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Type | Environmental education center |
Location | 6472 Gulick Rd Naples, New York |
Coordinates | 42°42′21″N 77°27′20″W / 42.705932°N 77.455609°W |
Area | 900 acres (360 ha) |
Operated by | Rochester Museum and Science Center |
Hiking trails | 15 miles |
Website |
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The Cumming Nature Center (CNC) is a 900-acre environmental education facility located near Naples, New York. Owned by the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC), the preserve features over fifteen miles of trails and offers educational programs and service-learning opportunities. [1] [2] Established in 1973 with a gift from the Cumming family to the Rochester Museum & Science Center, CNC's landscape is home to a diverse variety of habitats, including abandoned fields, conifer plantations, swamps, marshes, ponds, and upland forests. Visitors can also explore a Visitor Center featuring a variety of educational exhibits, interactive play areas, and classroom space.
Visitors can access the nature center landscape through 15 miles of trails that showcase a variety of wetlands, meadows, and forests. Trail highlights include a beaver pond observation tower, several interpretive trails, and an iconic red pine stand. CNC has five themed trails to explore.
During the winter, visitors can use 12 miles of groomed ski trails and 3 miles of snowshoe trails. [3] [4] Ski and snowshoe rentals are available.
CNC offers year-round guided hikes and other programming to help visitors engage with the complex relationship between humans and the natural world. Educational programs are designed to inspire innovative and creative thinking among participants and provide them with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to actively steward the local landscape in the face of local, regional, and global challenges. From moonlit hikes to archaeological digs, visitors can learn about the Finger Lakes region and the interactions that have shaped it over thousands of years.
Annual events:
CNC offers a suite of Forest School programs for children from early childhood through middle school. [10] A 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." [11][ relevant?] CNC's Forest School programs engage children through unstructured play, curiosity-driven exploratory learning, hands-on science projects, and outdoor skills development.
The Walden Project is a year-long educational program for high school and gap-year students inspired by the life and writings of Henry David Thoreau. The Walden Project provides students aged 14-19 with an interdisciplinary education in an outdoor setting with an emphasis on academic independence and freedom. [12]
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encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. (January 2024) |
Cumming Nature Center | |
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Type | Environmental education center |
Location | 6472 Gulick Rd Naples, New York |
Coordinates | 42°42′21″N 77°27′20″W / 42.705932°N 77.455609°W |
Area | 900 acres (360 ha) |
Operated by | Rochester Museum and Science Center |
Hiking trails | 15 miles |
Website |
www |
The Cumming Nature Center (CNC) is a 900-acre environmental education facility located near Naples, New York. Owned by the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC), the preserve features over fifteen miles of trails and offers educational programs and service-learning opportunities. [1] [2] Established in 1973 with a gift from the Cumming family to the Rochester Museum & Science Center, CNC's landscape is home to a diverse variety of habitats, including abandoned fields, conifer plantations, swamps, marshes, ponds, and upland forests. Visitors can also explore a Visitor Center featuring a variety of educational exhibits, interactive play areas, and classroom space.
Visitors can access the nature center landscape through 15 miles of trails that showcase a variety of wetlands, meadows, and forests. Trail highlights include a beaver pond observation tower, several interpretive trails, and an iconic red pine stand. CNC has five themed trails to explore.
During the winter, visitors can use 12 miles of groomed ski trails and 3 miles of snowshoe trails. [3] [4] Ski and snowshoe rentals are available.
CNC offers year-round guided hikes and other programming to help visitors engage with the complex relationship between humans and the natural world. Educational programs are designed to inspire innovative and creative thinking among participants and provide them with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to actively steward the local landscape in the face of local, regional, and global challenges. From moonlit hikes to archaeological digs, visitors can learn about the Finger Lakes region and the interactions that have shaped it over thousands of years.
Annual events:
CNC offers a suite of Forest School programs for children from early childhood through middle school. [10] A 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." [11][ relevant?] CNC's Forest School programs engage children through unstructured play, curiosity-driven exploratory learning, hands-on science projects, and outdoor skills development.
The Walden Project is a year-long educational program for high school and gap-year students inspired by the life and writings of Henry David Thoreau. The Walden Project provides students aged 14-19 with an interdisciplinary education in an outdoor setting with an emphasis on academic independence and freedom. [12]
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