Hikers Wanted for Hike-a-Thon
Please visit our Hike-a-Thon page to learn how you can participate in the Friends' first Hike-a-Thon event to help raise funding for the restoration of the hiking trails of the Park.
Job Openings with the Friends of VCP
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are hiring a Trails Project Supervisor to help implement our newly created Trails Plan. Click here for the job announcement. We are also hiring a 4 person Trail Crew- click here for that job announcement.
Friends to Receive Funding from Consolidated Approprations Act
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park are pleased to announce that Congressman Eliot Engel (D- N.Y. 17th District) has secured $180,000 towards the restoration of 6.7 miles of trails in Van Cortlandt Park. The funds are part of H.R. 3288, the Consolidated Appropriations Act which was recently passed by both the House and the Senate and is currently awaiting President Obama's signature. For the entire press release click here.
Friends are ready to Begin Trails Plan
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park, with the generous support of the Booth Ferris Foundation, hired the New York-New Jersey Trails Conference to complete a Trails Plan for the hiking trails of the Park. We are excited to announce that the plan is complete and we are ready to begin implementation of the Plan in 2010. The purpose of the plan is to ultimately make the trails more sustainable, to better serve the park users and to highlight and protect the Park's unique natural resources. To download a copy of the Trails Plan please click here and be patient- it's a large document full of great projects.
Van Cortlandt Map Available
See the various hiking trails and facilities that Van Cortlandt Park has to offer on our map on The Park page.
The Friends Become a TreeBank
TreeBanks are local community funds for tree planting, care and education. With TreeBanks across the U.S. and Canada, you can choose your local "Branch" and donate directly to improving the urban forest in that community. Donations go to qualified local TreeBank organizations in your community of choice. To find out more click on the TreeBank picture.
Friends Partner with Clean Air NY
The Friends of Van Cortlandt Park have partnered with Clean Air NY in order to take action to improve the air qualitity in NY city. We ride bikes, walk, take public transportation and continue to plant trees to improve air quality in the city. To find more tips on how to improve air quality or find out if it is an air quality action day, a day where air quality is found to be in the unhealthy range, please visit the Clean Air NY website by clicking here.
