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Hiking trails
  
6 miles

Phone
  
+1 585-374-6160

Area
  
3.642 km²

Cumming Nature Center

Type
  
Environmental education center

Location
  
6472 Gulick Rd Naples, New York

Operated by
  
Rochester Museum and Science Center

Website
  
www.rmsc.org/cumming-nature-center

Address
  
6472 Gulick Rd, Naples, NY 14512, USA

Hours
  
Closed today MondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesday9AM–3:30PMThursday9AM–3:30PMFriday9AM–3:30PMSaturday9AM–4:30PMSunday9AM–4:30PM

Similar
  
Rochester Museum and Scie, Strasenburgh Planetarium, Genesee Country Village a, Ontario County Park at G, Grimes Glen Park

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The Cumming Nature Center is a 900-acre environmental education facility located near Naples, New York. Owned by the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC), the preserve features over six miles of trails and offers educational programs and service-learning opportunities.

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Trails

The Nature Center offers five themed trails to explore.

  • The Beaver Trail ends in an observation tower overlooking a 35-acre beaver pond.
  • The Helen Gordon Trail features an outdoor art gallery focused on the birds and other animals in the area.
  • The Haudenosaunee Trail features paintings by Seneca artist Ernest Smith about the culture and tradition of the Haudenosaunee.
  • The Pioneer Trail includes a reconstructed 18th-century homestead and interpretive signs that teach about the lives of early settlers.
  • The Conservation Trail helps visitors learn about the nature center’s forest conservation and management practices.

    • During the winter, visitors can use the ski and snowshoe trails.

    Programs

    Year-round guided hikes and other programs from wildflower treks to moonlight skis give visitors in-depth experiences with the natural world around them.

    Each year for over 38 years, the Nature Center has held a maple sugaring event as a fundraiser. Visitors learn about the process of converting sap into maple syrup and enjoy pure maple syrup tasting and pancakes.

    Forest School

    Forest School is defined by the Forest School Association as “an inspirational process, that offers learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees.”

    Cumming Nature Center offers a Summer Forest School program that condenses a semester’s worth of learning into a week-long day camp for children ages 5–12. The camp focuses on purposeful work, observation and exploration with unstructured play, exploration and hands-on activities that help develop children’s physical and social skills.

    References

    Cumming Nature Center Wikipedia
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