Lime Hollow Nature Center Youth Programs

Lime Hollow Nature Center Youth Programs include activities such as hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, and snowmobiling on the center’s trail system. The program also offers Forest Babies, Forest Preschool, Summer Camps, School-Break Camps, homeschool programs, school field trips, public programs including a monthly natural and cultural history series, and ski and snowshoe rentals.

• Ages: 0–18 years old
• Schedule: Trails are open daily from dawn to dusk; the Visitor Center is open Monday–Friday from 10AM–5PM and Saturday–Sunday from 9AM–4PM

The Lime Hollow Nature Center was founded in 1993. Its mission is to provide year-round environmental education and recreation opportunities through the utilization and protection of the natural and cultural resources of the Lime Hollow area, and to provide protection of the natural and cultural attributes of the Lime Hollow area. Lime Hollow is listed as one of the NYS DEC’s Watchable Wildlife sites and was added to the 2016 NYS DEC Open Space Plan for protection and preservation purposes. Through a renewable use agreement, Lime Hollow began by utilizing 100 acres of land and two buildings belonging to the Tunison Laboratory of Aquatic Science of the US Geological Survey Department, and in 2015 it added a state-of-the-art net-zero energy Environmental Education Center through a donation of a 5-acre parcel on Gracie Pond by Bestway Lumber and a partnership with OCM BOCES. The programs welcome people of all abilities.

Last updated February 7, 2026.