Events Calendar

Hiking can be an incredible experience and create memories that last a lifetime. But where do you start? What are the essentials everyone should have before venturing out? Join Strawberry Hill’s Director of Environmental Education for a presentation that will answer these questions and more! Explore unique and fun activities you can do with kids...

Watch the Strawberry Full Moon rise over Laurel Lake and learn how it gets its name. Register to use a park kayak (space is limited) or bring your own boat. If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, please contact the park you plan to visit. With at least seven days’...

Join us for a free nighttime nature hike under the Full Strawberry Moon! What better way to celebrate the official start of summer than a hike under the glorious full moon? This is our favorite time of year. The forest is in bloom and wild strawberries are everywhere. We’ll explore some local history and discover...

10 a.m. Disc Golfing Bolder Woods Gifford Pinchot State Park, Wellsville, PA 17365 12 p.m. Potluck Picnic Lunch on the Lakeside Trail1:30 Stand-up paddle boarding (2 boards to share. Bring your own paddle craft too) Sign up HERE.

Join local historian Andre Weltman to see the furnace “head race” and “slag heap,” a man-made mountain of waste products from smelting iron. Meet at the Old Stone Furnace Stack for an introductory presentation on these topics, then walk ½ mile on very uneven terrain, moderate slopes and a little mud -- wear proper footwear....

Join in the summer fun with Strawberry Hill and Adams County Public Library’s Adventures in Hiking! Join us for a 1-mile family hike through the forest and we'll discuss basic safety while hiking and fun games to play on the trail.  This program is weather permitting. Please bring water and sunblock and wear appropriate footwear. A...

Learn about these nocturnal raptors and the ones who called our woods home, before going on a short hike to try and hear some owls! If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, please contact the park you plan to visit. With at least seven days’ notice, interpreters for...

Twig George, an author in her own right, and daughter of famous children’s author and naturalist Jean Craighead George, will give a talk and tell stories from Jean’s notes and diaries about spending summers at Craighead House as well as back stories for some of Jean’s books, as well as her own.

Did you know a bug is different from an insect? Learn all about insects at our Summer Explore session! We will go on a hike to look for insects and record what we see in nature journals. We will also create our own insects and build a “Pollinator Hotel” that the participants can take home...

The Bay supper is the most important fundraiser of the year for The Institute—now Buttonwood Nature Center. In 2024 we mark our 27th year of this popular event. We are once again planning our traditional “crab feast” dinner and our auctions—it’s sure to be fun! Here’s an event that’s definitely all it’s cracked up to be!...

From Pine Grove Furnace to Carlisle, the South Mountain Railroad changed the lives of people up and down the valley. Join Andre Weltman as he gives the history on when, how, and why it came to be. If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, please contact the park...

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! If you need an accommodation to participate in park activities due to a disability, please contact the park you plan to visit. With at least seven days’ notice, interpreters for...