Devil’s Path tested our hiking limits
It’s easy to become overconfident when you're spending most of your weekends outdoors. But the thing about exploring these wild places is that eventually...
Bullseye: Archery is the perfect indoor outdoorsy adventure
Well, it’s finally happened: the temperature in New York has caught up with the season. So now that it’s so cold you can’t even...
NYC: Fall Foliage at Gertrude’s Nose
The best hike in the Hudson Valley is even better during fall
Hike in Minnewaska State Park for scenic views of waterfalls
We have this friend named Tim who’s not the most outdoorsy of souls but who finally, after months of us sending him countless well...
Bundle up at the summit: Hike in Storm King State Park
Our mind melded with a few friends over the weekend and we all woke up craving a hike. So we bundled up and headed...
Turn your weekend jog up a notch with a trail run
This week's adventure is an essay from contributor Lyndsey Boekenkamp. If you have a story you’d like to share, email mappyhour@outdoorfest.com.
Being a trail runner,...
Tune up your bike, tune up your soul
The spring temperatures mean it’s time to tune up that bike you left chained to the light post all winter. We got a head...
Keep your head up and other surf tips we learned last weekend
We were back in the water last weekend giving surfing another try. This was our surf third lesson and we finally felt like we had...
Spring ski: Hit the slopes through April. Here’s how.
Back in November, we scheduled a bunch of snow-sports for our winter editorial calendar. This was the year we were going to try cross...
Bike to Coney Island
We were going a little stir crazy a few weeks ago so we convinced a friend to grab his bike and join us on...
Climb a rock: Here’s where to go climbing near New York City
We were looking for a hobby that took us outside after we moved to the city a few years ago. Luckily, we haphazardly discovered...
Sharpen your bird brain: where to go birding in NYC
Birding, if you don’t know but you probably do, is the practice of finding, identifying and watching birds in their natural habitat. The idea...
