Spring Activities in NYS Parks

Spring is a time for renewal and rejuvenation - there’s no better time to gain some knowledge or find a new hobby. Parks across the state are holding great programs involving skills that you can master in no time. Challenge yourself to try something new too. You can also attend an event about history and learn something you never knew. There are so many terrific events and programs to choose from. While you’re there, you can admire the birds, animals, and budding plants that are coming back to our State Parks after a cold, snowy winter.

EVENTS:

• Maple Sapturdays at the Humphrey Nature Center, March 16, Letchworth State Park
• Lights, Color, Refraction!, March 16, Jones Beach State Park
• The Sweet Life!, March 16, De Veaux Woods State Park
• Bark Basket-making Workshop at Thacher Nature Center, March 16, Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center
• Drop-In Snowshoe Lessons at Sam’s Point Preserve, March 16, 23, 30, Minnewaska State Park Preserve
• Yoga and Meditation Class, March 16, 23, 30, Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site
• Ice is Nice!...And Historic!, March 16, Staatsburgh State Historic Site
• Oil Painting Workshop at Thacher Nature Center, March 17, Thacher State Park
• BIRD WALK with Saw Mill River Audubon, March 18, Rockefeller State Park Preserve
• Art in the Park: Painting from Nature, March 20, Clay Pit Ponds Interpretive Center
• Evergreen Baskets, March 23, Connetquot River State Park Preserve
• NYS Maple Weekends, March 23, 30, Letchworth State Park
• Introduction to Wilderness Survival, March 23, Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve
• Spring Blossoms Painting Workshop at Thacher Nature Center, March 24, Thacher State Park
• March Pack Basket Class, March 30, Wellesley Island State Park

PRESENTATIONS & LECTURES:

• Weirs to Beers: Ossining & The Aqueduct, March 16, Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Site
• Historic House Tour, March 17, Connetquot River State Park Preserve
• Documentary and Discussion - SNOWBOUND, March 14, Point Au Roche State Park
• No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding, March 14, John Jay Homestead State Historic Site
• Library Series: Battle of Bennington at East Greenbush Library, March 21, 25, Bennington Battlefield State Historic Site
• A Closer Look: A Curator-Guided Exploration of the Hidden & Hard-to-see, March 23, Staatsburgh State Historic Site
• The Fly Girls - Women’s Airforce Service Pilots of World War II, March 24, Hallock State Park Preserve
• America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era, March 30, Staatsburgh State Historic Site