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Join Outdoors Club! Visit interesting places and meet new people around the NYC area. Some activities are easy, and others difficult. All are reached by public transit.
ARE YOU A MEMBER? Joining this Meetup group does not make you an Outdoors Club member. Non-members pay one-day dues of $5 to attend an Outdoors Club event. By becoming an annual dues paying member, you won't have to pay $5 per event, be notified of Member-Only events not posted on Meetup, and help pay for Outdoors Club nonprofit expenses. https://outdoorsclubny.org/membership/
RSVP COURTESY: We appreciate you being a considerate Outdoors Club community member. There often are more people wanting to attend than spots available. Sign up only if you intend to show up. If you have to cancel, please change your RSVP as early as possible to allow someone on the waitlist an opportunity attend.
QUESTIONS? If you have any questions about an event, please contact the leader directly (email/phone included in event description). For general questions about Outdoors Club, please email us at outdoorsclubny@yahoo.com.
Your participation in any of our activities is your acknowledgment that you are solely responsible for your own assessment of your abilities and your physical fitness to participate in that activity. Participants in any Outdoors Club activity are encouraged to discuss with the hike leader any limitation they may have that could affect their ability to fully participate in an event. The hike leader may refuse to take anyone who lacks proper equipment or adequate ability. Walkers must be physically fit and by joining any event you agree to waive all rights and claims for damages against Outdoors Club, its hike leaders, officers, directors, employees or volunteers.
Outdoors Club does not tolerate inappropriate behavior during its events. If you are subject to or witness any inappropriate behavior during an Outdoors Club event, please report the behavior to us at outdoorsclubny@yahoo.com. We will investigate and take necessary action.
We encourage and appreciate the posting of photos taken during Outdoors Club events and we reserve the right to use the photos in any manner and for any reason, except for commercial purposes, without remuneration or credit.
Upcoming events
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Rockaway Beach Walk & Swim
Beach 116 St. Subway station, Meet outside subway station, S side, Rockaway Beach, NY, USWalk along the Rockaway boardwalk from Beach 116th St. to Beach 57th Street, on Saturday, August 15th. Slow pace on flat terrain, about 3.5 miles. Drop-off points with subway access along the walk route.
We will have a leisurely lunch and spend time at the beach enjoying the sun, sand, and ocean. After the beach, we will walk back to the subway at Beach 67th St., where the walk will end.
If you come by ferry, either wait at the boardwalk on Beach 108th Street or walk to the subway station at Beach 116th Street. Please note: I will not wait for the ferry.BRING: lunch, water, bathing suit, hat, and sunscreen.
MEET: 11:00 AM outside the subway station at Beach 116 Street. Take the JFK A-Train to Broad Channel, change for the S-train at Broad Channel or Rockaway Boulevard, and exit the S-train at Beach 116 Street. Please allow ample time to reach Rockaway Beach due to MTA weekend subway service changes. Bathrooms are available in the subway station and nearby on/off boardwalk.
Rain cancels, and Ed will announce cancellation on Meetup by 8 pm the day before the walk.
**Joint walk with Shorewalkers, please RSVP with only one club. We'll remove your RSVP if you are already signed up with Shorewalkers in order to open the spot for another member to attend. **
Leader: Ed Leibowitz, 908-623-3883, eleibow@verizon.net. Cell phone 201-850-9649 only on the day of the walk after 10:00 AM.
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