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Urban Park Rangers: Outdoor Skills

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Urban Park Rangers: Outdoor Skills Events

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from August 23, 2025 to September 28, 2025

Saturday, August 30, 2025

Aug30

Outdoor Skills: Knot Tying

at Living Laboratory Community Garden

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
There’s a knot for every need! Learn methods to tie very useful knots.
Free!

Sunday, August 31, 2025

Aug31

Outdoor Skills: Maps and Compasses

at Center

11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Come learn about maps, compasses, and more with the Urban Park Rangers. Learn how to use these tools, and what to do when lost in the wilderness.
Free!

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Aug31

Nature's Workshop: Natural Cordage and Weaving

at Chapin Parkway and 85th Avenue (in Captain Tilly Park), Queens

1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Learn the ancient art of weaving, an activity historically done during the winter months using materials that were harvested and processed during warmer seasons.
Free!

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Sep14

Outdoor Skills: Advanced Animal Tracking

at Blue Heron Nature Center (in Blue Heron Park), Staten Island 
This is an Accessible location

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join the Rangers in learning to identify animal tracks with non-invasive tracking techniques. Learn about how scientists can learn about what animals live in an area.
Free!

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Sep27

Fantasy Forest Immersive Hike

at Visitor Center - Satterlee Street and Hylan Boulevard (in Conference House Park), Staten Island 
This is an Accessible location

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Follow a theatrical story told by the Rangers as we traverse “there and back again” into the forest, leaving reality behind and chasing a land of mysticism and magic.
Free!

Sunday, September 28, 2025

Sep28

Outdoor Skills: Orienteering and Geocaching Hike

at Prospect Avenue and Brentwood Avenue (in Allison Pond Park), Staten Island

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Join the Rangers on an orienteering based hike where the Rangers will teach you how to read and follow maps which will eventually lead to a geocache with prizes inside.
Free!

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