Guest Hike: Interpretive Nature Walk
Nawakwa Camp Nawakwa, Harriman State Park, NYMaryLynne Malone, Educator from the Palisades Interstate Park Commission - Regional Museums Division, will lead an Interpretive Nature Walk at camp at 4 pm.
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Hosted Weekend: Janet Sibarium and Anita DeKroger
Late Summer BBQ Enjoy BBQ chicken (or grilled vegetable spears for vegetarians)…..and fresh season produce, (corn-on-the-cob, salad)… Healthy, tasty, easy to prepare meals to satisfy omnivores and vegetarians. It’s back to basics of BBQing and good times. When registering, please specify which meals (Saturday dinner only or all meals, including Sunday breakfast/trail lunch) and if […]
Snakes Live! Guest appearance from Bear Mountain State Park
Nawakwa Camp Nawakwa, Harriman State Park, NYJoin us at camp and be sure to stay late Saturday as Bear Mountain State Park will provide an presentation on Snakes of the Park with live specimens on August 13 after dinner.
Orientation Session
Nawakwa Camp Nawakwa, Harriman State Park, NYFor new Applicants and current Keyholders who’d like a refresher, an Orientation Session is scheduled for Saturday 8/20/2022. Maryann Poris and Ray Kozma will lead the orientation. Participants can notify either Ray (raymondkozma@gmail.com) or Maryann (maporis@aol.com) that they will be attending. The starting time will be at 11am and all should meet at camp.
Hosted Weekend: Yajing Li & Maryann Poris
HERE'S TO TASTY TOFU! Please join us for a weekend of cooling and tasty vegetarian food to the theme of tofu. The appetizers for happy hour and the dinner menu include authentic Asian flavors as well as fusion style cooking. Dinner will be followed by peach and berry pies and ice cream for dessert. Vegetarian […]
Late Summer Work Weekend (hosted weekend too!)
Second Summer Work Weekend – August 27-28, 2022 The work weekend will include continued clearing of all pathways and driveway, mowing, weed whipping, continued renovation of the handrail to the swim area. Lodge and cabin cleaning. Picnic table renovation. Other maintenance chores as necessary. Something for everyone! Saturday lunch will be provided by the camp, […]
Hosted Weekend: Zhihong Shi & Peter Cohn
An end of summer cookout. Menu to include hors d'oeuvres and refreshments, grilled steak and portobello mushrooms, tomato and onion salad, corn on the cob, and stone fruit tart. Breakfast and bag lunches will also be available. Please email Peter (petercohn@gmail.com) or Ski (zhihong.shi@gmail.com) to sign up and make food requests by Wed Aug 24.
Camp Quannacut – (5 miles) – Sunday, August 28, 2022
Harriman State Park Harriman State Park, Harriman, NYThe New York Chapter’s first camp in Harriman State Park was at Camp Quannacut (situated on Queensboro Lake) and used April and May of 1924). This hike will visit and have lunch at Queensboro Lake as we try to imagine what that first generation of members experienced having their first camp in the park. Hike […]
Hosted Weekend: Labor Day Weekend with Lewis Ports
Nawakwa Camp Nawakwa, Harriman State Park, NYBreak out your Aloha shirts and bathing suits for a Saturday Hawaiian Luau and Monday Labor Day Picnic! Saturday’s Dinner will be traditional Luau and North Shore Food Truck Plate Lunches. Sunday breakfast will also be Hawaiian-style. Standard trail lunch. Sunday dinner will be a light vegetable soup, Croque Monsieur, salad and […]
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.
