Bring Your Own Kayak event at New Quarter Park on Sept. 18
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Bring your own kayak or canoe to New Quarter Park for a paddle on Queen's Creek led by the park interpreter on Sept. 18.
Watch the fall leaves turn golden, learn more about the historic creek, and see Egrets, Great Blue Herons, and Bald Eagles along the way. In addition, New Quarter Park will be handing out Chesapeake Bay Foundation Clean Water Kits to the first 30 paddlers to register ahead for the September BYOK event. Registration can be made by calling 890-3513. The kit includes a free one-year CBF membership, information about the Clean Water Act, green tips for boaters, a Chesapeake Bay Foundation can cozy, and a 25% discount on a boaters flag.
Participants should arrive at 9 a.m., drive 3/4 mile to the put-in site with park staff, and expect to launch by 9:20 a.m. The out-and-back paddle will last about two and a half hours with take-out at the same site by noon. The program is free and open to the public. Kayaks are available to rent from Chesapeake Experience for $25 by calling 890-0502 or e-mailing Jill@chesapeakeexperience.org.
BYOK get-togethers for kayakers and canoeists are a York County Parks and Recreation program held at the park every third Saturday, April through October. For more information or to add your name to the New Quarter Park e-mailing list, call York County Parks and Recreation at 890-3500.
New Quarter Park is located at 1000 Lakeshead Drive between the Queens Lake neighborhood and Cheatham Annex. From the Colonial Parkway, exit at Queen's Lake and turn right at the end of the exit ramp. Travel a short distance to Lakeshead Drive. Follow this road into the park. If traveling to Williamsburg on Interstate 64, take exit 242, Route 199 toward Jamestown, then take the first exit on Route 143 west. Turn right on Penniman Road, travel one block, and then turn left on Hubbard Lane. Travel toward Queens Lake and turn right on Lakeshead Drive. Follow this road to the New Quarter Park office.
For more information, call York County Parks and Recreation at 890-3500 or New Quarter Park at 890-5840.
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Celebrate International Observe the Moon Night at NQP on Sept. 18
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Come to a Stargazing Night at New Quarter Park on Saturday, Sept. 18, from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. to celebrate International Observe the Moon Night.
Members of the NASA/Langley Exchange Skywatchers Club will be on hand to show visitors the celestial sights through their telescopes. The NASA team will also have Observe the Moon Night educational materials on hand and invite visitors to see the related Web site to prepare for moon viewing at www.ObserveTheMoonNight.org.
Stargazing Night at New Quarter Park is held in the overflow parking lot on the right, located about one-half mile past the park entrance. From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., see the moon, Jupiter and its moons, and other planets, star clusters and celestial sights. To talk to the astronomers before it is fully dark, come at 7:30 p.m. and learn more about astronomy as they set up their telescopes. The moon and Venus will be visible from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and the features of the moon can be observed with high-powered binoculars.
New Quarter Park is located at 1000 Lakeshead Drive between the Queen's Lake neighborhood and Cheatham Annex in York County. From the Colonial Parkway, exit at Queen's Lake and turn right at the end of the exit ramp. Travel a short distance to Lakeshead Drive. Follow this road into the park. From Interstate 64, take exit 242, Route 199 toward Jamestown, then take the first exit on Route 143 west. Turn right on Penniman Road, travel one block, and then turn left on Hubbard Lane. Travel toward Queens Lake and turn right on Lakeshead Drive. Follow this road into the park. Please dim your vehicle lights when approaching the skywatching area.
For more information, call York County Parks and Recreation at 890-3500 or New Quarter Park at 890-5840.
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