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Join Outdoors Club around the New York City area. Visit interesting places and meet new people. Some activities are easy, and others difficult. Most are easily reached by public transportation.
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, you'll receive our semi-annual hike schedule in advance, be notified of Member-Only events not posted on Meetup and help pay for Outdoors Club expenses. https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/UA3VEE4S3MESA
RSVP COURTESY: We appreciate you being a considerate Outdoors Club community member. There are often 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.
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- 60+ HIGHBRIDGE , A SUNKEN PLAYGROUND, A MANSION AND MORE...GWB Bus Terminal, New York, NY
All welcome on this 3rd in a series of 60+ walks where we experience some super sights in Manhattan and surrounds. Today we walk approximately 8 moderate and mostly flat miles, meeting 10AM at the GWB Bus Terminal, third floor waiting room where there are comfortable seats and bathrooms. Food is also available to purchase at this location. Our first major stop is Highbidge ( roundtrip) where we will learn some interesting history. We then walk to a sunken playground on the way to Morris Jumel Mansion where we have a snack, lunch break. And on to more historic places to see in this fascinating area...
Members of Outdoors Club are automatically on the 'go' list . Please let the leader know by October 9, 4PM, if you will be attending.
Leader: Margo Moss , acephoto@verizon.net , 201-568-5325 landline. Severe inclement weather cancels. 60+ welcomes any suggestions for future events. - East Village (Part 2) – German, Ukrainian, Jewish, BohemianCity Cinemas Village East 181-189 Second Ave., New York, NY 10003, New York, NY
Oct 13, 2024 – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Manhattan
How to Find Us: Meet in front of the Village East Cinema, 181 Second Ave (southwest corner of 12th St). It’s a short walk from Union Square where the 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R and W trains all stop. The walk ends at E 3rd St and Bowery near stations for the 6, B, D and F trains. Toilets are available at Trader Joe’s, 142 E 14th St, and at the northern end of Union Square (E 17th St).Details: Limited to 25 walkers. $5 for non-members of the Outdoors Club.
NOTE: This walk will view vestiges of Klein Deutschland (Little Germany) the Yiddish Theater District and the Ukrainian community, along with venues that defined the neighborhood as a bastion of political and cultural radicalism. Remnants of an aristocratic past will be seen as well. We’ll stop at St Mark’s Church, Cooper Union and McSorley’s Old Ale House (optional site for lunch following the walk.)
Kevin J Kelley
802-989-1669
kevinjaykelley@gmail.com
