbs. All classes are weather dependent. Cost: $55-bring your own board, $75 includes class and paddleboard rental. Register here: https://jaiyogaschool.com/events-workshops.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
(518) 872-0800
Mandalas represent harmony, unity, and balance. Join
artist Diane Steele for this hands-on wood painting
program.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Weather permitting, meet at the Thacher Park Overlook, where on a clear day at least four different landscape regions are visible. Learn how and when they formed and about the many different rock types of which they are made. Registration Encouraged. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
(518) 872-0800
Mandalas represent harmony, unity, and balance. Join
artist Diane Steele for this hands-on wood painting
program.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 03:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Join us at the Visitor Center for
live music by The Schramm Band, lawn games and more!
No registration required.
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. Enjoy a guided, balance-challenging yoga flow that will enhance your presence in the natural world. No experience necessary! Participants must know how to swim. Board capacity is 225 lbs. All classes are weather dependent. Cost: $55-bring your own board, $75 includes class and paddleboard rental. Register here: https://jaiyogaschool.com/events-workshops.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 06:00 PM - 06:45 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Meet at the Thompsons Lake Campground. For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Free! Registration required. Call 518-872-0800.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Stop by this table to learn about the amazing world of
reptiles by meeting ours up close! Great for adults and
kids alike.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
(518) 872-0800
Combine the techniques of printmaking, painting,
and drawing media to create a unique work of art
using plant materials with artist Diane Steele
Registration: Required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 12:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Drop by this table to take a closer look at the diverse
organisms that make their home in our creek!
Borrow a net and magnifying glass to see how many
creatures you can find! All ages
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
(518) 872-0800
Combine the techniques of printmaking, painting,
and drawing media to create a unique work of art
using plant materials with artist Diane Steele
Registration: Required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Search for real fossils while enjoying amazing views
from the Escarpment Trail! This family-friendly
program travels 0.5 miles over easy terrain.
Note: Fossils may not be removed from the park.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 12:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Thacher Park is a prime spot for viewing a variety of
fall-migrating raptors. Stop by the Hawk Watch table
to borrow a pair of binoculars and view these birds
of prey. N
Registration: Not required
Sat
05
Oct
Saturday, October 5, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
Enjoy the fall colors and incredible views of the
Hudson Valley on this guided hike.
Registration: Not required
Sun
04
Aug
Sunday, August 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Devil's Hole State Park
Join us on this rim trail hike as we discuss the wonders of
water of the Niagara Gorge! Registration required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Devil's Hole State Park
Join us on a hike that takes on a portion of the Niagara
Gorge! Each week we will cover a new portion of the gorge. Participants must be
8 years or older. Registration Required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
DeVeaux Woods State Park
Come take a leisurely stroll around DeVeaux Woods State Park
with a Park Naturalist and learn a little about the history and environment of
one of the few remaining old growth forests in the area. Registration
required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Go on a Fossil Dig and take-home real fossils like found in the Delta Lake area. Make a paper water wheel craft. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Live butterfly releases from chrysalides - Free Butterfly "tongue" - straws, life size butterfly scratch-off crafts. Make a close pin butterfly craft. Make a butterfly watering dish. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Make a glow in the dark star map. Learn how to observe the annual Perseids Meteor Shower of August. Learn the phases of the moon craft. Try your hand at a Solar System sticker match page. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
How do Mommy bats find their baby pups? Make a felt baby bat pup craft and play the "Find the baby pup" game. Learn about other nocturnal animals living at Delta Lake SP. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
24
Aug
