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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 […]

EXPLORE! Everything Evergreen!

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Online registration form is below. To sign up for any or all of the Explore! sessions, fill out the form below. You will receive an email with payment information. Your […]

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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers Winter 2025

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Wednesdays, January 15, 22, 29 and February 5, 12, and 19 from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Location: Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro. This winter we are offering a series […]

Appalachian Trail Hike Series-January 2025

The first in a series of four monthly trail hikes. Register with form below.  Buttonwood Nature Center is repeating its series of AT hikes on the last Sunday of the month from January through April, 2025. Hike with us along a portion of the legendary Appalachian Trail! Led by a Buttonwood naturalist, the hike will […]

EXPLORE! Whooo Gives a Hoot?

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Online registration form is below. To sign up for any or all of the Explore! sessions, fill out the form below. You will receive an email with payment information. Your reservation is not complete without payment. Designed for kids in grades K to 5, the winter EXPLORE! programs will run on six Tuesdays, January 14, […]

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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers Winter 2025

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Wednesdays, January 15, 22, 29 and February 5, 12, and 19 from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Location: Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro. This winter we are offering a series of six new Wee Wonders sessions. Each session is 75 minutes of educational FUN for our youngest naturalists! Taught by educators from Buttonwood Nature Center […]

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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 […]

EXPLORE! The Science of Snow

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Online registration form is below. To sign up for any or all of the Explore! sessions, fill out the form below. You will receive an email with payment information. Your reservation is not complete without payment. Designed for kids in grades K to 5, the winter EXPLORE! programs will run on six Tuesdays, January 14, […]

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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers Winter 2025

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Wednesdays, January 15, 22, 29 and February 5, 12, and 19 from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Location: Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro. This winter we are offering a series of six new Wee Wonders sessions. Each session is 75 minutes of educational FUN for our youngest naturalists! Taught by educators from Buttonwood Nature Center […]

StoryWalk® Sundays – February 2025

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Our guided Sunday walks along the story trail continue. Now happening seasonally, each StoryWalk® event celebrates the new season in a fun and meaningful way. February’s storybook is “The Mitten” by Jan Brett. “Based on a Ukrainian folk tradition, the story is a whimsical tale of winter woodland animals climbing into a mitten lost in […]

EXPLORE! Clever Camouflage

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Online registration form is below. To sign up for any or all of the Explore! sessions, fill out the form below. You will receive an email with payment information. Your […]

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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers Winter 2025

Pine Hill Recreation Area 12684 Mentzer Gap Rd, Waynesboro, PA, United States

Wednesdays, January 15, 22, 29 and February 5, 12, and 19 from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Location: Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro. This winter we are offering a series […]