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"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why."
— Eddie Cantor
Walking Events in Our Area
Saturday, July 26 at 9 a.m.
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Saturday, July 26 at 9:45 a.m.
Hiking Meetups > The Kew Gardens Hiking Meetup Group
Let's meet at the usual Dunkin Donuts place.
If we have new members we can take a short walk on orange and get out at 71st by the horse trails to get into Forest Hills Gardens.
Let's try to walk on streets we didn't see on the last visit.
There is a big selection of places to choose from for lunch in FH.
With more than 7500 runner and walkers representing more than 200 Long Island businesses, government agencies and not-for-profits, it is Long Island's largets participatory sports event.
Details about the Long Island Walkers Club event scheduled for Saturday, August 2 at 8 a.m. can be found on the Web site of Long Island Walkers Club: http://longislandwalkers.freeservers.com/
Saturday, August 2 at 9:45 a.m.
Hiking Meetups > The Kew Gardens Hiking Meetup Group
If the weather is hot, let's cut the walk in half for today only. Let's hike on orange for 25 minutes one way.
Actually I liked the title of the hike so I made this up.
A 7 mile trek from Asia to the Americas with stops in India, the Philippines, Mexico, and China as we journey under the International Express --the Flushing local No. 7-- through the most ethnically diverse area in the world. Enjoy an early lunch at an ethnic restaurant; tour the Louis Armstrong Museum, observe the Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival. Meet at 10am. Take no. 7 train to 40th St. in Queens. Meet under L on Queens Blvd. and 40th St. Leader: Nick DiNapoli, 212-600-1180. Cost $8.00 museum entrance.
Details about the Summer Birds event scheduled for Sunday, August 3 at 9 a.m. can be found on the Web site of Muttontown Preserve: http://tinyurl.com/muttontown
Sunday, August 3 at 10:30 a.m.
Walking Meetups > B O A R D W A L K
Our Sunken Meadow walk is a long time coming but on Sunday Aug 3rd it will come to fruition. Unfortunately in my first encounter this week with this park I only had the chance to walk the boardwalk so I didnt get to explore the many trails that it offers, so well be depending on our members who have knowledge of the park and its surroundings to guide us. I talked with a park official and he suggested getting to the park before 11pm on Sunday because the parking lot can get fairly crowded. The boardwalk is three quarters of a mile long. We can either walk it 4 times (2 miles) or walk it once and then take one of the trails that meander through the woods. Well talk it over when we meet to begin our walk. Admission to the park is $8. (Empire pass is now $59)
Walking Meetups > Nassau County Walking Meetup Group
We meet - rain or shine - the first and third Wednesday of each month, in the Village Square (at corner of Post and Maple), to walk for about an hour. You set the pace.
If you're running late, give your organizer a call (I will send my cell phone number to those who have RSVP'd) and let me know. We won't have gone far!
Details about the Long Island Walkers Club event scheduled for Saturday, August 9 at 8 a.m. can be found on the Web site of Long Island Walkers Club: http://longislandwalkers.freeservers.com/
Saturday, August 9 at 9:45 a.m.
Hiking Meetups > The Kew Gardens Hiking Meetup Group
I moved to Kew Gardens about 40 years ago. I lived near Abingdon Road and Breevort Street.
Let's take a short walk once around yellow. Then we can walk down Abingdon Rd. I can show the group the Pagoda house that I lived in, a tree I planted when I was 13.
If the weather co-operates, we can eat at John's diner on Hillside Avenue. It was built from a real railroad car.
We will be meeting near the exterior (parking lot) entrance of Panera Bread, which is located on the east side of Broadway Mall, near Ikea. Join us for company and conversation, where we will discuss ideas for future group events--walking and non-walking--in and around Nassau County.
Following the brunch, we will make our way down to the gazebo in Kennedy Memorial Park / Foley Gardens (the park in front of the Empire Diner). It is requested that those who come for the walk make an effort to arrive at Panera Bread no later than 12:15, or else at the Foley Gardens gazebo no later than 1 p.m.
At shortly after 1 p.m., we will begin our 6 mile walk by setting off south from the gazebo, passing under the trestle of Hicksville Station and then taking a brief detour west to visit the horse farm on Duffy Avenue. Please note that we do tend to linger for a short while at the horse farm (and again, more briefly, at the Gregory Museum--see below). This event is a tad more casual than some of our more adventurous walks, although we do achieve a steadier continuity of pace during the later half of the journey.
From the horse farm, we will make our way first east, and then north, by way of the Hicksville Gregory Museum, before crossing through northwest Hicksville, and entering Cantiague Park, where we will wind up our journey with 1 1/2 miles of trail circumnavigating the soccer and baseball fields and picnic areas before returning to the Broadway Mall/Hicksville Station area to retrieve vehicles or pursue other modes of transportation. Restroom facilities are available in Cantiague Park at the end of our walk.
