Join the Washington Crossing Park Association (WCPA) Conservation Crew for a forest restoration project along the historic Continental Lane trail. Participants will briefly learn about how invasive species are impacting New Jersey's forests. Then we'll get to work removing invasive plants to support the restoration of this important ecosystem!

📍 Location: Meet us at the small parking lot on the left, just past the State Park’s main entrance.

No experience necessary. Dress for the weather. Bring work gloves and loppers or a shovel if you have them. We will provide extra gloves and tools.

On Sunday, September 7th from 1:30pm - 3:30 pm, tour guides, local historians, and reenactors will staff a series of tables & stops with images and objects, with such topics as:

• Why Was Washington Here?, with Tour Guide Tom Ogren

• Highlights of The New Museum, with Annette Earling

• Delaware River Boats: Durham Boats, Colonial Ferries, and the patriots who successfully navigated the Crossing, with speaker Dan McAuliffe

• The Hunterdon Militia: The Militia and local citizens harassed the Hessians before the Crossing and served as scouts to show the Colonial Army the way to Trenton, with speaker George Skic

• The March to Trenton, with Tour Guide Tom Ogren.

The Visitor Center Museum is open from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. and features The Swan Historical Foundation’s Collection of 500+ Colonial and Revolutionary War artifacts.

For more information call (609) 737-0623.

Pollinators such as butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, and even birds are struggling in a changing climate. Come celebrate the pollinators of Washington Crossing State Park and get informed on how you can help. Over the two-hour event we will have staff and volunteers on hand outside of the Nature Center from 11am to 1pm to greet and chat about all thing's native plants. 

Join us for a touch table, displays, family friendly activities and to see what events will be coming up in fall! There will be a short Pollinator Walk at 12:15pm. No registration required. This is an open event for folks of all ages, social groups, and scout troops! 

Fall is a busy time for birds in the Garden State! Washington Crossing State Park is uniquely situated to host an influx of migratory bird species as they use the Delaware River as a "migration super highway".  Join Washington Crossing State Park naturalist Joe Moore outside the Nature Center at 8am to begin the morning. This outing will include between 2 and 3 miles of walking the accessible pathways of the park. Please bring water, wear sturdy hiking shoes, and bring binoculars or a camera if you have them!

Great for all ages and levels of birding ability. New to birding? Come fall in love with the birds at Washington Crossing State Park’s Nature Center! This is a FREE event.

Delaware River Greenway Partnership, NJ Clean Communities Programs, NJ State Park Service and dedicated volunteers are joining efforts to help tackle the litter along the banks of our Wild and Scenic Delaware River. Our cleanup location will be by land.

PRE-REGISTRATION is required by clicking on one of the locations found below. Individuals, families and groups are all encouraged to join. Cleanup supplies and a “Thank You” River Cleanup T-shirt will be provided to volunteers.

Click here to register to work at the Lower Park

Click here to register to work at the Titusville Boat Launch area

Clear trails with the Senior Trail Stewards! Tools are provided, although you're encouraged to bring gloves or loppers if you like. Please dress in layers, wear a hat, work gloves, work or hiking boots, a long-sleeved shirt, and long pants. We work in the rain & snow, but not in a downpour, so consider rain gear! Please also bring plenty of water and a snack.

If you've never volunteered with us before, please arrive at 8:30 at the Nature Center to fill out Volunteer Application Forms. Anyone who volunteers for two sessions will receive one of our AWESOME t-shirts! The Stewards meet for lunch afterwards, courtesy of the WCPA.

Clear trails with the Trail Stewards! Tools are provided, although you're encouraged to bring gloves or loppers if you like. Please dress in layers, wear a hat, work gloves, work or hiking boots, a long-sleeved shirt, and long pants. We will work in the rain & snow, but not in a downpour, so consider rain gear! Please also bring plenty of water and a snack.

If you've never volunteered with us before, please arrive at 8:30 at the Nature Center to fill out Volunteer Application Forms. Anyone who volunteers for two sessions will receive one of our AWESOME t-shirts! The Stewards meet for lunch afterwards, courtesy of the WCPA.

Fall is a busy time for birds in the Garden State! Washington Crossing State Park is uniquely situated to host an influx of migratory bird species as they use the Delaware River as a "migration super highway".  Join Washington Crossing State Park naturalist Joe Moore outside the Nature Center at 8am to begin the morning. This outing will include between 2 and 3 miles of walking the accessible pathways of the park. Please bring water, wear sturdy hiking shoes, and bring binoculars or a camera if you have them!

Great for all ages and levels of birding ability. New to birding? Come fall in love with the birds at Washington Crossing State Park’s Nature Center! This is a FREE event.

Washington Crossing State Park has changed in almost unimaginable ways over the last 100 years. From farm fields to gardens to plantations to old fields, shaped by deer, disease, and invasive species, the park represents a fluid and ever-changing landscape. Every aspect of the park has, whether directly or indirectly, been shaped by human-driven forces. Using Peter Osborne’s book, Where Washington Once Led, this talk aims to uncover some of these forces to reveal how the park has evolved, enabling participants to read the landscape through natural signs and artifacts.

Human landscapes cannot go “natural” on their own. We have the opportunity to restore this landscape, either along the lines of original designs such as with the George Washington Memorial Arboretum, which opened in 1932 and displayed native New Jersey shrubs and trees, or in the form of ecological restoration, aiming to return the human-dependent landscape back to nature. The talk will conclude with a discussion of the different options and the conservation work of the WCPA.