Saturday, August 24, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Animal vision through the "eyes" of some of the animals at Delta Lake. Make a kaleidoscope craft. This is a program conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Compare beaver dams to the Lake Delta Dam. Build a beaver dam model. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Craft a turtle that goes in and out of its shell for protection. Learn about the different turtles that live at Delta Lake SP. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop by anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Learn how you can respect the wildlife at Delta Lake and keep you and your pets safe. Make a wildlife scent chart and paint a pet rock. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Make a clay track of a wild animal to take home. Make your own track of your shoe print and find out how to use it for trail safety. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Learn about the Ice Age animals who were here in the Delta Lake area 10,000 years ago. Learn how cave paintings were created. Make your own Cave Painting. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
05
Oct
Saturday, October 5, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
05
Oct
Saturday, October 5, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Craft a real tree hanger. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
12
Oct
Saturday, October 12, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Conducted by LNT Certified Trainer Susan Jones Graff. Learn how responsible actions help care for our PARKS. The PEAK program includes seven fun activities designed to help families protect and enjoy our natural world. Make a UV bracelet to show if you need sunscreen protection and make a reusable trash bag to take on your Delta Lake State Park adventures. This is a FREE drop-in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Sat
12
Oct
Saturday, October 12, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Delta Lake State Park
Learn how Owls can help us at Delta Lake SP. Make an owl guard and more. This program is conducted by retired NPS Ranger and NYS Master Naturalist Susan Jones Graff. This is a FREE drop in program. Stop in anytime between the times listed to participate. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Every Friday this summer, join us for a story, craft, and
small hike. Meet at recreation building by south side of Harlow Lake near the
new kayak launch. ages 3-6.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Explore a different part of our beautiful park each week and
learn about all the flora and fauna that resides here. Meet at Sumner Rd
parking area.
Registration: Not required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Every Friday this summer, join us for a story, craft, and
small hike. Meet at recreation building by south side of Harlow Lake near the
new kayak launch. ages 3-6.
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 until Wednesday, August 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Explore a different part of our beautiful park each week and learn about all the flora and fauna that resides here. Route 20 Trailhead parking area.
Registration: Not required
Fri
09
Aug
Friday, August 9, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Every Friday this summer, join us for a story, craft, and
small hike. Meet at recreation building by south side of Harlow Lake near the
new kayak launch. ages 3-6.
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Every Friday this summer, join us for a story, craft, and
small hike. Meet at recreation building by south side of Harlow Lake near the
new kayak launch. ages 3-6.
Registration: Not required
Fri
23
Aug
Friday, August 23, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Every Friday this summer, join us for a story, craft, and
small hike. Meet at recreation building by south side of Harlow Lake near the
new kayak launch. ages 3-6.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Every Friday this summer, join us for a story, craft, and
small hike. Meet at recreation building by south side of Harlow Lake near the
new kayak launch. ages 3-6.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 01:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Events taking place throughout the park, music and
fireworks. Call 585-547-9242 for more information.
Registration: Not required
Wed
04
Sep
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Explore a different part of our beautiful park each week and learn about all the flora and fauna that resides here. Meet
at Sumner Rd parking area.
Registration: Not required
Fri
06
Sep
Friday, September 6, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Every Friday this summer, join us for a story, craft, and
small hike. Meet at recreation building by south side of Harlow Lake near the
new kayak launch. ages 3-6.
Registration: Not required
Wed
11
Sep
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Explore a different part of our beautiful park each week and learn about all the flora and fauna that resides here. Meet
at Sumner Rd parking area.
Registration: Not required
Fri
13
Sep
Friday, September 13, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Every Friday this summer, join us for a story, craft, and
small hike. Meet at recreation building by south side of Harlow Lake near the
new kayak launch. ages 3-6.
Registration: Not required
Wed
18
Sep
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Explore a different part of our beautiful park each week and learn about all the flora and fauna that resides here. Meet
at Sumner Rd parking area.
Registration: Not required
Fri
20
Sep
Friday, September 20, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Every Friday this summer, join us for a story, craft, and
small hike. Meet at recreation building by south side of Harlow Lake near the
new kayak launch. ages 3-6.
