Flat Rock Brook is a 150-acre nature preserve and environmental education center in Englewood, NJ, just two miles from the George Washington Bridge. Visit our 3.6 miles of self-guided forested hiking trails that lead to a cascading stream, wetlands, pond and meadows. Register for one of our environmental programs for schools or the public and learn about our natural world. Come explore and learn with us!
Flat Rock Brook's 8th Annual "Run in the Wild" 5K Trail Run and 1 mile Family Walk
Sunday, August 4th, 2019
Rain or Shine!
Race starts 8:30 a.m. sharp
Family Walk Begins 10:30 a.m.
Flat Rock Brook will hold its 8th Annual 5K trail run on Sunday, August 4th. The "Run in the Wild" starts at our Nature Center. After a short street run, the course enters the shaded trails of our 150-acre preserve. It's a unique opportunity to run through a suburban forest.
New this year is a 1-mile Family Walk on a trail that passes a cascading brook, wetland and scenic overlook. We will provide snacks, water and a souvenir animal plush for our young participants. Following the walk is a birds of prey program at 11:30 a.m. led by one of our staff Naturalists at our Raptor Aviary. Kids will have the chance to see owls, hawks and a falcon up close and learn about these important birds.
Race registration: Adults $28 per runner in advance; $30 race day; Youth (ages 12-17) $23 per runner in advance; $25 race day
Family Walk registration: $25 includes 2 adults and 2 children (under age 5 free); $10 additional/single adult; $5 additional/single child
NOTE: Family Walk parking will be available in our Nature Center parking lot from 10:00 a.m. onward. The area will be closed for the race until that time.
The 5K run is sanctioned by the USA Track and Field Association. Proceeds from the run will support the Flat Rock Brook Nature Center and registration is tax deductible and non-refundable.
Thank you to our Sponsors:
Sponsors welcome! Contact Sandy Pinto at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (201) 567-1265
Flat Rock Brook is moving forward with an exciting Quarry Pond patio renovation this spring—a project that will ultimately provide a shaded workspace for students attending field trips and summer camp at Flat Rock Brook. Currently, there is no shaded workspace for students to complete studies of water quality and aquatic organisms in the pond. This patio renovation will offer students a comfortable place to immerse themselves in scientific studies and learn to be the STEM professionals of tomorrow.
Our patio renovation will feature a continuation of the blue stone paving that currently welcomes visitors into our Nature Center, seating for students to gather, native plantings acting as borders to the patio space and a retractable awning for sunny summer days. This multi-use space will be renovated up to the standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), increasing accessibility at Flat Rock Brook.
This project is made possible by the generosity of the Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund and Trustee Cynthia Sumner. The Bergen County Open Space Grant is a matching grant and they will match us dollar for dollar up to $7,500. Through the generosity of donors, we have raised the matching funds and plan to break ground on the project in July.
Seen above, Flat Rock Brook Staff poses with Vice-Chairwoman of the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Mary J. Amoroso.
The Lillian Pitkin Schenck Fund has once again committed to support Flat Rock Brook's Environmental Education Program through a grant of $5,500. Flat Rock Brook has a long history of producing quality environmental education programming. We have been teaching children and the public about nature and related topics for nearly 45 years. Last year, we reached over 5,100 participants with the message of the value of the natural world and their power to protect it.
Our environmental education program offers onsite field trips and outreach that serve approximately 40 area schools from nearly thirty separate municipalities in New Jersey and New York. Flat Rock Brook also offers a highly popular summer nature day camp. Public programs on a variety of natural history subjects are also available and open to the general public. Our experienced staff, including an education director and staff naturalist, manages a team of volunteer trail guides that assist in delivering programs to students each year.
Flat Rock Brook thanks the Lillian Pitkin Schenck Fund for its ongoing support that helps make this important program available to the community.
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