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Celebrate Get Outdoors & Get Together Day!

Celebrate Get Outdoors and Get Together Day

Get Outdoors & Get Together Day 2025 is on June 14! Find a location near you and have a day of family fun.

On June 14, DEC and State Parks, in partnership with the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, Department of Veterans’ Services, Office of the Chief Disability Officer, Office of Mental Health, and Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs, will host events across the state to connect people to nature and provide increased access to the outdoors during Get Outdoors & Get Together Day. The events bring together people of all abilities, ages, identities, and backgrounds for fun, healthful activities as part of the Governor’s initiative to broaden diversity and inclusion on public lands in the state.

New York State’s Get Outdoors & Get Together Day coincides with National Get Outdoors Day, an annual event to encourage healthy, active outdoor fun. Try fishing, archery, kayaking, bird watching, hiking, and so much more at one of DEC’s many locations across the state.



All locations offer wheelchair accessible features and activities including restrooms and select recreation opportunities. Please contact the event coordinator directly with accommodation requests and to find out about the adaptive equipment and activities offered at each site. Learn more by visiting DEC’s website.

There are four events in the Hudson Valley: 

79 Farmstead Ln, Wappingers Falls 
9am–2pm

256 Norrie Point Way, Staatsburg
10am-1pm

859 Wittenberg Rd, Mount Tremper
10am-2pm

5096 New York 28
12-3pm


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