Come, learn and contribute a day toward maintaining our shared hiking trails. We'll hike to our work location and then work for around three hours not counting our picnic break. Meeting place: Camp Nawakwa ( pick-up at Rail/bus station possible) When: 10:00 a.m. What to bring: Work clothes, long pants and shirt sleeves, jacket/warm layers for […]
All hands on deck! Tasty and nutritious complementary lunch will be provided for all volunteers. Happy Hour/Dinner menu: chicken, or black bean burgers with sautéed veggies, and Janet’s home made apple crunch pie) and breakfast. Easy prep/clean-up guaranteed. (As usual, registrants for Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast /lunch will reimburse the host.) The Saturday Day […]
Attached please find a Notice of the Annual Meeting, to be held virtually, via Zoom, on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at 10 am. The link to the Zoom meeting will be sent in advance of the meeting, on or about October 17, 2024. We hope you can join the meeting. Click here for the meeting […]
Camp Nawakwa has a rich wood day history. In the last century, wood day was established as a time when we as Nawakwans would fill our stores for the winter with freshly split firewood. Old wood would be rotated to the front of the pile while the fresh, greener wood would be placed at the […]
November 9, 2024, 11 AM to approximately 1 PM Distance: 2.5-3 miles Not qualifying We will visit two New York City parks in upper Manhattan: Inwood Hill Park and then Fort Tryon Park. Highlights of the walk include the Shorakkopoch monument (the rock where Peter Minuit allegedly bought Manhattan in 1626 for trinkets and beads worth […]
Harvest Dinner Hosted weekend on Nov. 9-10, 2024 Enjoy the beautiful autumn with hiking, relaxing, chatting by the fire, and a hearty simple dinner. Simple and nutritious breakfast will be served for overnighters. Qualifying Please register by 10 pm. Nov. 7 Email co-hosts to register: Yajing Li:yajinglee@yahoo.com Belle Zhang: zhangmbelle@gmail.com Indicate: Dinner and/or Breakfast (Lunch […]
Parker Cabin Mountain via Claudius Rock – November 16, 2024 – 9AM Distance: Approx. 6 miles Approx. total ascent 1015 feet Qualifying Starting at the main cabin, we will take the unmarked trail at Nawakwa towards the triangle trail. At the intersection with the triangle trail we will make a left towards Dutch Doctor. At […]
Distance: about 3-3.5 miles Time: about 2 hours Not qualifying We’ll take a short ferry ride to a 172 acre island located a few hundred yards off lower Manhattan to walk Governors Island. The walk will take us through natural areas, along former Coast Guard housing, and up a very small (70’) hill to great […]
Saturday, December 7, 2024 – 9 AM Shawangunk Ridge State Forest/Roosa Gap State Forest Hike Distance 6.85 miles 1200 ft Ascent Moderate Terrain and Pace. Qualifying This hike in the Shawangunks is a well-kept secret by local rock climbers. We’ll start by ascending through the forest until we reach the ridge where we’ll find a […]
Founded in 1923, the Nawakwa Outdoor Association of New York, Inc. is a membership organization dedicated to the enjoyment of the outdoors through hiking, walking, camping, swimming, skiing, sailing, canoeing, and kayaking, and to the conservation and preservation of our wilderness, particularly the mountains, lakes, trails, and camping areas of the metropolitan New York region.
