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Upcoming Events
Falaise Tours
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Tours at 12pm, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm
October 24, 2025
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm -
Tours at 12pm and 2pm
October 25, 2025
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm -
Tours at 12pm and 2pm
October 26, 2025
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
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 at 11am. Please arrive early to purchase tickets. PLEASE NOTE: Falaise tours are designed (more…)
Guided Nature Walks 2025
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Fall Foliage
October 25, 2025
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Join us for this series of all-ages walks as we explore different aspects of the preserve’s environment, encompassing its unique physical features and wildlife, as well as critical conservation issues and helpful practices to create a healthy, sustainable environment. Our expert guide, environmental educator Hildur Palsdottir, brings a range of perspectives for each outdoor adventure. (more…)
24 Hour Wilderness Survival
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October 25, 2025 - October 26, 2025
12:00 pm
Spend 24 hours in our woods during our Overnight Survival challenge! Instructors Eric Powers and Mike Evans will guide this immersive experience, which includes setting up a group campsite, foraging and resource walks, establishing fire, trying your hand at cordage and more. Guests will share in a communal dinner where everyone shares their favorite camping (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…)
Qigong
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October 26, 2025
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Qigong is considered one of the five branches of Asian Medicine, a foundation for martial arts, and a spiritual practice revered in Daoist and Chan Buddhist tradition. Qi is a vital element found in everything: the sun, the trees, the wind, the sky, the blooming flowers in spring and the falling leaves in the fall. Qi is (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…)
The Great Gatsby Tour & Talk
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November 5, 2025
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
“Ceaselessly Into the Past”: How 100 years of The Great Gatsby shaped life on the Gold Coast Join us for a guided tour of Hempstead House, one of the grand Gold Coast mansions that provided the inspirational backdrop for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Then, instructors from The Story Round will lead a table discussion (more…)
Monthly Meditation
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November 6, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm -
December 4, 2025
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Join Hildur Palsdottir for an evening of nature-based mindfulness and meditation on the first Thursday of every month. Classes will be held in the beautiful rooms of the Preserve’s mansions, or in the Hempstead House Garden when weather permits. With these sessions we will explore techniques specifically aimed at stress reduction. With kind curiosity Hildur (more…)
Ecotherapy
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Self-care and nurturing ourselves
November 8, 2025
10:30 am - 12:30 pm -
Deep rest and reflection as the year comes to a close
December 14, 2025
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Ecotherapy, also known as Forest Bathing, or Shinrin-Yoku, is the practice of connecting with Nature; of walking with Nature rather than through it. Certified guide Linda Lombardo leads monthly sessions of this relational practice that lowers cortisol, improves cognitive function, boosts your mood and energy, and most of all, grounds you so you are better prepared (more…)
2025 Four Seasons In Music
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Fall 2025
November 9, 2025
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The Preserve’s historic mansions and waterfront grounds are the backdrop for this unique chamber music series, created by Series Artistic Director Kathryn Lockwood. Each concert features music and poetry, inspired by the time of year and themes of romance and resilience. Internationally renowned musicians present captivating performances with repertoire ranging from Beethoven, Bach, and Mozart to (more…)