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Audubon Community Nature Center
Your 5–11 year-old(s) can run off some energy at Audubon Community Nature Center Thanksgiving Camp while you prepare for the next day’s festivities.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22, they can experience crisp weather and crunchy leaves, animals storing and gathering food, and plants ready to spend the winter safely in a state of dormancy.
Campers are both learning and playing as they explore outdoors, play, climb, run, and engage their senses with late fall discoveries.
Children should bring water, snacks and a lunch that does not need refrigeration, as well as extras of anything that might get wet. They will be outside for as much of the day as possible, so they need to be dressed to be comfortable in the forecasted weather.
Cost for the day is $48 for ages 5–11 or $36 for Nature Center member children. Additional siblings receive a $5 discount. Note that, due to staffing, this is a different age range for campers from the usual.
Enrollment is limited. Paid reservations are required by Monday, November 20.
For more information and to register, call (716) 569-2345 during business hours or go to AudubonCNC.org and click through “Programs and Events.”
Audubon Community Nature Center is located at 1600 Riverside Road, one-quarter mile east of Route 62 between Jamestown, N.Y., and Warren, Pa. You can visit the nearly 600-acre nature preserve, check in on the live birds of prey, enjoy the natural play space, and hike over five miles of trails dawn until dusk daily for free.
The three-story Nature Center building houses interactive displays, a collection of live animals including the Hellbender exhibit, and the Blue Heron Gift Shop. Visitors are welcome Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m., and Sundays, 1–4:30 p.m. Nature Center members and SNAP/EBT cardholders have free building admission daily. Building admission is also free every Sunday for non-Nature Center members.
To learn more about Audubon and its many programs, call (716) 569-2345, find Audubon Community Nature Center on Facebook, or visit AudubonCNC.org.
Audubon Community Nature Center builds and nurtures connections between people and nature by providing positive outdoor experiences, opportunities to learn about and understand the natural world, and knowledge to act in environmentally responsible ways.