Registration: Not required
Wed
25
Sep
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Explore a different part of our beautiful park each week and learn about all the flora and fauna that resides here. Meet
at Sumner Rd parking area.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Darien Lakes State Park
Every Friday this summer, join us for a story, craft, and
small hike. Meet at recreation building by south side of Harlow Lake near the
new kayak launch. ages 3-6.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Cumberland Bay State Park
Join staff from the Point
Au Roche Nature center for our community campfires this summer! There will be campfire songs, ghost stories,
and a variety of camp games. Stay for
s'mores after the program! All ages and
abilities welcome.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Cumberland Bay State Park
Join our park educators
for some fun in the sun every Sunday 9-11am. All ages are welcome. Bring your
friends to find out who will be the "Champy"on of our games! Meet in front of
the restroom building closest to the beach.
Registration: Not required
Fri
05
Jul
Friday, July 5, 2024 until Sunday, July 28, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Join a tour guide at the Creekside Classroom to learn about the mineral springs in the park. Cups will be provided for tasting the springs.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Join a tour guide at the Creekside Classroom to learn about the mineral springs in the park. Cups will be provided for tasting the springs.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Join a tour guide at the Creekside Classroom to learn about the mineral springs in the park. Cups will be provided for tasting the springs.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Join a tour guide at the Creekside Classroom to learn about the mineral springs in the park. Cups will be provided for tasting the springs.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Join a tour guide at the Creekside Classroom to learn about the mineral springs in the park. Cups will be provided for tasting the springs.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Join a tour guide at the Creekside Classroom to learn about the mineral springs in the park. Cups will be provided for tasting the springs.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Join a tour guide at the Creekside Classroom to learn about the mineral springs in the park. Cups will be provided for tasting the springs.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Join a tour guide at the Creekside Classroom to learn about the mineral springs in the park. Cups will be provided for tasting the springs.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Join a tour guide at the Creekside Classroom to learn about the mineral springs in the park. Cups will be provided for tasting the springs.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Join a tour guide at the Creekside Classroom to learn about the mineral springs in the park. Cups will be provided for tasting the springs.
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Creekside Classroom Environmental Education Center
Head to the Creekside Classroom for an unforgettable day of painting and drawing your favorite animals, plants, and buildings found in the park! Let your creativity soar with the provided supplies, or feel free to bring your own. This artistic adventure is open to all ages and promises fun for everyone!
Registration: Not required
Mon
29
Jul
Monday, July 29, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
(518) 463-8738
Our annual Sampler is back!
Kids age 7 – 12 are invited to participate in activities focused on fun themes
related to Crailo and the area's rich history. For detailed information about daily activities. Pre-registration is required! To
register, please contact Fiona at (518) 463-8738 or Fiona.Lyons@parks.ny.gov. Deadline
is 7/25!
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
(518) 463-8738
Our annual Sampler is back! Kids age 7 – 12 are invited to participate in activities focused on fun themes related to Crailo and the area's rich history. For detailed information about daily activities. Pre-registration is required! To register, please contact Fiona at (518) 463-8738 or Fiona.Lyons@parks.ny.gov. Deadline is 7/25!
Registration: Required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
(518) 463-8738
Our annual Sampler is back! Kids age 7 – 12 are invited to participate in activities focused on fun themes related to Crailo and the area's rich history. For detailed information about daily activities. Pre-registration is required! To register, please contact Fiona at (518) 463-8738 or Fiona.Lyons@parks.ny.gov. Deadline is 7/25!
Registration: Required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
(518) 463-8738
Our annual Sampler is back! Kids age 7 – 12 are invited to participate in activities focused on fun themes related to Crailo and the area's rich history. For detailed information about daily activities. Pre-registration is required! To register, please contact Fiona at (518) 463-8738 or Fiona.Lyons@parks.ny.gov. Deadline is 7/25!
Registration: Required
Fri
02
Aug
Friday, August 2, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
(518) 463-8738
Our annual Sampler is back! Kids age 7 – 12 are invited to participate in activities focused on fun themes related to Crailo and the area's rich history. For detailed information about daily activities. Pre-registration is required! To register, please contact Fiona at (518) 463-8738 or Fiona.Lyons@parks.ny.gov. Deadline is 7/25!
