Member Outings for 2026
Leader: Charles Dexter, 917-593-8381, call until 10:30 PM.
For all outings, wear clothing appropriate for the weather (layers are best) and bring snacks and water. Check the web for visitor and transit rules. City outings are “meetup” only, accessible by public transportation.
Outings outside of city require carpooling. Call Leader Charles Dexter for car meet up locations and to offer help with carpooling.
June 4, Thursday – Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks
Photograph mountain laurel blooms, water reflections and mountain vistas in Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks. Locations to be scouted by Charles. Hike short, uneven, rocky trails and shoot in late light, until around 7:15 pm.
Meet for NYC carpool pick up at 1:15 PM, depart 1:30 PM. Dinner in area, return 10:00 PM – 10:30 PM. Plan for a full day with changeable weather. Bring hiking boots, rain jacket, sunblock, and bug spray. Also bring snacks, and water.
Harriman State Park (New York) – Wikipedia
Bear Mountain State Park – Wikipedia
Call Leader for carpool meet up location. Charles Dexter – 917-593-8381
Carpool drivers needed!
June 10, Wednesday – Bayard Cutting Fields Arboretum, Long Island
Meet 10 AM at 219 East 32 Street
Sherry Felix will lead an all-day outing (10 AM to about 6:30 PM) to the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. Photograph flower gardens with summer blooms and shady arboretums, such as Oak Park, the Westbrook Wall Garden, the Woodland Garden, and the Royce Rhododendron Garden, which are influenced by Frederick Law Olmsted’s informal landscape design. There is also a variety of heritage bred egg-laying chickens at the Arboretum’s farm. Their brown and blue eggs are available for purchase at the Visitor Center. Google Map link
There will be an early dinner at the Snapper Inn | Oakdale, NY Restaurant | Waterside Dining on the Connetquot River before we return to NYC. Map location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DngSkZfg8cYz2PdYA
Meet for NYC carpool pick up at 10 AM, depart 10:15 AM. NYC return around 6:30 PM. Plan for a full day with changeable weather. Bring good walking shoes, rain jacket, sunblock, and bug spray. Also bring snacks, and water.
Call leader, Sherry Felix, for carpool meet up location. Phone: 646-339-0138.
Carpool drivers needed!
June 24, Wednesday – Prospect Park Zoo & Prospect Park Lake, Brooklyn
A two-part outing! First, photograph alpacas, baboons, dingoes, golden lion tamarins, poison dart frogs, sea lions and many more creatures at Prospect Park Zoo. Then, after an early Mexican diner in the neighborhood, explore the waters around Prospect Park Lake before sunset. Perhaps there will be egrets, herons and swans!
Meet: 1:30 PM at Prospect Park Zoo entrance on Flatbush Ave. Google map link. Shoot until 5 PM closing. Walk to Mexican restaurant on Lincoln Road near Flatbush Avenue for 5:30 PM dinner, then walk into Prospect Park to shoot around the lake until sunset at 8:30 PM.
Zoo Admission: $10.95 Adults, $8.95 Seniors. Tickets are not available at the zoo. You must get tickets online in advance. Get tickets here.
Subway: B and Q train to Prospect Park station. Exit stairs near back of train. Walk 4 blocks on Flatbush Avenue to zoo entrance. Walking route map link. Bus: Take the B41 local to Flatbush Ave zoo entrance or the B47 to intersection of Flatbush Ave. and Empire Blvd. At bus stop, walk north on Flatbush Ave.
Leader: Charles Dexter, 917-593-8381, call until 10:30 pm.
Galleries: Past Outings
Click below to view photos from past outings!
Sierra Club Photo NYC 