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Get up, get out, and do something! Just about any day of the year, you can find something fun, informative, and healthy to enjoy at an area park. Feel free to browse the listings below, or use the search tools to find an event that matches your interests and location.
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from June 20, 2021 to September 10, 2022
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Volunteer Gardening at the Overlook
at The Overlook Parking Lot (in Forest Park), Queens 
9:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Volunteers will help to weed, water and transplant. An NYC Parks gardener will lead the activities and be on hand to introduce you to the garden plants and weeds.
Category: Nature, Volunteer
Free!
Sunday Stewardship Day - Fort Tryon Park
at Margaret Corbin Circle (in Fort Tryon Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Please join the Fort Tryon Park Trust and NYC Park horticulture staff at a volunteer event to improve the ecology of Fort Tryon Park! Activities will include some or all of the following: painting, planting preparations, planting, weeding, and more.
Category: Nature, Volunteer
Free!
Urban Farm Volunteer Day
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Volunteer with our team to manage our one-acre Urban Farm! Advance registration required.
Category: Nature, Volunteer
Free!
Celebrate Juneteenth at Central Park
at Abraham and Joseph Spector Playground (in Central Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Stop by this special pop-up event to meet with Central Park Conservancy staff who will be on hand to orient visitors to our self-guided exhibit “Discover Seneca Village."
Category: History, Tours, Juneteenth
Free!
Urban Farm Exploration Days!
at Urban Farm (in Randall's Island Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Explore the Urban Farm’s variety of crops, rice paddies, fragrant herbs, and meet the chickens too! All ages welcome!
Category: Nature, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
Nature Discovery: Freshwater Invertebrates
at 88th Street and Seaview Avenue (in Canarsie Park), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Ponds are home to many aquatic invertebrates, plants and other species. Get hands-on, using dip nets to comb the pond and learn all about these species.
Category: Nature, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
Father's Day Hike
at Chapin Woods (in Reed's Basket Willow Swamp Park), Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers on this moderately-paced, lengthy hike through Chapin Woods.
Category: Nature, Father's Day, Hiking, Wildlife
Free!
Event
Historic New York: The General Slocum Disaster
at Parking Lot (in Astoria Park), Queens
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Learn about the passenger ship General Slocum and its mishaps, which greatly impacted water travel safety. Registration opens on Wednesday, June 9th
Category: Education, Nature
Free!
Birding: Hawk Watch
at Saint Marks Place and Avenue A (in Tompkins Square Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Birding programs are appropriate for all skill levels and beginners are welcome. To enhance your experience we recommend bringing binoculars.
Category: Birding, Nature, Wildlife
Free!
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Father's Day Hike and Craft
at Crotona Park E & Charlotte Street (in Crotona Park), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers and be inspired to go on a hike and build a dad-themed nature craft.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Nature, Father's Day, Hiking, Wildlife
Free!
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