Putney Mountain Association Events

Categories: Classes and walks | Hikes | Astronomical events | For kids

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Partial Solar Eclipse

Putney Mountain Summit 443 Putney Mountain Rd, Brookline, United States

Sun and moon will rise together with the moon partially obscuring the sun.

Summer Solstice

Putney Mountain Summit 443 Putney Mountain Rd, Brookline, United States

Longest day of the year! Sunrise: 5:11 am Sunset: 8:33 pm 15hrs 21 mins of daylight

Full Moon

Sunset: 8:33 pm Moonrise: 8:56 pm

Birding with Richard Foye

Putney Mountain Trailhead - Libby's Way 443 Putney Mountain Rd, Brookline, VT, United States

Join Richard Foye, avid birder, for a bird walk along Hinton Trail. Learn to identify birds through song and sight. Bring your binoculars and your best ears. Limit 12 people. Rain date: July 28

Fern walk with Lynn Levine

Beatrice Aiken Wildlife Preserve 12 Old Rte 5, Putney, VT, United States

New date: Now July 3! Join Lynn Levine, author of Identifying Ferns the Easy Way: A Guide to Common Ferns in the Northeast, for a ramble through the woods of the Beatrix Aiken Preserve - a little gem of Putney forest and an incredibly diversified landscape brimming with ferns sprouting from cliffs rich with calcium, […]

$10

Trail building class with Roger Haydock

Missing Links Trailhead 645 Hague Rd, Dummerston, VT, United States

Want to build your very own hiking trail or are you curious how the Putney Mountain Trails came to exist? Join Roger Haydock, our trail planner extraordinaire, for a chance to see the terrain like a blank slate. Meet at the Dummerston Church at 9 am to carpool to the Missing Links parking lot (parking […]

Sheep and the Invasives They Eat with David Ritchie and Sam Quintal 

Putney Mountain Summit 443 Putney Mountain Rd, Brookline, United States

You’ve seen the fences, heard the ringing bells, admired their fleece, perhaps pondered their inner lives and motivations. Or perhaps you are just discouraged by all of the invasive buckthorn. Join David Ritchie, Putney Mountain shepherd and sheep advocate, and Sam Quintal, buckthorn enforcer, for a deep dive into the purpose of our fine fleeced […]