Registration: Required
Fri
06
Sep
Friday, September 6, 2024 05:30 PM - 08:30 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
To celebrate their 25th
Anniversary, the Musicians will bring their Wine & Triptych Series to
Crailo! Join us for an evening of Dutch music, cuisine and history on the
Crailo grounds. While enjoying what this historic house offers, attendees are
invited to explore the lesser known vintners of the Netherlands, as presented
by Josh Truro, Managing Partner and Sommelier at Yono's Restaurant in Albany.
Tickets are $125 per person and are purchased directly at musiciansofmaalwyck.org.
Registration: Required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
A celebration highlighting
many aspects of the trade markets held in Rensselaerwyck and throughout the
colonial era Hudson River Valley. Historical reenactors, 17th & 18th
century music, Sutlers, Native American performance and a variety of exciting
demonstrations will be available, along with games and activities. The museum
will be available for Open House (self-guided) tours and the Piece of Heaven
food truck will be on site all day.
Registration: Not required
Sun
22
Sep
Sunday, September 22, 2024 11:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
A celebration highlighting
many aspects of the trade markets held in Rensselaerwyck and throughout the
colonial era Hudson River Valley. Historical reenactors, 17th & 18th
century music, Sutlers, Native American performance and a variety of exciting
demonstrations will be available, along with games and activities. The museum
will be available for Open House (self-guided) tours and the Piece of Heaven
food truck will be on site all day.
Registration: Not required
Sat
19
Oct
Saturday, October 19, 2024 06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
(518) 463-8738
Do you believe in ghosts? The
people of 18th century Greenbush did! Join us around the campfire in Crailo's
riverfront park for an evening of haunted tales, spectres, and portents of
doom! Bring lawn chairs & dress for the outdoors. Program appropriate for
ages 12 & above. Younger siblings and the faint of heart are invited to
paint spooky pumpkins. Mulled cider & donuts. Reservations required by
10/15.
Registration: Required
Thu
31
Oct
Thursday, October 31, 2024 11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
Guided tours of the museum
are available by advance appointment only, November—May 2025. For special
events and programs happening during the winter months, please visit
parks.ny.gov or follow us on social media.
Registration: Not required
Sat
02
Nov
Saturday, November 2, 2024
Crailo State Historic Site
General business meeting will
be held at the Rensselaer Public Library. Election and installation of
officers will be followed by a presentation and reception. For complete
information and program details, please check Crailo and the FOFC's social
media.
Registration: Not required
Sat
09
Nov
Saturday, November 9, 2024
Crailo State Historic Site
Exciting and entertaining
fundraiser, presented by the Friends of Fort Crailo! Please check back for
details.
Registration: Not required
Sat
23
Nov
Saturday, November 23, 2024 10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
A Historic Cherry Hill and
Crailo collaboration. More information about this event will be available at a
later date. Please check back!
Registration: Not required
Sat
07
Dec
Saturday, December 7, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
This medieval saint's day was
brought by the Dutch colonists to the Hudson River Valley and traditionally
celebrated on December 6th. Festivities will include 17th & 18th century
traditional treats, hearth baking, live music, Open House (self-guided) tours
of the museum, crafts & activities, and of course—a visit from St. Nicholas
(hopefully you've been good this year!). Free to the public.
Registration: Not required
Sat
04
Jan
Saturday, January 4, 2025 04:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Crailo State Historic Site
An evening of merriment for
everyone! Special Twelfth Night festivities will highlight the holiday season
as it may have been celebrated by the 17th & 18th century residents of
early Groenebosch! Come and revel in the holiday traditions of our past with
live music, Star Singing, traditional fare and more! Then cross the river where
the celebration continues at Schuyler Mansion!
