National Public Lands Day
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National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest, single-day volunteer event for public lands in the United States. Please help us make America's Best Idea even better by joining us for a national day of service and celebration in your national parks.
Autumn Bird Cenus - 10:30AM - 12:30PM
Join Volunteer-in-Park Annie on a search for warblers, kinglets, thrushes, and other migratory birds as they pass through New York Harbor. We'll also count summer lingerers and year-rounds residents.
Your participation will help the National Park Service gather census data on the birds of Governors Island.
Birders of all experience levels welcome. Just bring your own binoculars!
Meet at the top of the hill at Soissons Dock at 10:30 AM. 10 Mile Bike Tour Along the Hudson River
Meet and Register by 10:00AM at Grants Tomb.
Join us for our 10-Mile Bike Tour along the Hudson River! Departing from Grant's Tomb at 10:00AM, we then ride to Governors Island, as we discuss the role New York Harbor and its ecosystem played in the history of New York City.
For more information and to register, please contact Sam by email at samuel_adels@nps.gov , or call us at (212) 825-3045.
Junior Ranger Day - 1PM - 3PM
Come join rangers in Fort Jay for our first ever Junior Ranger Day celebration at 1:00PM. You will get the chance to build your own fort, dess up like a person from the past, learn about the ecology of New York Harbor, and meet a soldier from the past to lead you through the drill soldiers would have learned.
Below is the Junior Ranger Day activity schedule. All events occur in Fort Jay.
Build-A-Fort Workshop - 1PM - 3PM - Come be America's next great fort designer. Use supplies provided to create a 3D model of your fort!
Harbor Helpers - 1PM - 3PM - Learn how hard it is to keep our harbor clean. This hands-on activity will take you into the murkey depths of New York Harbor and back!
Kids Discovery Zone - 1PM - 3PM - Come try on the clothing of both Revolutionary and Civil War soldiers and ladies.
Historic Weapons Demonstration and Marching - 2PM - 3PM - March like a real Civil War soldier, then watch how weapons would have been fired during that time period.
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Did You Know?
None of the trees at Governors Island are indigenous to the island. Large shrubbery was removed to provide a clear line of cannon fire to enemy ships that might have entered New York Harbor. The reintroduction of trees in the 1870s reflects the island’s transition from a fortification into a residential community.