Pumpkin Painting

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  •  October 18, 2025
     10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Celebrate the season and add a splash of color to your weekend! Join us for a creative morning of pumpkin painting where you can decorate your own seasonal masterpiece to take home. We’ll provide everything you need – for adults and children! Location: Learning Center Date: Saturday, October 18 Time: 10am-12pm $5 per pumpkin, payable (more…)

Diego’s Trunk or Treat

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  •  October 26, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm

  Join the NCSPCA at the Sands Point Preserve for a special event for the families and their pets – Diego’s Truck and Treat! Various pet friendly businesses will be decorating the trunks of their cars and offering “treats” to visiting patrons and their pups. Activities include dog Halloween costume contest, pie eating contest, raffles, (more…)

Owl Prowl

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  • Owl Prowl - Adults Only
     November 13, 2025
     7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
  • Owl Prowl - Families
     November 14, 2025
     7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

TWO SESSIONS FOR ADULTS AND FAMILIES Both programs begin with a brief presentation to learn how to identify owls by sight and sound, and attract these beneficial birds to your own backyard. Then we’ll head out to the woods for a very quiet guided night walk in search of owls and other nighttime wildlife. Our (more…)

Princess and Villains Day at the Castle

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  • Session One
     October 19, 2025
     12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
  • Session Two
     October 19, 2025
     12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Session Three
     October 19, 2025
     1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Session Two
     October 19, 2025
     2:30 pm - 3:30 pm
  • Session Two
     October 19, 2025
     3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join us for a Trick-Or-Treat Adventure Like Never Before! The Princesses are BACK at Hempstead House, and this time, they’re bringing 10 enchanting characters! Your favorite princesses and 4 mischievous villains will be joining in on the fun! Little princes and princesses will kick off the celebration by decorating their own trick-or-treat bags, then embark on (more…)

Fall Fun Fest

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  •  September 28, 2025
     12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Celebrate the Autumn season at our Fall Fun Fest with activities for children of all ages! All activities are free with Fall Fun Fest admission, excluding food trucks and Autumn Market. Pumpkin Painting at the Upadhyay Family Pumpkin Patch Face Painting Live Music Puppet Shows Animal Presentations Family Games Bird watching with North Shore Audubon (more…)

Halloween Ball 2025

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  • VIP Experience at the Haunted Speakeasy
     October 25, 2025
     7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  • General Admission
     October 25, 2025
     8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

The Sands Point Preserve Conservancy cordially invites you to our Halloween Ball Saturday, October 25, 2025 VIP Experience at the Haunted Speakeasy: 7-8pm General Admission: 8-11pm Hempstead House Step back in time to the Golden Age of the 1920s.  Experience the extravagance.  Relish in self-indulgence.  Give in to desire.  But beware.  As you eat, drink, (more…)

Plein Air Painting

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  •  September 21, 2025
     10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join Artist Lori Lee as she leads a Plein Air Painting workshop at the preserve this fall. Connect to the natural beauty and grandeur of the grounds, painting on site in the open air. This program is open to all levels, from beginners to advanced painters. We will focus on executing dynamic compositions that capture (more…)

Evening Sensory Walk – Cancelled

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  •  September 25, 2025
     7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Test your senses with a night hike! Ranger Eric Powers will lead this evening walk where we’ll learn to use our senses of sight, sound, touch and smell as they relate to animals and plants in nature. Starting at sunset, we will put your senses to the test just as it gets difficult to see.  (more…)

National Honeybee Day

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  •  August 16, 2025
     10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Celebrate National Honeybee Day at the Preserve! Learn about the vital role honeybees play in our ecosystem and how we can help protect them, with activities for guests of all ages. Saturday, August 16 10am – 1pm Ongoing 10am – 1pm: Complete a flower scavenger hunt to win a small prize Create bee-related crafts to (more…)

Falaise Tours

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  • Tours at 12pm and 2pm
     September 21, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     October 26, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     October 25, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     October 24, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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     October 19, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     October 18, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     October 17, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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     October 12, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     October 11, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     October 10, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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     October 5, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     October 4, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     October 3, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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     September 27, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     September 26, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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     August 22, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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     September 20, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     September 19, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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     September 14, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     September 13, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     September 12, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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     September 7, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     September 6, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     September 5, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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     August 31, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     August 30, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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     August 29, 2025
     12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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     August 24, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Tours at 12pm and 2pm
     August 23, 2025
     12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

FALAISE TOURS ARE OVER FOR THE SEASON AND WILL RESUME IN JUNE 2026 Interior access to Falaise is available by scheduled guided tours only from June – October. Tours are limited in group size and tend to sell out. Tickets are only available to purchase day-of in Castle Gould’s Welcome Center, open Wednesday – Sunday (more…)

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