Explore the ancient tulip tree forest of Inwood Hill Park with the Urban Park Rangers and learn about the Lenape’s deep connection to this landscape. This short walk highlights rock shelters, cultural history, and traditional plant knowledge rooted in Native American heritage. Location: Seaman Avenue and Isham Street in Inwood Hill Park. Registration not required.
Join the Urban Park Rangers to learn how to create your own natural dyes! Use these dyes to add some color to your life. Dyes will be made in advance by the rangers. Attendees are encouraged to bring clothes they would like to try and dye.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a survey of the November night sky. Rangers will provide an overview of the science, history, and folklore of astronomy and our universe, followed by guided observations through telescopes and binoculars.
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a guided walk through Lenapehoking, the ancestral homeland of the Lenape. Explore the landscape’s Indigenous history, seasonal ecology, and the traditions that continue to shape New York City today.
Join the Rangers on a post-holiday super hike of Inwood Hill Park and Fort Tryon Park. The Rangers will take you on a Northern Manhattan Walk along the Inwood Salt Marsh, old growth forest and then onto the scenic paths of Fort Tryon Park to enjoy stunning views of the Palisade Cliffs and Hudson River. The hike will end at the Heather Garden of Fort Tryon Park at Margaret Corbin Circle and Fort Washington Avenue.
New York City is home to an amazing abundance of wildlife. Our Urban Park Rangers will guide you to the best wildlife viewing spots. Throughout the winter, many Bald Eagles from upstate will fly south to NYC to hunt along the open, unfrozen sections of the Hudson River. On our walk we will hopefully be able to observe some of these mighty raptors soaring above the river or perched along the forest scouring for fish to prey upon!
