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Third House Nature Center is a 501c3 environmental education organization located in Montauk’s historic Third House.

04/02/2026

Singer-Songwriter Night
Saturday April 4, 2026
7-9pm
Third House at Montauk County Park

This event is free and open to the public. Come to just watch or come to perform. Typically acoustic music, must be ORIGINAL
(please keep songs to about four minutes each)

Sign up to perform at 6:30
1-3 songs depending on how many performers we get!
Sound system provided

SPONSORED BY THIRD HOUSE NATURE

03/08/2026

Roots of Resilience : Beauty and Benefits of our Native Grasses

Presented by Kimberly Simmen, CNLP

Saturday March 21, 2026 11am

Third House Nature Center
1929 Montauk Highway, Montauk, NY

Join us for an engaging and informative presentation on native grasses and discover how to incorporate these beautiful plants into your garden.

03/04/2026

Going Native: The Beauty and Benefits of our Grasses
Presented by Kimberly Simmen, CNLP

Saturday March 21, 2026 11am

Third House Nature Center
1929 Montauk Highway, Montauk, NY

Join us for an engaging and informative presentation on native grasses and discover how to incorporate these beautiful plants into your garden.

03/01/2026

Third House, Montauk
10:00am-12:30pm

Next Session: March 20
Upcoming Sessions: April 17 & May 15

Sketchbook Club meets one Friday each month throughout the year, to capture the flora and seasonal colors, landscape, atmospheres of the year!

We work in a 9 x 6” sketchbook (or size of your choice), each week we explore a different technique or art making theme.

Bring your own supplies. A suggested list will be given on registration.

$50. Per session. Write to Kathy at [email protected] to sign up.

02/09/2026

WINTER BIRDWATCHING IN MONTAUK
Saturday, February 14

10 am - 12 pm. Breakfast provided

Lecture will be followed by a bird walk, weather permitting.
Third House at Montauk County Park
1929 Montauk Hwy. Montauk, NY
(next to Deep Hollow Ranch)

Learn:
* What makes Montauk a prime winter birdwatching destination.
* Where the local hotspots are and which exciting species to keep an eye out for.
* Beginner and advanced techniques for winter bird identification.
* About field guides, equipment, and resources to help you advance your birding journey.

Register at the link in our bio

Organized by the Montauk Library Bird Club and Third House Nature Center.

01/21/2026

Take a winter walk with the Montauk Library Bird Club, led by Ed Johann & Vicki Bustamante of Third House Nature Center.

SIGN UP ONLINE, Link in Bio

We’ll observe and learn to identify a variety of species that winter at Montauk Point, with a focus on seabirds, including gannets, scoters, and loons found gliding on ocean breezes or floating on waves offshore.

This is also a great opportunity to see seals!

The walk will be a slow-paced hike along the shoreline and paved roads.

Parking is free. Dress for cold weather. All experience levels are welcome.

A limited number of binoculars will be available to borrow.

**Registration is required. Meeting location will be sent to registrants.**

01/08/2026

Sketch Book Club
Third House, Montauk
Friday, January 16, 10:00am-12:30pm

Sketchbook Club meets one Friday each month throughout the year, to capture the flora and seasonal colors, landscape, atmospheres of the year!

We work in a 9 x 6” sketchbook (or size of your choice), each week we explore a different technique or art making theme.

Bring your own supplies. A suggested list will be given on registration.

$50. Per session. Write to Kathy at [email protected] to sign up.

12/30/2025

A New Year Winter Walk

Big Reed Nature Trails, Montauk County Park
Saturday, January 3, 2026 | 11AM-1:00PM
co-hosted by SOFO and Third House Nature Center

Join us on a winter walk through Big Reed woods, the jewel of Montauk County Park. The hike will pass through vulnerable ecological communities including a red maple-black gum swamp, coastal oak-hickory forest and a coastal oak-beech forest. Along the way we will point out and learn to identify 15 native trees by their winter characteristics. Crossing a footbridge to an island we will have the opportunity to see Big Reed pond, a pristine 57 acre coastal plain pond without a house, building or road in sight. The area was the last ancestral home of the Montaukett tribe.

Directions:
Take Montauk Highway Rt. 27 east through Montauk town continuing east toward the lighthouse for 3 miles. Turn left (north) onto East Lake Drive, follow ~2 miles north, see sign for the Montauk County Park, Big Reed Nature Area on right, follow a short dirt drive back to the parking lot. If you come to the airport you’ve gone too far.

Special instructions:
Sturdy boots and binoculars are recommended. Plan to bring water, lunch and/or a snack.

Note:
There are no bathrooms in the park, so allow for time to stop in downtown Montauk
beforehand and find one of the public bathrooms in town Kirk Park ball field, one behind Fort Pond Native Nursery, one attached to the Montauk Police sub-station, one before Gosman’s Dock.

Trip Leaders: Victoria Bustamante & Ed Johann.
Contact: [email protected], (631) 747-8273

12/19/2025

The 2nd Americana
Christmas Celebration at Third House
Saturday 12/20/25 4:30PM

Come and get your merry on and celebrate the season with some festive music and friends
Bring your voice for the sing along parts

Featuring:
Lori Hubbard
Fred Raimondo and Greta Quezada
The Yazoo Brothers
Frank Russell, Chris Ivers, Alex Sarkis and Casey O’Driscoll:
Dawn Nagle too

ThirdHouse MontaukCountvPark
sponsored by the Third House
Nature Center
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

12/14/2025

The 2nd Americana Christmas Celebration at Third House is postponed until Saturday December 20 at 4:30pm

Come and get your merry on and celebrate the season with some festive music and friends
Bring your voice for the sing along parts

Featuring:
Lori Hubbard
Fred Raimondo and Greta Quezada
The Yazoo Brothers
Frank Russell, Chris Ivers, Alex Sarkis and Casey O’Driscoll:
Dawn Nagle too

ThirdHouse MontaukCountvPark
sponsored by the Third House
Nature Center
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

12/11/2025

The 2nd Americana Christmas Celebration
at Third House

SUNDAY 12/14/25 4:30PM

Come and get your merry on and celebrate the season with some festive music and friends.
Bring your voice for the sing along parts.

Featuring:
Lori Hubbard
Fred Raimondo and Greta Quezada
The Yazoo Brothers
Frank Russell, Chris Ivers Alex Sarkis and Casey O‘Driscoll
Dawn Nagle too

ThirdHouse Montauk CountyPark
sponsored by the Third HouseNature Center

FREEAND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

12/04/2025

Walk the Walking Dunes of Hither Hills State Park
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 11:00 am

These unique 80’ high parabolic dunes, created by strong northwesterly shifting winds, are slowly marching southeastward covering all in their path. Passing through a maritime pitch pine woodland we will see signs of the Phantom forest. Cradled in the dunes are bogs which are host to many rare and unusual plants. The brackish meadows and interdunal swales shelter many interesting botanical treats which we will be sure to highlight. Rain cancels.

Directions: Follow Montauk Highway, Rt. 27 east through Amagansett village, continue to the east end of the Napeague Stretch, turn left onto Napeague Harbor Road *see Hither Hills Racquet Club on NW corner, follow north to the dead-end, park along the side of the road.

Rain cancels.

Co-listed with The North Shore Land Alliance, Third House Nature Center & the Long Island Botanical Society.

Led by Victoria Bustamante, [email protected] (631) 747-8273

Address

Montauk, NY
11954

Website

https://www.thirdhousenaturecenter.org/

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