Upcoming Events
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Explore Sandy Hook's oldest disappearing gun battery.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Overlooking woods and ocean, view and identify osprey, egrets and songbirds with a park spotting scope.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Every Sunday Weekly & Every Wednesday Weekly & Every Thursday Weekly & Every Friday Weekly & Every Saturday Weekly from 05/31/2018 to 09/02/2018
Explore the little known areas of this his-toric structure with a park ranger and learn about coastal fortifications and life in the 1800’s.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Every Sunday Weekly from 07/01/2018 to 08/26/2018
Learn about life in the 1800s with differ-ent family-friendly games, crafts, activi-ties, and tours each week at the historic Mont Sec House.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Every Sunday Weekly & Every Wednesday Weekly from 07/01/2018 to 08/22/2018
Meet at the Overlook for a walk down to Battery Weed where we will feed the goats.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Explore and tour one of two of Fort Hancock's long range and well-hidden gun batteries that went into use shortly after WWI through WWII.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Explore an 1894 army battery that was built to defend New York Harbor.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Join us for a hike along the trails and beach.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Every Sunday Weekly from 05/20/2018 to 09/30/2018
Learn all about the amazing osprey on this guided walk of the West Pond Trail.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Every Sunday Weekly from 02/18/2018 to 08/26/2018
Free kayaking program.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Every Sunday Weekly & Every Saturday Weekly from 05/26/2018 to 08/26/2018
Kayaking program.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Every Sunday Weekly from 06/03/2018 to 08/26/2018
Learn about the rich aviation history of Floyd Bennett Field. Join a park ranger for a guided tour or watch preservation in action at one of the Historic Aircraft Restoration Project (H.A.R.P) open houses.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018
Enjoy an hour-long Zumba class, an inte-gration of Latin rhythms with easy to follow moves to create a unique fitness experience.
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Monday, July 16, 2018
Pulling seine nets, children learn about the animals lurking beneath the waters of the bay.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Program encourages children ages 7-12 to develop awareness of people's impact on wildlife.
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Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Every Tuesday Weekly & Every Wednesday Weekly & Every Thursday Weekly from 07/10/2018 to 08/23/2018
Groups will learn about sailing.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Kayak from this exciting new launch site with a National Park Ranger to Big Egg Marsh.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Every Wednesday Weekly from 07/11/2018 to 08/15/2018
Join a park ranger for 1 ½ mile round trip as we walk through Great Kills Park.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Enjoy a scenic excursion up Gerritsen Creek and back.
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Enjoy the popular summer concert series with the rocking bagpipe music of "The Shots" courtesy of the Sandy Hook Foundation.
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Every Thursday Weekly from 06/28/2018 to 08/23/2018
Learn the basic skills of sailing.
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Children ages 7-12 learn what it takes to be a lifeguard and the skills and tools needed to save lives.
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Hike to the end of Fisherman's Trail to look for nesting piping plovers, terns, and other nesting birds.
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
First time paddlers follow along the shoreline salt marsh and historic airport tarmac and return a little “saltier” than at the start.
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Thursday, July 19, 2018
Join a park ranger and S.T.A.R. Astronomy to view the moon phase and constellations.
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Friday, July 20, 2018
Free weekly campfires at Riis Park Beach Bazaar
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Friday, July 20, 2018
Sing silly Sandy Hook songs with park rangers and hear true stories from days of yore surrounding the history and mysteries of the Hook.
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Friday, July 20, 2018
Every Friday Weekly from 07/13/2018 to 08/31/2018
Join a living history interpreter to learn more about everyday life at Fort Wadsworth, and watch a 19th century black powder firing demonstration.
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Friday, July 20, 2018
Paddle around this large island in Jamaica Bay on this trip.
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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Every Saturday Weekly from 07/07/2018 to 08/25/2018
Enjoy a morning of easy volleyball on the beach. Ages 10 and up are welcome to participate.
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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Every Saturday Weekly from 05/19/2018 to 09/29/2018
Ranger-led nature walk.
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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Every Saturday Weekly from 06/23/2018 to 08/25/2018
Join a Park Ranger for a nature walk, games and exploration.
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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Join the park rangers for an evening of music and stories around a roaring fire. Bring a blanket or beach chair.
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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Every Saturday Weekly from 06/23/2018 to 08/25/2018
Learn best practices for enjoying a campfire safely.
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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Every Saturday Weekly from 05/26/2018 to 08/25/2018
Kayaking program.
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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Every Saturday Weekly from 06/02/2018 to 09/01/2018
Have you been on one of our famous tours of Fort Tompkins? Learn about the rest of Fort Wadsworth on this weekly walking tour.
