Here is a summary of FrOGS events planned for 2023. For full details please see our email updates, or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events? Please contact us at [email protected] for general questions, or [email protected] for paddling and hiking events.
To register for paddling events, please click here.
Plein Air events: please see separate post here.
March 19 (Sunday) – “Last Day of Winter” Hike at Ice Pond Conservation Area at 11:00 am. – Completed.
March 25 (Saturday) – Great Hollow “First Signs of Spring” Hike at 10:00 am. – Cancelled (weather).
April 15 (Saturday) – Gordon Douglas Reserve Hike (west side; strenuous, steep, boulders). From AT parking lot at Metro-North stop at 9:00 am. – Completed.
April 23 (Sunday) – Spring High Water Paddle. The Great Swamp from Wheeler Road launch site. Launch times at 9:00 and 11:00 am – Cancelled (water levels too low)
May 6 (Saturday) – Green Chimneys Paddle on the East Branch Croton River. Launch times at 8:30 and 10:30 am. – Completed.
May 7 (Sunday) – Gordon Douglas Reserve Dedication Hike (east side). From parking area off Route 22. Time: 10:45am – Completed.
May 28 (Sunday) – Checking on the Rookery Paddle. The Great Swamp from Wheeler Road launch site. Launch times at 9:00 and 11:30 am – Completed.
June 17 (Saturday) – Late Spring Hike – Michael Ciaiola Conservation Area. From main parking lot off Haviland Hollow Road at 9:30 am. – Canceled (weather)
July 23 (Sunday) – Gordon Douglas Reserve Hike (west side; strenuous, steep, boulders). From AT parking lot at Metro-North stop at 9:00 am. – Completed
August 13 (Sunday) – Bike Ride on the Maybrook Trailway. From parking lot off Route 292 in Holmes at 9:30 am. – Completed
September 10 (Sunday) – North Flow Paddle. The Great Swamp from Wheeler Road launch site. Launch time at 10:00 am – Canceled (weather)
September 16 (Saturday) – FrOGS-sponsored hike in Gordon Douglas Reserve (East) – easy 1.5 mile hike – Completed
September 23 (Saturday) – North Flow Paddle. The Great Swamp from Wheeler Road launch site. Launch time at 10:00 am – CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
September 24 (Sunday) – Pawling Nature Preserve Hike. From Sprague Road entrance to trails in Wingdale at 9:00 am – CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER
October 7 (Saturday) – FrOGS-sponsored hike in Gordon Douglas Reserve (West)
October 8 (Sunday) – “Last Hurrah” Fall Paddle. The Great Swamp from Wheeler Road launch site. Launch times at 9:00AM and 11:30AM.
October 21-22 (Saturday and Sunday) – FrOGS Annual Fall Celebration (link here)