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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, January 18, 2025
Fantasy Forest Part 2: Immersive Storytelling Hike
at Nevada Avenue Parking Lot (in High Rock Park), Staten Island
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!
Outdoor Skills: Winter Wilderness Survival
at Salt Marsh Nature Center (in Marine Park), Brooklyn 
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Learn all about how to prepare and survive outdoors during the colder winter temperatures.Try your hand at making a friction fire and building shelters with tarps, knots, and more
Free!
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Sunday, January 19, 2025
Outdoor Skills: Animal Tracking
at Alley Pond Park Environmental Center, Queens
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join this Urban Park Ranger led walk as we look for evidence of wildlife in the park.
Free!
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Outdoor Skills: Orienteering
at Arden Woods Parking Lot, Staten Island
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Learn about the sport of orienteering: a fun, new way to experience Arden Woods.
Free!
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Kids Week: Shelter Building
at Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Rangers will teach you different methods of shelter building using natural materials.
Free!
Kids
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Outdoor Skills: Fire Building
at Van Cortlandt Nature Center (in Van Cortlandt Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–2:00 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!
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