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Be prepared for anything! Learn tips and tricks for navigating and surviving in the wild from our expert Urban Park Rangers.
Urban Park Rangers: Outdoor Skills Events
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Native American Heritage Month: Stone Tools
at Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn 
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join Urban Park Rangers and Celebrate Native American Heritage Month by honing your own tools from flint.
Free!
Sunday, November 2, 2025
Trees Count at Van Cortlandt Park with the Urban Park Rangers
at Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers as we survey trees for Trees Count 2025!
Free!
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Sunday, November 16, 2025
Outdoor Skills: Backpacking Essentials
at Bowling Green Cottage (in Parade Ground), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Learn how to prepare for and enjoy a successful camping or backpacking trip. Practice wilderness survival skills, review essential gear, and take a stroll around Prospect Park.
Free!
Outdoor Skills: Fire Building
at Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Our Urban Park Rangers are well-versed in outdoor lore. Learn tips and tricks that will enhance your knowledge of the natural world, and might just save your life.
Free!
Outdoor Skills: Colonial Cooking
at Old Stone House (in Washington Park), Brooklyn
12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
Join Rangers and explore seasonal food traditions, historic cooking techniques, and the Indigenous origins of American foodways.
Free!
Saturday, November 22, 2025
Gather Around the Campfire
at Entrance - Beach 44th Street and Boardwalk (in Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk), Queens
5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m.
Enjoy the sunset and cool nights of November gathered around a fire with the Urban Park Rangers. We will participate in activities such as stories, songs and more.
Free!
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Outdoor Skills: Rules of Three
at Entrance - West 100 Street and Central Park West (in Central Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
What is the rule of three when it comes to wilderness survival? Learn the importance of shelter, water, air and food while surviving outdoors.
Free!
Saturday, November 29, 2025
Outdoor Skills: Orienteering
at West 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.
Learn how to navigate Inwood’s winding wilderness trails using compasses and maps and then team up to test all of your outdoors survival skills in a race to the finish!
Free!
Sunday, November 30, 2025
Gather Around the Campfire
at Fort Greene Park Visitor Center (in Fort Greene Park), Brooklyn
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for an afternoon of learning fire building skills and activities such as stories, songs and more.
Free!
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