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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 October 1, 2016 to June 30, 2017
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Saturday, October 1, 2016
Birding Basics for Families: The Ramble
at Belvedere Castle (in Central Park), Manhattan 
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Experience Central Park as a precious bird habitat and migration hot spot! Bring your family on a guided walk led by Central Park Conservancy staff and NYC Audubon Society.
Category: Birding, Nature, Best for Kids
Free!
Kids
Discovery Club for Families
at Hallett Nature Sanctuary (in Central Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Adults and children alike will take part in an immersive woodland adventure, exploring how people, plants, and wildlife thrive in an urban park.
Category: Education, Nature, Best for Kids
Kids
Fall Harvest Fair at Harlem Grown
at Harlem Grown, Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Activities include potato sack racing, chicken coop mural painting, fall harvest scavenger hunt, fresh veggie cooking demonstration, and more!
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Festivals, Seniors, Fall Festivals
Free!
Sherman Creek Stewards: Orientation Session
at Swindler Cove (in Sherman Creek), Manhattan
10:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.
Interested in joining one of our weekly volunteer opportunities? Come to an orientation session to learn how to get involved with NYRP’s Northern Manhattan parks. Come prepared to work!
Category: Nature, Volunteer
Free!
Central Park Tour: Southern Welcome Tour
at Inside the Park at Fifth Avenue and 61st Street (in Central Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Travel past the Pond and Gapstow Bridge, and on to the Dairy, with this tour of southern park highlights led by Central Park Conservancy tour guides.
Category: Education, Nature, History, Tours
Free!
Central Park Tour: Conservatory Garden
at Vanderbilt Gate (in Central Park), Manhattan
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Central Park Conservancy staff takes you on a guided stroll amid thousands of trees, shrubs, perennials, and annuals that bloom throughout the year.
Category: Nature, History, Tours
Kids Shapes and Colors Hike
at Silver Lake Park, Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Compare leaves of all shapes and colors on a guided fall foliage hike through Silver Lake Park.
Category: Nature, Fall Foliage, Hiking
Free!
Candle-Making Drop-in Workshop
at Wave Hill House (in Wave Hill), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Try your hand at creating an assortment of beeswax candles to take home and enjoy.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Education, Nature
Bees and Beekeeping Information Station
at Wave Hill House (in Wave Hill), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Chat with beekeepers, try on beekeeping gear, peek inside a hive, and learn fascinating facts about honeybees.
Category: Education, Nature
Free!
Event
Honey Extraction Demonstration
at Ecology Building (in Wave Hill), Bronx
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Drop in and see the sticky process of extracting honey from the comb with our resident bee experts.
Category: Education, Nature, Talks
Free!
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