Calendar of events

This is a moderate 8-mile hike with three mini-loops from Mohonk Preserve to Compass Rock in Minnewaska State Park led by Siu S. Yuen. Advance registration is required. Registration is limited to 12 hikers. Registrants will receive the meeting location by email. Free for Mohonk Preserve members, non-members pay the $15 day use fee. Rain Date: 8/4/2024

This is a moderate 6-mile out and back with stops at two historic sites led by Jeff Stokes. Advance registration is required. Registration is limited to 30 hikers. Registrants will receive the meeting location by email. There is no fee for this hike.

Bring your bug spray and dress for a hike! Bill, a Stony Kill Foundation trail steward and insect expert, will take you on a journey into the woods, where you’ll slow down and discover the beautiful world of insects. Feel free to bring a camera to …

Make s’mores by the campfire and enjoy the evening scenery at a free screening of the PBS film, “My Garden of a Thousand Bees.” Bring your lawn chairs, bug spray, and blankets and settle in to watch on the lawn next to the Manor House at Stony …

his is a moderate 7-mile hike with an optional scramble led by Jeff Stokes. Advance registration is required. Registration is limited to 25 hikers. Registrants will receive the meeting location by email. Free for Mohonk Preserve members, non-members pay the $15 day use fee.

Join Sinead and Alanna, Stony Kill educators, for an after-hours walk as we search the farm and forest for fluttering night life. Wear comfortable walking shoes or sneakers and bring bug spray and a flashlight. Meets at the picnic tables by the …

Come along on an interpretive walk to the 19th century Van Leuven Cabin and learn what life was like in the Trapps Mountain Hamlet, once home to some sixty families. Hike leader and interpretive …

Join Stacey Lynch Adnams in a community science lesson on the lifecycle of monarch butterflies. We will view monarch eggs, caterpillars, and adults, and collect data together as part of the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project. Meets at the Woodland …

This will be an easy to moderate 5-mile hike featuring Lake Minnewaska and Beacon Hill with a detour through the Meadows led by Carol Dewar. Advance registration is required. Registration is limited to 25 hikers. Registrants will receive the meeting location by email. The parking fee at Minnewaska State Park is $10 per car or free with an Empire Pass.

Join the Stony Kill interns in an exploration of the life of the honeybee. You will learn about honeybees and why they are such effective pollinators, play a game exploring a day in the life of a honeybee, and decorate a bee sipper to take home. …

Join the Stony Kill interns for a reading of “Impatient Caterpillar” by Ross Burach. Discover what this little caterpillar is waiting for and then head into the gardens to look for evidence for pollinators big and small! Meets in the Outdoor …

Join the Stony Kill interns for a reading of “Make Way for Butterfly” by Ross Burach. After finding out what the Curious Butterfly is up to, explore the Stony Kill Pollinator Garden to look for evidence of different types of pollinators doing …

Join Allie, Stony Kill greenhouse volunteer, to learn about a handful of native perennials perfect for pollinators. Then, get your hands dirty learning proper planting techniques while creating a new pollinator strip along the greenhouse. Wrap up …

This is a strenuous 8-mile hike in the Hudson Highlands to Bald Hill led by Siu S. Yuen. Advance registration is required. Registration is limited to 12 hikers. Registrants will receive the meeting location by email. There is no fee for this hike. Rain Date: 8/18/2024

An afternoon of summer fun celebrating the beauty and ecology of our local pollinators. Bounce along in the Butterfly Wagon as we pass field and forest (4–6 p.m.). Enjoy free butterfly-themed activities, crafts, and games, and bring cash …

The Orange County Farmers Museum will host six antique tractor pulls in 2024, beginning with the Jimmy Holbert Memorial on April 21 Enter the farmers museum site via Berea Road. Concessions …

This is a moderate 7-mile hike with a strenuous optional scramble led by Amy Manon. Advance registration is required. Registration is limited to 30 hikers. Registrants will receive the meeting location by email. Free for Preserve members, non-members will pay the $15 day use fee.

This moderate 8-mile hike at a relaxed pace led by Tonda Highley. Advance registration is required. Registration is limited to 12 hikers. Registrants will receive the meeting location by email. The parking fee at Minnewaska State Park is $10 per car or free with an Empire Pass.

This is a moderate 5-mile hike to Lost City led by John Connolly. Advance registration is required. Registration is limited to 25 hikers. Registrants will receive the meeting location by email. Free for Mohonk Preserve members, non-members pay the $15 day use fee.

The Walden Fire Department will hold its 2nd Annual Golf Tournament on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, at Scott's Corners Golf Course, 1 Golf Course Rd, Montgomery. The rain date is set for Sept. 21. …