Thank You!

So many, many thanks to all those who participated in the 55th annual Allegany Nature Pilgrimage!  Mark your calendars for the 56th and check back here around February for the details about the 2014 event:  May 30, 31, and June 1, 2014!

If you attended the 2013 and forgot to hand in your evaluation form, you can click here to fill it out online!

Camping Registration for 2014 is now open.  Click here.

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The Experience

Arrive at the pilgrimage and you are instantly part of a community; there is a sense of family.  Each nature enthusiast is eager to explore the forests, fields, lakes, and streams, to share knowledge, to embrace learning, to celebrate this incredible planet, and to soak up the salve that nature is to the soul.  Old friends re-unite; new friends are made.

A geology program held at Thunder Rocks

Evenings you might attend a presentation under the big tent in the company of hundreds of pilgrims.  Other times of the day - from early morning to late at night, you choose from dozens of small-group programs.  You might sit and talk, or take a hike.  Some programs are designed to last an hour and a half.  There are also field trips that last four hours.  Nature topics include trees, flowers, ferns, insects, birds, salamanders, reptiles, tracks and signs, mammals, geology, astronomy, ecology, and more.  You might also find a class in yoga, paper-making, photography, sketching, nature games,...

Logistics

Generally, you take care of your own lodging and food.  But, the Boy Scouts sell hotdogs at noon on Saturday, and there is a Chicken or Vegan meal you can pre-order for Saturday evening.  Learn more about weekend logistics by clicking --> here.

Always the weekend after Memorial Day, this event has been held at beautiful Allegany State Park for over fifty years.

Your Hosts

The pilgrimage has been made possible through the efforts of volunteers from these organizations since 1959:

• Jamestown Audubon Society
• Buffalo Audubon Society
• Presque Isle Audubon Society
• Burroughs Audubon Nature Club

Adult members of these organizations enjoy a discount if they register before April 26th!  Click here to visit the Registration page!

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Event Location:
Allegany State Park

The Nature Pilgrimage is held at "Camp Allegany" in the Red House area of beautiful Allegany State Park.  Click the blue marker on the map below, then click "Directions" to find out how to get there.  To learn more about the park itself, click --> here.

View Allegany Nature Pilgrimage in a larger map

First Timer?

We recommend you check out the LOGISTICS and RESOURCES pages in particular!

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Cinnamon Fern - by E. Terry Lorenc

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