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Welcome to TOEC
🏕️We are the Only Residential Education Center New York State Park!
🔎Come to the Hudson Valley to learn and explore the outdoors!
☎️Call to learn more about trip options

05/20/2026

🐸✨we had an action packed day with Highland MS, starting with aquatic ecology where students did a hands-on survey of our pond’s biodiversity and ending with some team building activities!👏

05/18/2026

New low challenge course element just dropped! 🚧 Built by our environmental educator Finn and demonstrated by educator Deanna, this “Mission Impossible” challenge has students working together to make it through without touching a single “laser beam.” It’s all about teamwork, communication, and a lot of laughs along the way!

05/13/2026

April photo dump 🌿 From fire and shelter building to aquatic ecology and fishing, it’s been a month full of hands-on learning and time well spent outdoors. We’ve loved spotting signs of animals waking up after a long winter and sharing so many simple, meaningful moments along the way 🐾

**Faces are covered for privacy reasons**

05/11/2026

We had a great time with students from PS 219 exploring wind energy and sustainability 🌬️ Students learned the difference between renewable and non-renewable resources and discussed how to use shared resources responsibly. They then put their engineering skills to work by designing and building their own windmills to take back to school ⚙️
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05/06/2026

🌧️🍁Here’s a throwback to when the gloomy weather didn’t stop William O. Schaefer Elementary School from having fun learning about maple sugaring, from its roots in indigenous tradition to the science of sap production and tree I.D!

05/04/2026

Throwback to an awesome visit from Gayhead Elementary, where students explored the world of New York mammals and the adaptations that help them survive 🐾 Students got hands-on with specimens, examining features like fur, teeth, and skulls to better understand how these animals live in our local ecosystems.

05/01/2026

👏🍃We got to show our fellow members the ropes (literally) with team building activities as well as our high ropes course!

02/27/2026

First boil of the season 🍁🔥

Steam rolling, sap flowing, and that sweet maple smell in the air. Winter might still be here, but sugaring season has officially begun! ❄️✨

02/11/2026

🌲✨ PS 232 took learning beyond the classroom and into the woods!

❄️ On their 3-day, 2-night Operation Explorer trip, students explored Stony Kill Farm, strengthened teamwork on our Project Adventure course, mastered winter outdoor skills like fire starting and snowshoeing, and discovered the history and science of maple sugaring.

🍁 Adventure, resilience, and a little maple magic all in one trip.

01/30/2026

🔍❓critter scene investigation: new suspect!
❄️🐾These animal’s tracks were found wandering along the trails at TOEC. They are narrow and elongated in shape, and thanks to the snow there are visible claw marks. These are the prints of a quick, skilled predator.
Based on these visual clues, what animal do you think left these tracks? 🕵️✨Find out if your guess was correct in the last slide!

Address

75 Mountain Laurel Lane
Cold Spring, NY
10516

Telephone

(845) 265-3773

Website

https://parks.ny.gov/environment/nature-centers/3/details.aspx

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