About the Presenter: Michael Rahtz is a board member of the Washington Crossing Park Association (WCPA) and the chair of the Nature Conservation and Education Committee. He has volunteered with the WCPA since 2017. He is a current Master of Landscape Architecture student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and recently graduated from Northeastern University with a Master of Architecture. He has worked at a number of architecture and landscape architecture firms in Boston. Michael grew up in Titusville across the street from Washington Crossing State Park and has been a lifelong user of the park. An avid gardener, plant enthusiast, and conservationist, Michael has spent several years restoring land on his home property as well as within the park. Michael is interested in ecology and landscape history, particularly as read through the lens of plants as living artifacts, and how these can inform land management practices.

This online event is in collaboration with the Pennington Library. Click here to register: https://www.penningtonlibrary.org/wcsplandscape/

Hopewell Township is sponsoring their annual Clean Sweep Day. Please join our WCPA Team to clean trash from the entire perimeter of the Park AND raise funds! We meet at the Township building and pick up bags, gloves and grabbers, then we go to town on trash : )

Every hour you work will net us a donation from the Township. Please email info@wcpa-nj.com to register for this particular event.

Enjoy an introduction to the fantastic world of fungi with this walk on Sunday, October 5th at 10am. Fungi expert, Maranda Boggs, along with park staff will lead a walk around Washington Crossing State Park in search of decomposers in all shapes and sizes. The walk will start at the Nature Center and the group will walk 2-3 miles over the course of two hours with occasional step over points and uneven ground along the trails at times.

Because we're paying a stipend to our presenter, the cost of this event is $12.00 per adult and $8.00 for children 12 and under, plus EventBrite fees. We are limiting attendence to 25 people.

If we're unable to recoup the stipend, we may cancel the event. If that should happen, all tickets will be refunded and you will be notified.

If a raindate is required, we will let you know. Unfortunately we cannot refund tickets for those who cannot attend the raindate!

Purchase your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fungi-frolic-in-washington-crossing-state-park-tickets-1598553359129

Take a guided nighttime bicycle ride, by the light of the Hunter Moon, from Washington Crossing and up the Delaware & Raritan Canal Towpath toward the Lambertville wing dam (approx.13 miles round trip). Meet by the public restrooms at the far end of the Nelson House parking area. Bring your own bike, mounted front and rear bike lights and helmet. (no headlamps or helmet lamps please) Limited to 12 guests. Weather permitting. Free.

Clear trails with the Senior Trail Stewards! Tools are provided, although you're encouraged to bring gloves or loppers if you like. Please dress in layers, wear a hat, work gloves, work or hiking boots, a long-sleeved shirt, and long pants. We work in the rain & snow, but not in a downpour, so consider rain gear! Please also bring plenty of water and a snack.

If you've never volunteered with us before, please arrive at 8:30 at the Nature Center to fill out Volunteer Application Forms. Anyone who volunteers for two sessions will receive one of our AWESOME t-shirts! The Stewards meet for lunch afterwards, courtesy of the WCPA.

Come and meet historian Stan Saperstein and hear about early American artillery from pre-Revolution to 1840. See the actual procedure for loading and firing of three miniature hand built cannons plus some surprise additions.

Artillery played a very important role in the Revolution. Hear about tactics and how cannons were used in different situations, especially in the Ten Crucial Days Campaign that saved the Revolution!

Topic: Washington Crossing Park of New Jersey – The New Museum

 Speaker: Tim West

 Venue: SAR Chapter Meeting, Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, FL

Clear trails with the Senior Trail Stewards! Tools are provided, although you're encouraged to bring gloves or loppers if you like. Please dress in layers, wear a hat, work gloves, work or hiking boots, a long-sleeved shirt, and long pants. We work in the rain & snow, but not in a downpour, so consider rain gear! Please also bring plenty of water and a snack.

If you've never volunteered with us before, please arrive at 8:30 at the Nature Center to fill out Volunteer Application Forms. Anyone who volunteers for two sessions will receive one of our AWESOME t-shirts! The Stewards meet for lunch afterwards, courtesy of the WCPA.

Clear trails with the Trail Stewards! Tools are provided, although you're encouraged to bring gloves or loppers if you like. Please dress in layers, wear a hat, work gloves, work or hiking boots, a long-sleeved shirt, and long pants. We will work in the rain & snow, but not in a downpour, so consider rain gear! Please also bring plenty of water and a snack.

If you've never volunteered with us before, please arrive at 8:30 at the Nature Center to fill out Volunteer Application Forms. Anyone who volunteers for two sessions will receive one of our AWESOME t-shirts! The Stewards meet for lunch afterwards, courtesy of the WCPA.

On December 14, from 11 am to 3:30 pm, please join NJ State Park historians, the Washington Crossing Park Association, the First Rhode Island Regiment, and other NJ-based reenactor groups who will give the public an opportunity to experience both the Crossing and the March to Trenton through the eyes of the men and women who lived it.

The title of this event is “Washington’s Landing in New Jersey,” which occurs on the same day as the Pennsylvania Park’s rehearsal crossing of the Delaware. Reenactors who cross with Washington will be met by our General Nathaneal Greene, who will invite them to an encampment in the Lower Park. Near the encampment will be a Haybale Theater where historians will speak on the contributions of New Jersey soldiers and families. Visitors will also be welcomed at the nearby Nelson House, where volunteers from the Garden Club of Trenton will serve free hot cider and donuts in front of a roaring fire. A food truck will be on hand! Free to enter, but a $10/carload donation is requested.

Celebrate the “Christmas Day Crossing Reenactment,” arranged by the Washington Crossing Historic Park of PA, as we commemorate the 249th anniversary of General George Washington’s famous Christmas night crossing of the Delaware. A history narration, hot cider and donuts will be on hand at The Nelson House. An annual tradition not to be missed. Come early and bring your camera! ADA accessible. Free on both sides of the river. Please call 609-737-0623 for more information.