Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.

These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.

Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.

Learn the basics of canoeing

This is a two day course. The first day will be spent at Core Creek learning and practice the essential strokes to get your canoe to go where you want it to go. Safety and good technique will be emphasized. The second day will take place on the Delaware River at Lambertville. Skills such as eddy turns and ferries will be taught along with reading water skills and the day will finish with a short run down the Delaware where you will get to do some surfing. You will practice and learn both the bow and stern strokes. You will be in the canoe with an experienced paddler to coach you along with group demonstrations.

Space is limited, and pre-registration is required.

Pre-registration is required, and space is limited.
Meeting Time: 7:45 AM in front of the canoe shed
Instructors: John Chalikian & Walt Underhill

Course & Canoe Use Fee: CNC & AMC Members $90/Non-Members $110

Learn the basics of canoeing

This is a two day course. The first day will be spent at Core Creek learning and practice the essential strokes to get your canoe to go where you want it to go. Safety and good technique will be emphasized. The second day will take place on the Delaware River at Lambertville. Skills such as eddy turns and ferries will be taught along with reading water skills and the day will finish with a short run down the Delaware where you will get to do some surfing. You will practice and learn both the bow and stern strokes. You will be in the canoe with an experienced paddler to coach you along with group demonstrations.

Space is limited, and pre-registration is required.

Pre-registration is required, and space is limited.
Meeting Time: 7:45 AM in front of the canoe shed
Instructors: John Chalikian & Walt Underhill

Course & Canoe Use Fee: CNC & AMC Members $90/Non-Members $110

Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.

These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.

Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.

Join us for public tours of our Lenape Village

Every Sunday from April To October
1:00 PM
The tour will begin promptly at 1pm and is the only tour of the day.

Travel back in time to the 1500’s just prior to European contact. Trained educators dressed in authentic buckskins will take you through eight stations for a hands-on experience just the way it would have been back then.

Each Week is a different topic.

Cost: $8 (Children under 4 Free)
Pre-registration required

Join a CNC staff member for a seasonal walk.

Join us for a guided walk through the trails of the nature center. Each walk will be seasonal and focus on what is happening in the natural world.

Time: 2:00 pm
Donation: $3 per person

An amazing butterfly experience!

Join us for a tour of the nature center's Butterfly House and gardens

Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.

These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.

Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.

Join us for public tours of our Lenape Village

Every Sunday from April To October
1:00 PM
The tour will begin promptly at 1pm and is the only tour of the day.

Travel back in time to the 1500’s just prior to European contact. Trained educators dressed in authentic buckskins will take you through eight stations for a hands-on experience just the way it would have been back then.

Each Week is a different topic.

Cost: $8 (Children under 4 Free)
Pre-registration required

Come Paddle With Us

Our group will be paddling from Quaker Bridge to Batsto Village in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. Although the river twists and turns, this class 1 (easy) river is a good follow up for the tandem class students and anyone who wants to have an adventure on the water.

Join an experienced bird watcher every Saturday morning for our early morning bird walks.

These walks are a great way to meet new people and enjoy casual conversation with other bird enthusiasts. Your guide will pick out the best spot to visit within the area. Bring along binoculars and a bird identification book, if you have them.

Time: The bird walks are from 7-9am April through September, then changing to 8-10am October through March.

Have you ever wondered how or why a firely glows?

Have you ever wondered how or why a firefly glows? Find out the answers to these questions and more as you and your family join us as we enjoy the spectacle of these amazing glowing insects. We will search in the meadows and forest edges; perhaps we can even find glowworms. We will end at the campfire for some roasting of marshmallows.

Reservation are required
Time: 7:00 PM
Fee: Adults $5 & Children $3