Combo Admission: $8.00 Adults / $7.00 Seniors & Students /
$2.00 Children
Single-Site Admission: $6.00 Adults / $5.00 Seniors & Students /
$1.00 Children
Snow date: Sunday, 1/5
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Registration: Not required
Sat
10
Aug
Saturday, August 10, 2024 08:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
Join us after hours and look up at the sky -- you may see something out of this world! Bring a lawn chair for viewing after our lecture. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Fri
30
Aug
Friday, August 30, 2024 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
Bats are both mysterious and often misunderstood. Walk with us through the park in search of our nocturnal neighbors! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024 08:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
A Continental Breakfast, with a short presentation about our seasonal native birds, followed by a walk with the Great South Bay Audubon Society. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
Frida Kahlo painted sugar skulls as reflections between life and death. Create sugar skull masks to spark your own creativity! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Fri
27
Sep
Friday, September 27, 2024 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Connetquot River State Park Preserve
Take a guided hike around sunset through the Preserve to see what kind of wildlife are out and about. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sun
28
Jul
Sunday, July 28, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Clermont State Historic Site
Robert R. Livingston and John Jay shared an extremely intimate friendship during a significant portion of their lives. This lecture will plumb the depths of that relationship in the context of the time the men lived in. Please note: The cost of the event is $5 per person, please be prepared to pay at the door. Space is limited. Visitors must register in advance.
Registration: Required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Clermont State Historic Site
Spend the morning creating with Crafty Kids! Enjoy a snack as you paint a picture frame, design an 18th century paper doll, or let your imagination run wild with our arts and crafts supplies! Light instruction is offered, creativity is encouraged. Please note: The cost of the event is $5 per person, please be prepared to pay at the door. This is a children's program; all children must be accompanied by an adult and all adults must be accompanied by a child. Visitors must register in advance at bookeo.com/Clermont.
Registration: Required
Sun
11
Aug
Sunday, August 11, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Clermont State Historic Site
Meet at the Visitor Center. Join us for an exploration into the material histories of the objects and artworks in Clermont's collections. Just as the current interpretation of the site seeks to shed light on the life and legacies of the enslaved people, servants, and laborers who worked at Clermont, this tour will uncover the connections the collection maintains to systems of trade, industry, and labor through the materiality of the objects themselves. From silver to mother-of-pearl to the pigment used to capture the likeness of the most prominent Livingstons, this material exploration will seek to expand our understanding of the origins of this collection by discussing who and what went into making it. Please note: The cost of the event is $5 per person, please be prepared to pay at the door. Space is limited. Visitors must register in advance at bookeo.com/Clermont.
Registration: Required
Sun
18
Aug
Sunday, August 18, 2024 02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Clermont State Historic Site
Perhaps known as Clermont's most important matriarch, Margaret Beekman Livingston features in all the major stories of this house's history – and this year we celebrate the 300th anniversary of her birth! Today, hear from the lady herself as she shares what it was like to be from two influential and local families, to mother ten children, and to see this house burned and rebuilt. Please note: Space is limited. This program is free of charge, but Visitors must register in advance at bookeo.com/Clermont.
Registration: Required
Thu
22
Aug
Thursday, August 22, 2024 06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Clermont State Historic Site
Meet at Arryl North Lawn, near the main parking lotFounded in 1999 by violinist and director Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz, the group specializes in music performed in America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Many of the performing materials are drawn from the Special Collections of the New York State Library. In 2002, Musicians of Ma'alwyck performed by invitation for television producer Norman Lear in celebration of his purchase of the last private copy of the Declaration of Independence. Musicians of Ma'alwyck has been presented on National Public Radio, WMHT-FM and WMHT-TV. In 2009 the ensemble produced the 1783 opera The Poor Soldier by William Shield, drawing national attention. Musicians of Ma'alwyck was named the best chamber music ensemble of the Capital Region for both 2008 and 2009 by Metroland. This past season the ensemble commissioned an opera about the woman suffrage movement, which premiered last June. Titled Aleda or the Flight of the Suff Birdwomen, and written by Max Caplan, the opera received high artistic praise. Please note: Harmonies on the Hudson concert series is presented free of charge by the Friends of Clermont. All Harmonies on the Hudson concerts are weather permitting. Check out the whole season's concert calendar at friendsofclermont.org/events.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve
Explore a different nature theme each week during this free play
group. Story time begins at 10:30am, followed by a short hike at 11am, weather
permitting. Click here to register!
