First Day Hike: Shore and More

Nature Center

Sponsored by CT DEEP as part of a statewide celebration of the New Year.  Start 2022 outside! Our guided 2-2.5 mile hike starts and ends at the Nature Center. We'll...

Earth Day Saturday at the Park

Earth Day 2022 is Friday, April 22. But the park will be busy all weekend with visitors and events. On Saturday, April 23, Friends of Sherwood Island will be onsite...

Connecticut Trails Day 2022

This year, the celebration is all weekend! Join us on June 4-5. The short version: Saturday, June 4 Butterfly Walk at 10 AM Kayak Paddle at 1 PM Sunday, June...

Horseshoe Crab Talk

Nature Center

Please join us at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, 6/19 at the Nature Center, Sherwood Island State Park for a presentation on why horseshoe crabs are important to conserve for your good...

Bird Walk July 31 & August 5

Learn about the Park's birds with Nature Center intern Shane, an environmental studies major at U of Vermont who has been birding since age 11. Bring binoculars. Meet on the...

Bug Walk August 4 & 11

Our Nature Center intern, Harrison is a bug nut - Come to the Nature Center every Thursday at 1 pm for a treasure hunt to find interesting bugs in our...

Butterfly Walk August 21

Nature Center

Sunny days invite butterflies to enjoy the Park's wildflowers! Tiger Swallowtail, Pearl Crescent, Variegated Fritillary, Clouded Sulphur, Black Swallowtail, Monarch, and the ubiquitous Cabbage White are some we expect to see....

Butterfly Walk – CT Trails Day Weekend

Nature Center

Join butterfly hobbyist Michele Sorensen to explore the gardens and natural areas around the Park’s Nature Center in search of caterpillars, skippers, moths and butterflies. We may see Mourning Cloak,...

Free

Nature Walk – CT Trails Day Weekend

Nature Center

Discover Sherwood Island! Go beach to beach and discover habitats, inhabitants, and special features (9/11 Memorial, Model Airport, wetlands, pine forest) of this waterfront Gateway park. Go beach to beach...

Free

Horseshoe Crab Walk

Nature Center

Kyra Lerner, a volunteer with Sacred Heart University’s Project Limulus and a former Sherwood Island Nature Center Intern, will lead a talk and walk about Horseshoe Crabs on Sunday, June...

Free