Saturday, May 4, 2024

Nature & Outdoors

“The Jewel of the Peconic,” Shelter Island abounds with natural beauty and opportunities for outdoor activities thanks to the community’s long-standing commitment to preservation of wild and open spaces.

Mashomack Preserve
Trails are open daily from dawn to dusk at Mashomack Preserve, where fall programs and events connect us with nature.
Explore the far reaches of Mashomack Preserve during the Blue Trail Truck Tour. This rare event on Saturday, September 10 starting at 5 PM, follows over 10 miles of the Blue Trail, traveling through forests, past meadows, and along the coastline during September's golden hours.
Mashomack Preserve has two family-friendly events planned for the last week in August; Furry Friends and a Log Cabin Creek Paddle.
Mashomack Preserve offers two new opportunities to explore this summer in guided evening paddles (and had drop-off kids programs, too)
Mashomack Preserve will host new hour-long, drop-off programs for kids ages 4 and up this summer. Called Summer Seedlings, the sessions take place on Thursdays in July and August.
Mashomack Preserve hosts a summer solstice paddle through Bass Creek on the first evening of summer, June 21 at 6 PM.
Join Mashomac Preserve for a Dragonfly Field Day. The Nature Conservancy dragonfly expert Kevin Munroe will lead an exploration of Mashomack’s freshwater ponds and the beneficial “devil’s darning needles” that call them home. “We will try to catch and identify (and then release) these colorful, amazing mosquito eaters,” Mashomack says on...
Mashomack Preserve hosts a Celebration Picnic giving nature lovers an opportunity to meet the behind-the-scenes team that runs the place as the summer season begins.
Join Mashomack Preserve for volunteer programming in May and spend time improving habitats for wildlife and access for visitors.
Join fellow birders on May 13 looking for migratory warblers and other species in forests and fields at Mashomack Preserve.