October 7-8 Hint of Fall Weekend Enjoy vegetarian home cooking with a menu featuring spicy white bean stew, cornbread, assorted other sides, and dessert. BYOB. Breakfast and bag lunches will be available for those staying overnight. To register, email host Ingrid Strauch at Ingrid-hiking@noany.org. by Thursday, October 5, at 9 p.m., and please specify which […]
Witches’ Stew in Nawakwa: Hosted October Weekend 21-22 Two expert witches will be making powerful magical potions for dinner on work weekend. The potent elixiringredients will include some vampire blood and lizard lips for the meat eaters and a variety of poison mushrooms for the vegetarians. People in costumes are welcome. Happy hour: Chips and […]
“All Hands On Deck” for our Annual Wood Day and camp closing weekend. We have a large tree to cut up and much wood to split along with the regular camp closing tasks. A Nutritious, tasty complementary lunch for all volunteers. Menu: Vegetable broth (No sodium) with veggies, or chicken broth (no sodium) with veggies, […]
If you like Tai Chi, come join host Yajing Li for a one hour Tai Chi exercise followed by a simple dinner. Saturday, Nov. 11 2:30-3:30 pm: A set of easy to follow breathing and stretching Tai Chi exercises. 5:00 pm: Simple dinner that is easy to prepare and to clean; appetizer, main, and desserts; For […]
Join Alex Wilkie for a winter weekend at camp. After helping out Mary James and Andy Frank with trail maintenance, why not enjoy a hot meal and a warm fire? The park water will be off, so happy hour and dinner will be hearty but simple to prepare and easy to clean up. Sunday breakfast […]
Note: for Applicants, this event qualifies as a work-day Cooler days are a fine time for trail work! Come and see if you might like this kind of outdoor work. First we’ll look at some basic principles that guide trail maintainers' work. Then we will hike to a nearby trail that needs our attention […]
Approximately 9 – 10 miles (round-trip). Moderately paced; short, steep section over Conklin Mountain and ups and downs over Breakneck Mountain. Elevation gain about 550 feet. Post-Thanksgiving Day exercise after the feast! This backpack adventure starts from the Boat Launch area of Lake Sebago. We will take a variety of trails to hike over to […]
Come to Camp Saturday and Sunday to enjoy the Winter tranquility and fellow adventurous Nawakwans. Water will be turned off at Camp for the season so this will be a “no frills” weekend. The fireplace and wood stove in the main cabin will provide heat but cold-weather clothing and sleeping bags are required. Dinner will […]
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.
