Central Park Family Walk

Date: Saturday, May 3, 2025

Leaders: Eric Ozawa
Transportation: Public Transportation – Participants can use public transportation to arrive at the meeting location.
Meeting Point: Our meeting location is meet on the Great Hill, near the restrooms.
Schedule: 1.5 hours.
Relative Difficulty: Moderate. The paths are all paved and passable by strollers, but we will be going up and down inclines from the Great Hill. 

Trip Description: Many scientists come to a love of nature first as children. With that in mind, this walk is for children and their families: parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins—all are welcome. After meeting on the Great Hill, near the restrooms, we’ll walk down to the Pool and into the Loch before circling back to our starting point. Together, we will look for the birds migrating through the park and learn how to identify some of these spectacular visitors. We’ll also pay attention to the plant and insect life we see. Binoculars are helpful if you have them, but they are not required.

We require only one registration per family. When registering, please be sure to indicate on the form the name of each participant in your group and add the age of the children. A family member should accompany each child.

Please read The Linnaean Society of New York COVID-19 Field Trip Guidelines before registering.

Registration: Registration opens at 9 am on Monday, April 21. After that time, click here to register. Registration closes at 6 pm on Wednesday, April 30. Members (and those who have applied for membership) will be prioritized over non-members.

Please read the About Our Trips page, if you’re going on a field trip for the first time. It details our field trip policies, recommends what to bring on a trip, and offers other useful information, pro tips, and tricks.

If after visiting the About Our Trips page, you still have questions, feel free to contact the Registrar via email.