Women Take to the Trails
Teatown 1600 Spring Valley Rd, Ossining, NYLace up your hiking boots and bond with fellow female hikers as we cruise the trails. Start your morning on the Teatown trails in the crisp November air.
Lace up your hiking boots and bond with fellow female hikers as we cruise the trails. Start your morning on the Teatown trails in the crisp November air.
Celebrate Día de los Muertos with a Teatown twist as we learn about the beautiful butterfly that is central to this holiday.
Decomposers deserve our respect! Join Elissa Schilmeister for a look at the lions of the leaf litter, as we walk the woods of Teatown and consider the life cycle of a forest.
As Teatown’s trees show their true colors, we will look to this fabulous fall foliage for natural art materials. Where will your inspiration take you? Come craft with Early Childhood Art Educator Caroline Erb to find out.
Learn about the community of organisms that grow on trees in our area, from lichens to liverworts to tardigrades. Take a hike with Taro Ietaka, a professional naturalist and land manager, certified arborist, and past president of the Connecticut-Westchester Mycological Association, to find these woodland wonders.
Help yourself to more sweet potatoes – then come hike off that Thanksgiving feast! This moderate hike will span Teatown Lake Reservation and John E. Hand Park, as Elissa Schilmeister leads us up Bald Mountain.
Lace up your hiking boots and bond with fellow female hikers as we cruise the trails. Start your morning on the Teatown trails in the crisp November air.
Holiday Art Sale
Join us in the Visitor Center to shop for one of a kind works of art.
Refreshments will be served. Free to attend!
When we think of endangered species, exotic animals like African elephants, blue whales, and polar bears often come to mind. But did you know that local species are also under threat?
There are so many ways to give back to your community! Consider a blood donation during the season of giving. Teatown is hosting a blood drive on Wednesday, December 7 in our Carriage House. Sign up below to reserve your preferred time. Walk-ins welcome, but priority will be given to those who pre-register. Sign up
Winter is right around the corner! Get ready for the changing of the seasons by making festive decorations with Caroline Erb, Environmental Art Educator. Create something bright for the darkest days of winter using natural and recycled materials.
How do animals get ready for winter? Play a game and meet an ambassador animal with Environmental Educator Elissa Schilmeister to learn about strategies from packing on the pounds to packing up and leaving. Winter is coming – be prepared!
Kick off the 122nd Annual Christmas Bird Count with Charlie Roberto. Survey at Teatown, then travel to Croton Reservoir for winter waterfowl.
Pay what you wish, starting at $5/person.
Lace up your hiking boots and bond with fellow female hikers as we cruise the trails.
The shortest day of the year is nearly here! Make gifts for wildlife to help them through the longest nights of the year. Put together pinecone birdfeeders and more to feed our feathered friends. M $10/family; NM $15/family Limited to five families No more than five family members/family Register
Where do birds go in the winter? Why do trees lose their leaves? If you have a curious child that asks questions like these, Holidaze Mini-Camp is the place for your budding naturalist!
Join Charlie Roberto at the Croton boat ramp for an Eagle Walk!
Join Early Childhood Art Educator Caroline Erb for an avian art session and bird walk. Birds of winter, even without their breeding plumage, are beautiful. How will their fine feathers inspire you?
Ring in the new year with a hike, where we’ll celebrate new beginnings in the winter woods. Be prepared for a moderately difficult hike around Teatown Lake and up Teatown Hill.
Celebrate Lunar New Year at Teatown as we welcome the Year of of the Rabbit.