Events

Reconnect with the unexpected wonders of nature right out your front door.

From July 3–6, unplug and reconnect with the natural world at the Get Outside Festival—a four-day celebration of outdoor adventure, creativity, and hands-on exploration. Festival highlights include live glassblowing demonstrations from the Corning Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop, the You Otter Run 5K, guided canoe trips on the Raquette River, fly fishing, nature journaling, and building stick forts. Guests can also tap into their creative side with outdoor art projects, nature-inspired crafts, and guided painting sessions.

All Get Outside activities are included with Wild Center admission.

TICKETS

ACTIVITIES

Daily

1 pm: Wood Pecker Wandering with Rich Hanlon - naturalist walk

10 am to 5 pm: Corning Museum of Glass Mobile Hot Shop - live glassblowing demonstrations

ART TENT: 10 am to 4 pm

Daily

• Bubble Making
• Build Your Own Nature Journal
• Water Color Painting
• Chalk Art Wall
• Mural Painting
• Track Painting
• Member Table

Saturday 7/5

• Paper Making

Sunday, 7/6

• Paper Making
• Wood Carving Demo
• Caricature drawings with Joe Ferris

WATERFRONT
Daily, 11 am to 4 pm

• Canoe Demos
• Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation Tabling
• Fly Fishing with Adirondack TrOutfitters
• Lawn Games

Saturday 7/5

• Members Only Canoe Trip, 9 to 11 am

Sunday, 7/6

• Campfire Stories with Ilyssa and Dave Kyu
• Members Only Canoe Trip, 9 to 11 am

FEN TRAIL & RAQUETTE RIVER ROLL

Daily, 10 am to 5 pm

• Opening new loop trail
  • 4 New Ball Runs
  • New Interpretive Signage

Friday, 7/4

• You Otter Run 5k at 10 am - Registration required

PINES PLAY AREA

Daily

• Fort Building
• Fairy Houses
• Slackline
• Exploring Adirondack Woodpeckers

Inside

• Edible and Medicinal Nature of the ADK with Melanie Sawyer
• Otter Whisker Face Painting
• Adirondack Sky Center & Observatory

This event is supported by a grant awarded to The Wild Center by New York State's Empire State Development and the I LOVE NY Division of Tourism.