There is no raindate for this event. Should there be inclement weather, the brunch will occur at the same Panera Bread at 11 a.m., after which we will begin a walk within Broadway Mall at 1 p.m. For those interested, Broadway Mall also participates in the Town of Oyster Bay Free Co-Ed Mall Walking Program. More information can be found here:
(Neither the Nassau County Walking Meetup Group nor the Nassau County Brunch Friends Meetup Group, are affiliated with the Co-Ed Mall Walking Program. This link is provided for informational purposes only.)
Walk itinerary is subject to change based on participant feedback and ideas.
Details about the Meeting (TransAlt) event scheduled for Monday, August 11 at 6:30 p.m. can be found on the Web site of Queens Committee, Transportation Alternatives: http://www.transalt.org/takeaction/astoria-lic
Saturday, August 16 at 8 a.m.
Details about the Long Island Walkers Club event scheduled for Saturday, August 16 at 8 a.m. can be found on the Web site of Long Island Walkers Club: http://longislandwalkers.freeservers.com/
Saturday, August 16 at 9:45 a.m.
Hiking Meetups > The Kew Gardens Hiking Meetup Group
Details about the Explore the Ruins event scheduled for Sunday, August 17 at 10 a.m. can be found on the Web site of Muttontown Preserve: http://tinyurl.com/muttontown
Sunday, August 17 at 2:15 p.m.
Walking Meetups > Nassau County Walking Meetup Group
Our July meetup took us up and down hills, and across a half dozen bridges, on the path from Little Neck to Plandome, revisiting a variation on the route we first journeyed in May of last year. Our August walk will be a recap of another of our popular 2007 events, taking is from Bellmore to Wantagh.
Beginning at Bellmore Station, in the Town of Hempstead, we will meet in front of the green and white Bellmore Railroad Shelter (maintained by the Historical Society of the Bellmores) across the street from the headquarters of Bellmore Fire District Hose Company #1.
From there, we will travel east through the Hamlet of Bellmore to Mill Pond County Park, where we will take to the trail along the shore of Mill Pond (identified as James Pond on some maps). Again traveling east, we will traverse the Hamlets of Wantagh and Seaford, passing the Seaford District #6 Schoolhouse (now home to the Seaford Historical Society Museum) along the way, before arriving at Tackapausha Preserve County Park.
Entering the Park at its southern end, we'll follow half a mile of trail north along Seaford Creek, before exiting into the Town of Oyster Bay. Then, after passing through the Hamlet of Massapequa, we'll enter Massapequa Preserve (identified as a state park on some maps), following trails east to the border of the Village of Massapequa Park, before winding up our walk along the bank of the Massapequa Reservoir.
After the walk, we will gather for a meal at the Massapequa Diner Restaurant across from the train station. (Restaurant may be updated once your organizer has had an opportunity to do a little local research. Please stay tuned.)
Parking is also available at Bellmore Station. Trains will be running every 30 minutes from Massapequa to Bellmore. For those coming from Penn Station, the 1:13 train arrives in Bellmore at 2:04.
The rain date for this walk, if canceled due to weather, is yet to be determined.
Walking Meetups > Nassau County Walking Meetup Group
We meet - rain or shine - the first and third Wednesday of each month, in the Village Square (at corner of Post and Maple), to walk for about an hour. You set the pace.
If you're running late, give your organizer a call (I will send my cell phone number to those who have RSVP'd) and let me know. We won't have gone far!
The Long Island Children's Museum presents Circus Camp! Children will have so much fun learning from the Circus Pros. They will study juggling, stilt walking, spinning, balancing and more! They will create characters and acts and at the end will put on their own performance for a live audience! Open to children 7 and up.
Date: 8/25/08 - 8/29/08 Time: 10 am - 4 pm Region: South Shore
Event Location
Long Island Children's Museum 11 Davis Avenue Garden City, NY 11530 Nassau County
Children,seven and up, are invited to learn what it takes to stand in the center ring - straight from the professionals!. Learn juggling, stilt walking and even plate spinning.$199.00
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The organizer of has chosen to make their Meetup group private. To learn more about the Hiking/Fitness Exercise Meetup, you may apply to join here: 
Hiking Meetups > The Kew Gardens Hiking Meetup Group
Walking Meetups > Shorewalkers
Details about the Summer Birds event scheduled for Sunday, August 3 at 9 a.m. can be found on the Web site of Muttontown Preserve: 
Walking Meetups > B O A R D W A L K
Details about the Meeting (TransAlt) event scheduled for Monday, August 11 at 6:30 p.m. can be found on the Web site of Queens Committee, Transportation Alternatives: 
Details about the Color in the Summer Garden event scheduled for Sunday, August 24 at 2 p.m. can be found on the Web site of Old Westbury Gardens: 
