For 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.
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 […]
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, […]
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.
The 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 […]
Break 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 […]
Annual ACA Square Dance Invitation Sunday, September 4th NOANY is invited to join the ACA for this event. Participating NOANY members will walk over as a group to the ACA Camp to join after dinner on Sunday. Contact the Labor Day Weekend Host for more info.; Lewis Ports (646) 339-1316 or ports.lewis@gmail.com
Help Alex Wilkie and friends welcome the arrival of the cooler weather of September at Nawakwa. There may be a chance for one last swim, along with hiking, boating or just sitting on the front porch. Meals will be hearty and healthy for both meat eaters and vegetarians. Sunday breakfast and trail lunches will be provided. Please […]
Harvest Moon Midnight Hike, Saturday September 10, 2022 Following dinner at Camp on Saturday night we’ll carpool to Elk Pen for a loop hike. We’ll hike up to Island Pond and detour to an Indian Cave, then walk a flat ridge-line using only moonlight to illuminate the way. Then we’ll descend through the Lemon Squeezer […]
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.