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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Join a park ranger for a guided poetry walk at the wildlife refuge.
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Saturday, July 21, 2018
Practice Vinyassa yoga on the beach.
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Sunday, July 22, 2018
Explore the Sandy Hook Holly Forest on this sensory led tour with a ranger.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Learn about the sport of angling through a variety of different approaches with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2018
Children ages 7-12 will stretch and imitate the natural environment around us.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Come cheer on the women in this exciting annual competition.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Paddle to Rockaway Point and back.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Enjoy the popular summer concert series with the classic & pop rock of "Carl Gentry" band courtesy of the Sandy Hook Foundation.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Discover the diverse wildlife inhabiting our coast.
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Thursday, July 26, 2018
Children ages 7-12 learn how to identify planets and star constellations in the night sky.
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Friday, July 27, 2018
Circumnavigate Floyd Bennett Field in a kayak to the Gateway Marina and walk a mile back to the start.
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Friday, July 27, 2018
Experience the park after dark and learn more
about the nocturnal residents of the Jamaica
Bay Wildlife Refuge.
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Friday, July 27, 2018
Explore historic Fort Wadsworth with a ranger by the light of a full moon.
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Friday, July 27, 2018
Explore various parts of Sandy Hook's ecosystem during the full buck moon.
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Saturday, July 28, 2018
Stop by to chat with volunteers of the Army Ground Forces Association performing restoration projects at Battery Gunnison/New Peck.
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Saturday, July 28, 2018
Local teams are invited to participate in a free, double elimination basketball tournament for boys and girls ages 10 to 14.
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Sunday, July 29, 2018
Learn how Robert Moses radically altered the
natural infrastructure of New York City’s
parks and roadways, and how he was instrumental
in the creation and preservation of the
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Children ages 7-12 will look for historical items in the rooms of the History House to develop appreciation to the time of the 1940s army families.
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Enjoy the popular summer concert series with the sounds of the "Disco Connection" featuring Lisa Sherman courtesy of the Sandy Hook Foundation.
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Thursday, August 2, 2018
See the thriving salt marsh with the backdrop of one of the world's busiest airports, on this energetic excursion from Bayswater Park through JoCo Creek.
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Thursday, August 2, 2018
Children age 7-12 will learn about the history of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and about the daily duties of the life-saving crew.
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Thursday, August 2, 2018
Get the hang of kayaking as you paddle along the sandy bay shore of the Rockaway Penin-sula. Instruction provided.
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Friday, August 3, 2018
Explore the salt marsh near the head of Ja-maica Bay on this idyllic paddle.
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Friday, August 3, 2018
Join a park ranger for an easy walk around Great Kills Park that’s suitable for the whole family.
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Saturday, August 4, 2018
Bicycle with a ranger on a guided tour and learn about everything from gun batteries to beaches.
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Saturday, August 4, 2018
Join the National Park Service and Sadhana: Coalition of Progressive Hindus for our monthly beach clean-up at the North Channel Bridge
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Saturday, August 4, 2018
Local teams are invited to participate in a free, double elimination basketball tourna-ment for boys and girls ages 10 to 16.
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Saturday, August 4, 2018
This hands-on workshop will cover the basics of yarn spinning.
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Sunday, August 5, 2018
Join us for a hike along the trails and beach.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Children ages 7-12 learn what it was like to be a lighthouse keeper during the 18th century.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Visit the Sandy Hook Lighthouse and learn about the oldest operating lighthouse in the nation with a park ranger/living historian in uniform as a Keeper.
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Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Discover the diverse wildlife inhabiting our coast.
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Thursday, August 9, 2018
A morning of arts & crafts for all ages.
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Thursday, August 9, 2018
Paddle along the Rockaway shoreline from Riis Landing past Rockaway Cove to the WWII Fire Control Tower.
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Thursday, August 9, 2018
Children ages 7-12 participate in citizen scientist work by helping rangers find, catch, identify and track non-native/invasive crabs.
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Thursday, August 9, 2018
Get the hang of kayaking as you paddle along the sandy bay shore of the Rockaway Penin-sula. Instruction provided.
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Saturday, August 11, 2018
Stop by to chat with volunteers of the Army Ground Forces Association performing restoration projects at Battery Gunnison/New Peck.
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Saturday, August 11, 2018
The Staten Island Chapter of the Amateur Astronomer’s Association hosts public star-gazing at the main parking area. Inclement weather will cancel the program.
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Sunday, August 12, 2018
Nature lovers and bibliophiles alike are invited to join our book club! Join us every 6 weeks as we discuss a book over complimentary tea and coffee.
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Sunday, August 12, 2018
Join us & make vinegar from herbs grown in our gardens.
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