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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024

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

NOTICE: See our online registration form below. To sign up for this series, fill out the form below. Registration for the FULL SERIES is required. Thursdays, January 18 & 25, and February 1, 8, & 15 • 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro, Pa. This winter we have five new Wee […]

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 […]

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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024

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

NOTICE: See our online registration form below. To sign up for this series, fill out the form below. Registration for the FULL SERIES is required. Thursdays, January 18 & 25, and February 1, 8, & 15 • 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro, Pa. This winter we have five new Wee […]

Winter EXPLORE! Winter Fun and Fort Building 

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

Register for one session OR any number of programs in the series of five programs! Use the form below to register for this or any other program in the EXPLORE! winter series.  See the flier with the whole series of five programs here. Winter Fun & Fort Building  Thursday, Feb. 1, 4 to 5 p.m. […]

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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 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 […]

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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024

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

NOTICE: See our online registration form below. To sign up for this series, fill out the form below. Registration for the FULL SERIES is required. Thursdays, January 18 & 25, and February 1, 8, & 15 • 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Pine Hill Recreation Area in Waynesboro, Pa. This winter we have five new Wee […]

Winter EXPLORE! Mad About Mammals

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

Register for one session OR the full series of five programs! Use the form below to register for this or any other program in the EXPLORE! winter series.  See the flier with the whole series of five programs here. Mad About Mammals  Thursday, Feb. 8, 4 to 5 p.m.  The second EXPLORE! in the February […]

StoryWalk Sunday February 2024

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

Our series of StoryWalk® Sunday adventures for kids continues... The story posted on the StoryWalk® trail at Pine Hill Park changes regularly, and a special story event accompanies each one on the second Sunday of select months. The book for February was so much fun, we held it over from January: "Winter is Here" by […]

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Wee Wonders Nature Series for Preschoolers-Winter 2024

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

NOTICE: See our online registration form below. To sign up for this series, fill out the form below. Registration for the FULL SERIES is required. Thursdays, January 18 & 25, […]

Winter EXPLORE! A Squirrelly Snowy Valentine

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

Register for any or all of the upcoming programs in the series! Use the form below to register for any program in the EXPLORE! winter series.  See the flier with […]

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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 […]

Chasing Darkness: Total Eclipses of the Sun and The Great American Solar Eclipse of  April 8, 2024

Dr. Laurence Marschall, Professor of Physics Emeritus, Gettysburg College, returns to The Institute annually to discuss a topic of astronomical interest. Dr. Marschall has provided fun, educational and entertaining astronomy programs for us for many, many years! Dr. Marcshall has relocated out of the area, and we are delighted to offer his program virtually. Arranged […]