About us
Solar Outdoors is a Southeast Michigan based club with more than 400 members. Founded in 1975, Solar Outdoors remains dedicated to helping its members enjoy nature and outdoor activities.
Membership in the club is required to participate in our activities and workshops posted on our Meetup site. Annual dues are $15 for individuals. Please read further if you are interested in becoming a club member. Questions about membership can be directed to [solarmembership@solaroutdoors.org](mailto:solarmembership@solaroutdoors.org). Or select this link to become a member https://form.jotform.com/251014794107149
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Solar Outdoors members themselves organize workshops and events in which other members can participate. Whether you are a beginner or experienced wilderness enthusiast, you will find workshops, activities, and trips for all skill levels and many different interests including--but certainly not limited to!--backpacking, day hiking, bicycling, cross-country skiing, paddling, orienteering, wildflower and tree identification, whitewater rafting, and geocaching. Solar Outdoors members can also borrow gear from our store of packs, sleeping bags and pads, stoves, and other outdoor equipment for an annual member fee of $35.
To learn more about Solar Outdoors and its activities we encourage you to visit our website, www.solaroutdoors.org. There you will find a calendar of upcoming workshops and events. These sources give more information about who we are, what we do, and how we do it. We also welcome anyone interested in the club to attend our monthly meetings, held at St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, 27475 Five Mile Road, just west of Inkster Road, in Livonia on the last Tuesday of every month (except December) at 7 pm. SOLAR is not affiliated with St. Paul's or any other religious institution. Directions are available here: [http://solaroutdoors.com/solarmeetings.html](http://solaroutdoors.org/About/Meetings.aspx). The business meeting is followed by a program on a topic of general interest to our members.
Solar Outdoors uses Meetup as a tool of convenience for our members to quickly get information about upcoming classes and activities and to sign up and pay for these events online. That's why our Meetup group is restricted to paid members of the club and non-members have very limited access.
Once you have checked us out online and, we hope, in person by attending one of our monthly meetings, you can decide if becoming a member is right for you. If so, you can join the club by downloading the membership form (http://solaroutdoors.com/downloads/S.O.L.A....), filling it out, and either submitting it with a check for the dues payment at one of the meetings or mailing both to the address listed on the bottom of the membership form. Once you are a club member you will have access to this Meetup group.
Thank you for your interest in Solar Outdoors. We hope to meet you soon.
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General Membership Mtg / Program: North Country Scenic Trail
St Paul's Presbyterian Church, 27475 Five Mile Rd, Livonia, MI, USJoin us for our General Membership meeting to see what we are all about. You do not need to be a member to attend the meeting.
This meeting is held the last Tuesday of each month (except for June (our annual picnic is held instead) and December (our holiday party is held instead).
Our general membership meeting is followed by a different and exciting program or presentation each month, beginning around 7:30 PM.
Program - North Country National Scenic Trail
The North Country National Scenic Trail stretches approximately 4,800 miles across eight states, starting in Middlebury, Vermont (connecting with the Appalachian Trail in the Green Mountain National Forest) and ending in Lake Sakakawea State Park in North Dakota. It travels through New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota.
If you have ever been interested in this trail and are thinking about hiking sections of it, come to the February 24th Solar Outdoors Monthly Meeting. Pastor Mike Rice of Faith Covenant Church will be speaking about his 420 mile hike on the North Country of which the majority of it was in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from Tahquamenon Falls to the wester edge of Porcupine Mountains. He will speak about his routes, his gear selection, and the navigational apps that made this trip an experience he'll never forget.
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