This self-guided event will occur over the course of July and is a great way to explore all the Preserve has to offer at your own pace. Participants will follow clues to find destinations and objects located throughout the Preserve. To document your successful sleuthing, you must take a picture of the location and email it to Michaela@huyckpresere.org by July 31st. Photos may be sent as you go or as a set when you finish the entire hunt. We may share your photos in our social media and print publications. All participants who successfully find all destinations will be entered in a drawing to win new Huyck Preserve merchandise!
All destinations can be found via Huyck Preserve trails -- please stay on the trails during your “hunt.”
All destinations can be found via Huyck Preserve trails -- please stay on the trails during your “hunt.”
Clues for the July Scavenger Hunt
1. Look for the place close to the falls, that honors the Preserve’s textile history.
2. Can you find the place where the largest rodent at the Preserve sleeps?
3. Find the place where horses used to run!
4. Look for the place with netting and fence, designed to keep a certain herbivore out.
5. Can you find a place to learn about and stop the spread of invasive species?
6. Can you find a place of historical importance, where people before us have been laid to rest?
7. While you soak in the views of the Rensselaerville Falls, can you find a plaque that honors the nephew of the Huyck Preserve’s founder?
8. Can you find the place, near our lake, where a monument remembers Winthrop Stevens, nephew of Edmund Niles and Jessie Van Antwerp Huyck, former board member, and a leader behind our trail system?
9. Can you make some music on a certain bridge?
10. Find a place where people, not nature, have shaped the woods.
11. We have many bridges and boardwalks (plus other small foot bridges) at the Preserve. Which is your favorite?
12. Can you find evidence of what happens when a tree seed lands on a fallen log?
13. Can you find a place in an upright tree, where a small animal might hide or sleep?
14. Can you find a monument remembering the gift of our founder, Jessie Van Antwerp Huyck?
15. Can you find clues to the farming history of the Preserve along the trails in the woods?
16. Look for the place where many go to cool off and spend time with family.
1. Look for the place close to the falls, that honors the Preserve’s textile history.
2. Can you find the place where the largest rodent at the Preserve sleeps?
3. Find the place where horses used to run!
4. Look for the place with netting and fence, designed to keep a certain herbivore out.
5. Can you find a place to learn about and stop the spread of invasive species?
6. Can you find a place of historical importance, where people before us have been laid to rest?
7. While you soak in the views of the Rensselaerville Falls, can you find a plaque that honors the nephew of the Huyck Preserve’s founder?
8. Can you find the place, near our lake, where a monument remembers Winthrop Stevens, nephew of Edmund Niles and Jessie Van Antwerp Huyck, former board member, and a leader behind our trail system?
9. Can you make some music on a certain bridge?
10. Find a place where people, not nature, have shaped the woods.
11. We have many bridges and boardwalks (plus other small foot bridges) at the Preserve. Which is your favorite?
12. Can you find evidence of what happens when a tree seed lands on a fallen log?
13. Can you find a place in an upright tree, where a small animal might hide or sleep?
14. Can you find a monument remembering the gift of our founder, Jessie Van Antwerp Huyck?
15. Can you find clues to the farming history of the Preserve along the trails in the woods?
16. Look for the place where many go to cool off and spend time with family.
