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SPRING, SUMMER, FALL & WINTER “SOAR” Bird Walks

SOAR (“Studying Ornithology Around the Region”) bird walks IMPORTANT: Locations rotate year-round among several parks in the region, with Waynesboro’s Antietam Meadow Park as “home base.” Visit THIS PAGE to see the current schedule of locations. (If in doubt about the weather—check Buttonwood’s Facebook page) First and third Saturdays ONLY Start time: 8:00 a.m.  First […]

Appalachian Trail Hike Series-January 2024

NEW! We now have an online registration form—see below. To sign up for this program, fill out the form below. Attendance is FREE but registration is required.  The first in a series of monthly trail hikes on the last Sunday of the month, January through April 2024. Hike with us along a portion of the […]

Recurring

WINTER, SPRING, SUMMER & FALL “SOAR” Bird Walks

SOAR (“Studying Ornithology Around the Region”) bird walks IMPORTANT: Locations rotate year-round among several parks in the region, with Waynesboro’s Antietam Meadow Park as “home base.” Visit THIS PAGE to see the current schedule of locations. (If in doubt about the weather—check Buttonwood’s Facebook page) First and third Saturdays ONLY Start time: 8:00 a.m.  First […]

Telescope Clinic—Learn How to Use Your Telescope!

Church of the Apostles 336 Barnett Avenue, Waynesboro, PA, United States

We now have an online registration form—see below. Attendance is FREE but registration is required. In partnership with the Tri-State Astronomers Club, The Institute is hosting a telescope clinic on […]

The Chesapeake Bay, a joint program with AWA

Church of the Apostles 336 Barnett Avenue, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Life on the Chesapeake Bay A joint program of Buttonwood Nature Center, Home of The Institute and the Antietam Watershed Association Presented by Lara Lutz, editor of the Bay Journal […]