Almost Summer Weekend, June 14 - 15, 2025 Not quite summer, but we expect lots of bloom, including mountain laurels dotting our campgrounds. Dinner: Fresh fish (hopefully wild caught salmon), quinoa and roasted beets and other vegetables as sides. Veggie burgers for vegetarians. Plus a salad bar. Janet will bake her delicious and not-too-sweet apple […]
The Big Ice Cave, Ellenville NY This adventurous hike will take place in Sam's Point Preserve, a branch location of Minnewaska State Park. I am on the preserve’s calendar as a “private hike,” which means that within a couple of rules, we can go where we please in this rough, steep-sloped, multiply-crevassed bedrock landscape. […]
Learn to read maps, use a compass to orient yourself in the wilds, and how to utilize dead reckoning when necessary. Meet at the lodge at Nawakwa. We will spend time understanding orienteering basics indoors, and then practice outdoors. Limit: 10 participants. Cost: free with your camp fee. Instructor: Don Elmendorf, Licenced Environmental Engineer, Coast […]
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.
