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Tour of Lower Falls
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Hike more than 130 steps to feel the spray of Lower
Falls, stand on the stone footbridge, and learn why the falls are naturally
eroding much faster than Middle or Upper Falls. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Crayfish Crawl
Sunday, July 28, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Lower Falls Restaurant. Search for crayfish of the Genesee River, learn about
these important animals. Waterproof walking shoes recommended. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Mr. Letchworth: Champion of the Less Fortunate
Monday, July 29, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of the
1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people with
epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Day-to-Day Life with the Seneca
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural tools and
family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear where to
learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
NATURE TABLE – Monarchs
Thursday, August 1, 2024 until Monday, September 30, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Celebrate the world-famous phenomenon of monarch butterfly
migration with detailed hand-built displays. See live caterpillars in the
nursery in late August into September.
Registration: Not required
The Story of the Glen Iris Estate
Friday, August 2, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tour of Upper and Middle Falls
Sunday, August 4, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Upper Falls picnic area. Feel the rumble and spray of two powerful Genesee
River waterfalls. See historic photos taken from these famous overlooks,
showing landscapes and railroad bridges of the past.
Registration: Not required
Mr. Letchworth: Champion of the Less Fortunate
Monday, August 5, 2024 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Day-to-Day Life with the Seneca
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural tools and
family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear where to
learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
I BIRD NY Challenge
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Mount Morris Dam. Use your observation skills and join the I BIRD NY
Challenge by identifying any 10 bird species of your choosing in New York
State. All participants will be awarded a commemorative patch, given a
completion certificate, and entered into a drawing for great birding prizes
when challenge sheets are submitted to birdingchallenge@dec.ny.gov.
Registration: Not required
Raptor Watch
Thursday, August 8, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Great Bend Overlook. Learn about the canyon raptors of Letchworth State
Park. Information table with displays.
Registration: Not required
The Story of the Glen Iris Estate
Friday, August 9, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Folklore of Letchworth State Park
Saturday, August 10, 2024 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Middle Falls. Step through the veil of lore, shine a light on tales of the
Genesee Valley...ghost deer of the
falls, the railroad bridge fire "conspiracy," Mary Jemison's
legendary land purchase negotiation, the Torture Tree...and more. Will take
rustic stone steps to Mary Jemison's grave site. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Tour of Lower Falls
Sunday, August 11, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Hike more than 130 steps to feel the spray of Lower Falls,
stand on the stone footbridge, and learn why the falls are naturally eroding
much faster than Middle or Upper Falls. 1 mile.
Registration: Not required
Mr. Letchworth: Champion of the Less Fortunate
Monday, August 12, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Day-to-Day Life with the Seneca
Tuesday, August 13, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Caterpillar Hunt
Thursday, August 15, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds.
Registration: Not required
The Story of the Glen Iris Estate
Friday, August 16, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tour of Upper and Middle Falls
Sunday, August 18, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Upper Falls picnic area. Feel the rumble and spray of two powerful Genesee River waterfalls. See historic photos taken from these famous overlooks, showing landscapes and railroad bridges of the past.
Registration: Not required
Mr. Letchworth: Champion of the Less Fortunate
Monday, August 19, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of the
1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people with
epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Stone Tool Craftsman Show
Friday, August 23, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
EXPLORE LETCHOWORTH: Silver Lake Outlet
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at campground registration building, across the
street from 7957 Schenck Road, Perry, NY. Part of a new series of nature walks aimed to immerse
participants into the diversity of habitats that can be found in Letchworth
State Park. Silver Lake flows into the Genesee River, forming a quiet ravine
and a hidden waterfall.
Registration: Not required
Stone Tool Craftsman Show
Saturday, August 24, 2024 10:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Stone Tool Craftsman Show
Sunday, August 25, 2024 10:00 AM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Highbanks Recreation Area. Featuring Flintknapping (tool-making demonstrations
and vendors), Living History Encampments. Additionally, the Eastern Seaboard
Atlatl Competition.
Registration: Not required
Mr. Letchworth: Champion of the Less Fortunate
Monday, August 26, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Caterpillar Hunt
Thursday, August 29, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds. 0.5 mile.
Registration: Not required
The Story of the Glen Iris Estate
Friday, August 30, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Nature and Park Information Table
Saturday, August 31, 2024 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Mount Morris Dam overlook just south of 2640 Park
Road, Mount Morris, NY. Get the inside scoop on why it looks like there's no
river at the dam, what all those big dark birds are circling around, and how
the Genesee River formed the canyons of Letchworth State Park.