Registration: Required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Clay Pit Ponds State Park Preserve
This week, students will learn about birds and their rolls in our
ecosystem! Students will also practice their birding skills on a short hike.
Click here register.
Registration: Required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Clay Pit Ponds Interpretive Center
Explore a different nature theme each week during this free play
group. Story time begins at 10:30am, followed by a short hike at 11am, weather
permitting. Click here to register!
Registration: Required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Clay Pit Ponds Interpretive Center
This week, students will learn about birds and their rolls in our
ecosystem! Students will also practice their birding skills on a short hike.
Click here register.
Registration: Required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Clark Reservation State Park
Join us here at Clark Reservation to protect our park by helping remove some graffiti and invasive plants!
Registration: Required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 08:30 PM - 11:45 PM
Cherry Plain State Park
Calling all night owls! The Albany Area Amateur
Astronomers will have telescopes to give you a tour of the night sky during
this free program held at Cherry Plain State Campground.
Enter via the main entrance and follow signs to the program location by the
beach. Please drive slowly in the park at night.
All ages. Free program. No registration. Following Saturday is the Rain Date.
Registration: Not required
Fri
26
Jul
Friday, July 26, 2024 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Chenango Valley State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Wed
31
Jul
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 06:00 PM
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
Please
join us for one hour of yoga and meditation lead by Lisa Kasper you will be
able to relax and enjoy the tranqil Walled Garden. Please bring your own yoga
mat, water and wear comfortable clothing. This program is appropriate for all
levels, including beginners. SIGN
UP: https://www.caumsettfoundation.org/programs.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 09:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
A 2 mile leisurely ramble, interspersed with readings selected to enhance your appreciation of the beauty, wonder, and tranquility of nature. Dress for the possibility of long grass. Please call for Reservations: (631) 423- 1770
Registration: Not required
Wed
07
Aug
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 06:00 PM
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
Please
join us for one hour of yoga and meditation lead by Lisa Kasper you will be
able to relax and enjoy the tranqil Walled Garden. Please bring your own yoga
mat, water and wear comfortable clothing. This program is appropriate for all
levels, including beginners. SIGN
UP: https://www.caumsettfoundation.org/programs.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 09:45 AM - 01:00 PM
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
A 5 mile walk through fields and forest, on our way to and from a leisurely study of salt marsh life. Bring water and wear comfortable shoes or boots. Please call for Reservations: (631) 423- 1770.
Registration: Not required
Sun
01
Sep
Sunday, September 1, 2024 09:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
In a series of short 1.5 mile seasonal strolls, we'll witness summer's subtle change as she withers and goes to seed. Dress for the possibility of long grass. Please call for Reservations: (631) 423- 1770.
Registration: Not required
Sun
15
Sep
Sunday, September 15, 2024 09:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
A 6 mile, hilly, moderately paced walk for hikers to relax, socialize, and observe the park's beauty. Bring water. Dress for the possibility of long grass. Please call for Reservations: (631) 423- 1770.
Registration: Not required
Sun
22
Sep
Sunday, September 22, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
Travel through the Preserve's unique history on a guided biking tour. All participants must bring their own bike.* Reservation taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024 09:45 AM - 11:45 AM
Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
A slow 2.5 mile walk exploring nature in the woods and grass meadows of the southern section of the park. Dress for the possibility of long grass. Please call for Reservations: (631) 423- 1770.
Registration: Not required
Sat
07
Sep
Saturday, September 7, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Captree State Park
Go fishing from the Captree fleet, listen to live music, and enjoy pony rides, pirate shows, food vendors, and more!
