Asbury Woods offers a variety of programs for both boy and girl scouts and for varying levels of scouting.
Receive expert instruction in snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. Enjoy an instructor led ski or snowshoe hike on the trails. Afterwards enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and make a s’more by the fire. Held every January.
Date: Saturday, January 27, 2018
Time: Session 1: 10 a.m.-12 p.m. (Note: An afternoon session will be added if the first session fills up)
Age: Adults & children (minimum age 6 yrs.)
Location: Nature Center
Fee: $10/person, preregistration and prepayment are required
Registration Deadline: January 24, 2018
Space is limited. Participants: Maximum 50/Minimum 20.
All equipment, hot chocolate and instruction are provided by Asbury Woods and Asbury Woods Explorer Post 808. See our regular program schedule page on this site for registration and our newsletter or contact information below for more details.
Asbury Woods Explorer Post 808 is offering a fun-filled spring day of environmentally-oriented activities. Junior Scouts will fulfill the more involved requirements for the “Animal Habitats” badge. Brownie’s will fulfill the more involved requirements for the “Bugs” badge.
The Juniors and Brownies each get their own special day at Asbury Woods Nature Center at 4105 Asbury Rd, Erie, PA.
Learn why maple products are special to our area and how plants make their own food. Learn how to select and to tap the “right” trees for the sap and see how Native Americans and pioneers made and used maple products in our very own Sugar Shack. Held every March.
Scouts will complete the requirements for the new "Fur, Feathers, and Ferns" Adventure Requirement". Download registration form.
Webelos will complete the requirements the "Into the Woods" and "Into the Wild" Webelos Arrow of Light Elective Adventure Requirements. Download registration form
Many of Asbury Woods’ group and education programs are also available to scout groups. For more information on these and other seasonal programs, please see our latest newsletter or events calendar for the next scout day.
Proceeds from the Scout Activity Days benefit Explorer Post 808 and Asbury Woods Nature Center.
If you have additional questions about planning a visit to the Nature Center for your Scouts, you may also contact Steve Wasiesky, MTSD Education Coordinator and Explorer Post 808 Advisor, at (814) 835-5356.