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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
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!
Event
Saturday, March 8, 2025
Walk Like A Wizard
at Parkside Avenue and South Lake Drive (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers as we help you create one-of-a-kind fantastical walking sticks using various components of nature. This will be a two-part adventure if you choose!
Free!
Outdoor Skills: Knot Tying
at West 218th Street and Indian Road (in Inwood Hill Park), Manhattan
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
There’s a knot for every need! Learn methods to tie very useful knots.
Free!
Sunday, March 9, 2025
Outdoor Skills: Knot Tying
at Entrance - 34th Avenue between 77th and 78th Streets (in Travers Park), Queens
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
There’s a knot for every need! Learn methods to tie very useful knots.
Free!
Outdoor Skills: Survival 101
at Broadway and Wayne Street (in CPL. Thompson Park), Staten Island
1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join the Urban Park Rangers as we discuss how to pack and prepare for any potential survival situation.
Free!
Sunday, March 30, 2025
Outdoor Skills: Advanced Firemaking
at Archery Field Parking Lot (in Willowbrook Park), Staten Island 
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
What can you use to build a fire? Explore this site as we search for different materials to use as kindling and learn advanced techniques to build an outdoor fire.
Free!
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