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 08:00 PM - 09:15 PM
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve Nature Museum
Bats are both mysterious and often misunderstood. Walk with us through the parkin search of our nocturnal neighbors! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve Nature Museum
Join us for a night-themed walk through the Preserve with the ambiance of lanterns! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve Nature Museum
Explore the Preserve with a pencil in hand as we sketch the natural world that we observe. All skill levels are welcome and all materials are provided, but feel free to bring your own. For ages 12 and up. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve Nature Museum
Bats are both mysterious and often misunderstood. Walk with us through the parkin search of our nocturnal neighbors! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve Nature Museum
Learn about the life and art of American artist Charley Harper. Then create your own work of art in his style! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
27
Jul
Saturday, July 27, 2024 08:00 PM - 09:15 PM
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
Bats are both mysterious and often misunderstood. Walk with us through the parkin search of our nocturnal neighbors! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
17
Aug
Saturday, August 17, 2024 08:00 PM - 09:30 PM
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
Join us for a night-themed walk through the Preserve with the ambiance of lanterns! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
31
Aug
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
Explore the Preserve with a pencil in hand as we sketch the natural world that we observe. All skill levels are welcome and all materials are provided, but feel free to bring your own. For ages 12 and up. Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
14
Sep
Saturday, September 14, 2024 07:00 PM - 08:30 PM
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
Bats are both mysterious and often misunderstood. Walk with us through the parkin search of our nocturnal neighbors! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
28
Sep
Saturday, September 28, 2024 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Caleb Smith State Park Preserve
Learn about the life and art of American artist Charley Harper. Then create your own work of art in his style! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024
Bethpage State Park
Butterflies, Bumblebees, and Bats! Celebrate the pollinators of all types that call our gardens home! Hands on activities for all ages! Learn how to make your own native flower garden! Reservations taken on eventbrite.com.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Beaver Island State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Beaver Island State Park
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Tue
30
Jul
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Beaver Island Nature Center
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Thu
01
Aug
Thursday, August 1, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Beaver Island Nature Center
For non-swimmers or swimmers just starting to learn. Please contact the park for more information.
Registration: Not required
Fri
16
Aug
Friday, August 16, 2024 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM
Bear Mountain State Park
On August 16th
at 7:30 PM, bring a flashlight and join educators from Trailside Museums &
Zoo at Bear Mountain State Park for a family-friendly education program about
Bats! We'll learn about the fascinating nocturnal lives of our local bats, see
them flying overhead as our bat detector identifies them, and have some
nighttime fun with bat crafts and games! Registration is Required! For more
information and to register, email Sadie.Kuchel@parks.ny.gov
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Sep
Saturday, September 21, 2024 11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Bear Mountain State Park
Learn about
Biodiversity & Local Habitats! Get your Biodiversity Passport and visit our
Pond, River, Forest, Woodland Pool, Rocky Summit & Grassland habitat
stations to learn what you can do to promote biodiversity and help the plants
and animals that call these habitats home. Participate in fun educational
activities to earn a stamp at each station and earn a prize when you fill your
passport!
Registration: Not required
Sat
26
Oct
Saturday, October 26, 2024 10:30 AM - 03:00 PM
Bear Mountain State Park
Come to the bear
den from 10:30 to 11:00 am to make bear treats, then watch the bears explore
their den full of Halloween-themed enrichment at 11:00 a.m. Learn about
vultures, owls, bears & other animals. Family friendly activities –pumpkin
decorating, matching games & crafts. Wear your favorite not-so-spooky
Halloween costume! Rain date Oct. 27th
Registration: Not required
Sat
21
Dec
Saturday, December 21, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Bear Mountain State Park
Come to the
Bear Den at 10:30 to make tasty snacks for the black bears. Celebrate the
holiday season at 11:00 when the bears come out to unwrap their gift boxes full
of delicious treats! Bear Mountain also offers a day of fun at ice rink,
merry-go-round & on the many hiking trails! Rain/snow date Dec. 22nd
Registration: Not required
Sat
03
Aug
Saturday, August 3, 2024 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Artpark State Park (Earl W. Brydges)
Join us on a hike that takes on a portion of the Niagara
Gorge! Each week we will cover a new portion of the gorge. Participants must be
8 years or older. Registration Required on Eventbrite.com.
Registration: Required