Welcome back! This is our traditional Spring Work Weekend to get Camp Nawakwa ready for the new camp season. Please join hosts Nancy Dargis, Mary Hilley and Eve Mancuso for the work weekend to get our camp in good order for 2023. The first of the 100-year Anniversary Festivities will be incorporated into this weekend. […]
5 - 6 miles, with a steady, moderately strenuous, climb up and over Stockbridge Mountain. Elevation gain about 500 feet In the Fall of 1924, the New York Chapter subleased Camp Blue Bird (on the east side of Upper Twin Lake) from a group that used the property as a girl’s camp in Summer. In […]
Host Robert Matson, who is visiting us from his new home in Arkansas, will prepare a Saturday night dinner & Happy Hour to please one and all. Fresh, healthy, balanced foods for dinner, and for those staying overnight, a simple but nutritious breakfast will be served Sunday and a trail lunch afterwards. The Hosting Committee […]
A special project, starting from 11 am to 2pm, to repair the boat dock’s flotation and to install a new kayak launch will take place on Saturday, May 6th Volunteer for a few hours to help us re- install our boat dock, fix the floats and install our new kayak launch attachment. The dock is […]
May 6-7, 2023 Hosted Saturday Night Dinner May is a beautiful time to be at Nawakwa.Please join Stephanie Lai for a delicious, wholesome, meal freshly made by your fellow Nawakwan. Menu is predominately American with Asian elements and Latin flare.If you are vegetarian, please indicate if you eat dairy, and/or eggs. Saturday Happy Hour […]
5 – 6 miles, moderately paced, with fairly strenuous climbs from the Elk Pen up and over Green Pond Mountain, Surebridge Mountain, and Fingerboard Mountain down to Lake Tiorati. Elevation gain about 700 feet. On this weekend, in the town of Damascus, Virginia, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy celebrates “Trail Days” – the largest A.T. specific […]
Cicero said, "Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature" and we Nawakwans are lucky to be able to observe the lovely hills and woodlands on Lake Sebago. Have you ever wanted to capture some of that beauty on canvas? Join co-hosts Alex Wilkie and Edie Green for a Paint & Sip Weekend […]
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.