Registration: Not required
Geology Walk
Monday, September 2, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Lower Falls area, octagon building. Geology, history, and nature lore are the subjects of
a walk into the changing path of the Lower Falls. Lots of steps and muddy
spots.
Registration: Not required
Mr. Letchworth: Champion of the Less Fortunate
Monday, September 2, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Day-to-Day Life with the Seneca
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
The Story of the Glen Iris Estate
Friday, September 6, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an industrial
zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's best state
park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Caterpillar Hunt
Sunday, September 8, 2024 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Help our environmental education team locate monarch
caterpillars as we search the milkweed patches around the Humphrey Nature
Center grounds.
Registration: Not required
KNEE HIGH NATURALISTS: Butterflies!
Monday, September 9, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. The Knee-High Naturalists program is designed to allow
children ages 3 – 6 (must be
accompanied by an adult) to explore the natural world.
Themes change with each program, and
activities may include storybook reading, crafts, or a short
nature walk.
Registration: Not required
Mr. Letchworth: Champion of the Less Fortunate
Monday, September 9, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
The Story of the Glen Iris Estate
Friday, September 13, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Dusk at Beaver Pond
Friday, September 13, 2024 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Parade Grounds parking area, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. Enjoy the tranquility of the Tupelo Oxbow as we discuss
nature's engineers, the American
Beaver. Patient onlookers may even be treated to glimpses of
the oxbow's resident beaver.
Registration: Not required
Mr. Letchworth: Champion of the Less Fortunate
Monday, September 16, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Day-to-Day Life with the Seneca
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
I BIRD NY Challenge
Thursday, September 19, 2024 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Trout Pond. Use your observation skills and join the I BIRD NY Challenge
by identifying any 10 bird species of your choosing in New York State. All
participants will be awarded a commemorative patch, given a completion
certificate, and entered into a drawing for great birding prizes when challenge
sheets are submitted to birdingchallenge@dec.ny.gov.
Registration: Not required
The Story of the Glen Iris Estate
Friday, September 20, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an
industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's
best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Tanghe Foray
Saturday, September 21, 2024
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Parade Grounds parking area, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. Special educational gathering by the Rochester Area
Mycological Society. A morning foray followed by a public display of the
mushrooms in the afternoon.
Registration: Not required
Letchworth on Tap
Saturday, September 21, 2024 03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Buried Barrel Hard Cider in Castile, NY. Hear stories, folklore, and true legends of Letchworth State
Park and the Genesee Valley from the cidery within sight of the park's Castile
entrance. Meet at Buried Barrel Hard Cider, 6517 Denton Corners Road, Castile,
NY.
Registration: Not required
KNEE HIGH NATURALISTS: Nature’s Music
Monday, September 23, 2024 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
The Knee-High Naturalists program is designed to allow
children ages 3 – 6 (must be
accompanied by an adult) to explore the natural world.
Themes change with each program, and
activities may include storybook reading, crafts, or a short
nature walk.
Registration: Not required
Mr. Letchworth: Champion of the Less Fortunate
Monday, September 23, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
Day-to-Day Life with the Seneca
Tuesday, September 24, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See traditional Onondawagah (Seneca) agricultural
tools and family practices, many of which are taught by the Seneca today. Hear
where to learn more about Seneca arts and culture. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
The Story of the Glen Iris Estate
Friday, September 27, 2024 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. See where William Pryor Letchworth transformed an industrial zone into a beautiful country estate that would grow into America's best state park, with a view of the Glen Iris mansion itself. Onsite.
Registration: Not required
HOME ECOLOGISTS: Tagging Monarch Butterflies (Advanced)
Friday, September 27, 2024 01:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Humphrey Nature Center. Hunt for caterpillars, then get behind the scenes of
caterpillar raising and butterfly tagging.
Get the inside scoop on how metamorphosis actually works. If
there are adult butterflies ready for release, help attach their ID tags and send
them on their way to Mexico. Hear how you can help monarch butterflies succeed
on their endangered migration.
Registration: Not required
EXPLORE LETCHWORTH: Shelf Island
Saturday, September 28, 2024 01:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at Parade Grounds parking lot, enter at 9280
Parade Grounds Road, Hunt, NY. A new series of nature walks aimed to immerse
participants into the diversity of habitats that can be found in Letchworth
State Park.
Registration: Not required
Mr. Letchworth: Champion of the Less Fortunate
Monday, September 30, 2024 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Humphrey Nature Center at Letchworth
Meet at William Pryor Letchworth Museum. Get the full scope of Mr. Letchworth's charity work of
the 1800s, from becoming an epileptologist and funding Craig Colony for people
with epilepsy to building orphanages and donating his land to create Letchworth
State Park. Onsite.
Registration: Not required