Events Calendar

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Keystone Hiking and Outdoor Weekend

Explore the Susquehanna Riverlands through a create-your-own-experience-style weekend! Choose from events hosted by community and outdoor-related organizations to highlight the natural recreational assets of the region. There will be guided...

Nature’s Nook Farm Pasture Walk

Natures Nook Farm 740 Shed Road, Newville, Pennsylvania, United States

Autumn is an excellent time for graziers to assess their requirements for late winter feeding. It allows time for adjustments to livestock numbers and to identify alternate nutrition sources while...

Walk in the Woods: Strawberry Hill Preserve

Explore the streams found on the Strawberry Hill property and gain insights into their critical role in maintaining the health of the waters. Join us for a guided fall hike...

Pumpkins & Pippins Fall Festival 2024

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd., Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States

Our fourth annual Pumpkins and Pippins fall festival is scheduled for Saturday, October 19 from noon to 4 p.m. at Pine Hill Recreation Area, Waynesboro. Rain location is the Waynesboro Area Middle School. A fundraiser for Buttonwood/The Institute, the festival includes a full slate of activities and fun for all ages, including a ‘kid zone’...

Strawberry Hill Night Science

The night skies are vast and beautiful! Explore the brilliance of the night as we learn how to use telescopes, discuss myths & legends about the moon, and explore nature with a night hike! This program is designed to meet the Cadette Night Owl and Senior Space Science Expert badge requirements. Scouts will receive a...

$10

What If Jim Thorpe Had Stayed at Carlisle?

Craighead House 318 E. Old Yord Rd., Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States

Dr. Tom Benjey, Carlisle Indian School Football Historian, will present an alternate history based on a question not previously asked: What if Jim Thorpe had remained at Carlisle instead of taking a two-year hiatus playing minor league baseball. Register HERE.

Tree Tenders® Training

York 911 Building 120 Davies Drive, York, Pennsylvania, United States

This training empowers individuals to make dramatic strides towards restoring and caring for the tree canopy in their communities! This training is designed for municipal staff, community volunteers, and grantees of TreePennsylvania's Environmental Justice Grant program (2024-25).  For more information about TreePennsylvania, please visit our website.  Register HERE.

EXPLORE! A Peek Inside a Pumpkin

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd., Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, United States

This is the final program in our series of four new fall outdoor adventure programs in October.  Designed for kids in grades K to 5, EXPLORE! programs will run on four Thursdays, October 3, 10, 17, and 24.  Sessions are after school, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro, Pa. All program activities...

Songs and Stories of Halloween

Pine Grove Furnace State Park 1100 Pine Grove Rd, Gardners, Pennsylvania, United States

Join storyteller and singer Matthew Dodd for a free one-hour event sponsored by the Friends of Pine Grove Furnace State Park. Fun for the whole family!Bring the entire family for this free performance in the State Park Amphitheater, which is just south from the Campgrounds along Bendersville Road. Most visitors should park in the large...

Halloween on the Hill

Join us for a night of spooky family fun! Costumes welcome. $5/person (kids and adults) or $20/family of four or more To register click here. 5:30-7:30pm All new scavenger hunt - fun for all ages Explore the Nature Classroom and learn about things that go bump in the night Table Talk: From Prions to Cordyceps -...

Owls of Pennsylvania (Virtual)

Can't visit us in person for our owl programs? Join us zoom for the online version of our live program!Educators in the classroom will be brought to you virtually. You will be able to participate, ask questions, view presentations and artifacts in real time.   Saw Whet Owls will be particularly featured. Licensed banders from the...

South Mountain Trolley Greenway Open House

Coover Park 201 N Route 15, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, United States

To celebrate the Greenway, an open house will take place at Coover Park on Oct. 27 from 1-5pm. This is the Southern trailhead for the proposed eight mile non-motorized trail along the former Mechanicsburg Dillsburg Railway. Please consider coming for a tour and an opportunity to meet partners. Reservations are being accepted for booths. Donations are being accepted. Other...

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