2024 Demarest Nature Center Events Calendar

Demarest Nature Center Annual Events

Saturday, January 6, 2024
Saturday, January 6, 2024

Community Trail Walk
Time: 10AM
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

Saturday, February 10, 2024
Saturday, February 10, 2024
maple-syrup-harvesting

Maple Syrup Making & Community Trail Walk
Time: 10AM-1PM
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

Saturday, March 2, 2024
Saturday, March 2, 2024
maple-syrup-harvesting

Community Trail Walk & Volunteer Day (Spring Cleanup)
Time: 10AM
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

Sunday, March 31, 2024
Sunday, March 31, 2024

John Goodwin Photo Contest entries due
Time: 11:59PM
Location: TBD

Saturday, April 6, 2024
Saturday, April 6, 2024

Community Nature Walk
Time: 10AM
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

Saturday, April 14, 2024
Saturday, April 14, 2024
maple-syrup-harvesting

Birdwatching & Nature Walk with Don Torino (Bergen County Audubon Society)
Time: 10AM
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

Saturday, April 27, 2024
Saturday, April 27, 2024

Canoe Day, Beekeeper, Birdhouses/Birdfeeder Building, Earth Day/Arbor Day
Time: 10AM-3PM
Location: Demarest Duck Pond

Saturday, May 4, 2024
Saturday, May 4, 2024

Mushroom Foraging Walk with Wildman Steve Brill
Time: 1PM-4PM
Location: Announce Shortly

Friday, May 31, 2024
Friday, May 31, 2024

Environmental Scholarship entries due
Time: 11:59PM
Location: [email protected]

Saturday, June 1, 2024
Saturday, June 1, 2024

Community Trail Walk & Nature Trails Day
Time: 10AM-1PM
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

July
July

Demarest Summer Recreational Camp Program
Time: TBD
Location: TBD

Saturday, September 7, 2024
Saturday, September 7, 2024

Community Trail Walk
Time: 10AM
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

Saturday, September 21, 2024
Saturday, September 21, 2024

Demarest Day
Time: 2PM-6PM
Location: Wakelee Field

Saturday, October 5, 2024
Saturday, October 5, 2024

Oktoberfest (Rain Date: 10/19/2024)
Time: 10AM-5PM
Location: Demarest Duck Pond

Saturday, October 5, 2024
Saturday, October 5, 2024

Community Trail Walk
Time: 10AM
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

Sunday, October 6, 2024
Sunday, October 6, 2024

Picnic with Nature Center Boards of Tenafly & Closter
Time: 5PM-7:30PM
Location: TBD

Saturday, October 19, 2024
Saturday, October 19, 2024

Birdwatching & Nature Walk with Don Torino (Bergen County Audubon Society)(tentative)
Time: TBD
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

Saturday, November 2, 2024
Saturday, November 2, 2024

Community Trail Walk

Saturday, November 2, 2024
Time: 10AM
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

Saturday, December 7, 2024
Saturday, December 7, 2024

Community Trail Walk

Saturday, December 7, 2024
Time: 10AM
Location: At the DNC - Imagination Playground (Wakelee Field)

Please Note

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Winter Birds of Demarest

Each fall millions of birds fly south for the winter in search of warmer weather and a more favorable climate with abundant food. In the Northeast, most people think of birds heading for tropical destinations, such as Central and South America.