Past Outings
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To see what to expect, take a look at our past outings:
2025 Fall:
Tuesday 9/16: First Outing: Room 711 @ MSK. Learn about the outing club, help plan our trips this fall, and take a hike out in the MSK Research Forest.
Pickup @ 3:45 or take late bus.
Tuesday 9/23: Hike The Smith Preserve:. The bus will take us to the Smith Preserve after school. We will be hiking the brook trail and fox den trail!
Pickup @ 4:15 at Smith Preserve parking lot on Guinea Rd.
*Gooch's Beach Cleanup Thursday 10/2: We will explore the biodiverse ecosystem of Gooch's Beach. We will also do our part and do a beach cleanup while we explore. (no swimming, but you can get your feet wet)
Pickup @ Gooch's Beach @ Oak's Neck/ Narraganset Point @ 4:00 PM
Tuesday 10/7: No Outing Club (7th Grade @ Camp Kieve)
Tuesday 10/14: (moved from Thursday) Hike along the Mousam River from MSK. Bring a small amount of $ for snacks, we will stop by Cummings on our hike.
Pickup @ MSK @ 3:45 or take late bus
October 21: Comet Hunt! We have moved the location to the Pine Barrens in west Kennebunk. It is on for October 21 (Tuesday) for the most clear sky and a great view point to see the comet "lemon". Here is a link to the location on Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/LiTELPN1KaKd7LMK8
@ 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM. Parents/ Guardians are welcome to join!
November 4: Low Low Tide @ Goose Rocks Beach. On rare occasions in the lunar cycle, the Low tide gets EXTRA low, exposing a portion of the low tide zone that is almost always under water. This habitat is rich in marine life and accessable during this brief window. We will explore, harvest surf clams to eat, and search for sand dollars!
A bus will take you to Goose Rocks
Pickup @ 4:00 PM @ Goose Rocks Beach where Edgewood Ave. meets Kings Highway: https://maps.app.goo.gl/cptJXuzNzjqsoUsD8
Thursday, May 8: Fishing and Frogging and dairy Queening Rogers Pond. Bring your own fishing gear or ask ahead and I can bring some extra gear for you!
Pickup @ Rogers Pond in kennebunk, 4:00 PM
Monday, May 12: Astronomy Night: Oaks Neck, Gooch’s Beach Kennebunk. 8:00 to 9:30 PM. Come see star clusters, galaxies, and nebulae through the telescope! If we can obtain a permit the day of, we will also plan to have a fire on the beach while the sun sets. Bring anything to cook over fire.
Wednesday, May 28: Tyler Brook Trail Hike: Hike to a small waterfall where a freshwater stream meets the ocean’s high tide mark within the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust Conservation Land.
Pickup @ Tyler Brook Trailhead, Tyler Brook Road, Kennebunkport ME. 4:00 PM
Tuesday, June 3: Canoe the Mousam River. Learn the basics of canoeing and canoeing safety and join our trip up the Mousam River.
Pickup @ MSK @ 4:45 (no late bus option)
Tuesday, June 10: Surfing at Gooch’s Beach in Kennebunk. No experience necessary. Aquaholics Surf Shop hooks us up with the suits and boards!
Pickup @ Gooch’s Beach @ 4:15 PM
March 7: Trail hike and hide and go seek game @ the Learning Trail @ Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. Complete.
March 21: Snow shoeing @ MSK. Complete.
January 10: Hike Smith preserve on the brook trail. Complete.
January 31: Sledding at the Kennebunk dump. Complete
May 1: Hike at the Emmons Preserve in the Kennebunk Conservation Trust. Search for the secret rapids.
Pick up @ 3:45 @ Kennebunkport Conservation Trust Headquarters. (no MSK pickup or latebus)
Address = 57 Gravelly Brook Rd, Kennebunkport
May 8: Challenge course @ MSK
Pick up @ 3:45 @ MSK or take late Bus
May 15: Skate the Kennebunk Skate park. I will bring 3 skateboards. Bring anything else you want to try out there. You must have a helmet to join.
Pick up @ 3:45 @ Kennebunk Skate Park on 29 Factory Pasture Lane
May 22: Fishing & frogging at Rodgers Pond. Bring your nets and fishing gear if you have some.
Pick up @ 3:45 @ Rodgers Pond in Kennebunk.
May 29: no outing club
June 5: SkimBoarding @ Goose rocks beach! Learn how to skimboard over the thin layer of water left over on the sand when the waves wash back towards the ocean. A skimboard will be provided, but if you have one feel free to bring it!
Pick up @ 4:00 @ Goose rocks beach. (No MSK pickup or late bus)
June 12: Surfing @ Gooches beach: Boards and wetsuits will be provided by Aquaholics surf shop. You do not need to know how to surf to join. Come learn to surf!
Pick up @ 4:00 @ Gooches Beach (Also called Kennebunk Beach)
December 6th: Shelter Building @ MSK. Complete
December 20th: Ice Skating at Kennebunk Waterhouse Center. Complete
September 20: Tyler Brook Trail Hike. Complete.
September 27th & 28th: Canoe the Mousam river. Complete
October 4: No outing club. 7th Grade at Kieve Leadership School.
October 11: MSK challenge course. Complete
October 18: Surf at Goochs beach! Complete. Aquaholics hooked us up for free with wetsuits and boards. Make sure to swing in there if you need anything in the future : )
October 25: Skate the Kennebunk skatepark. Bring anything you want to ride there or just come hang out, drink hot chocolate and enjoy watching your friends! Please bring appropriate safety equipment. Students must have a helmet to ride in the skatepark.
Pick up @ 4:00 @ Kennebunk skatepark, 29 Factory Pasture rd.
November 1: Fishing at Rogers Pond. Bring any fishing gear you have.
Pick up @ 4:00 @ Rogers Pond in Kennebunk
Boat trip to Goat Island with Karl on the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust boat. Bring appropriate clothing, a water and a snack.
Pick up @ 5:15 @ Cape porpoise Pier. (changed from 4:30)
Surfing @ Gooches beach:
Boards and wetsuits will be provided by Aquaholics surf shop. You do not need to know how to surf to join. Come learn to surf! Bring a towel and warm dry clothes for afterwards.
Pick up @ 4:00 @ Gooches Beach (Also called Kennebunk Beach)
Fire building on Goose Rocks Beach Learn the basics of fire safety and help build a fire. Bring any food you want to cook over the fire.
Pick up @ 4:00 pm @ Goose rocks beach
June 7: Canoe Trip Mousam river
May 3: Parsons Beach walk
May 10: Rogers pond fishing
May 17: Fire making at Goose rocks beach
May 25 Bike Eastern trail with bike club.
June 7: Canoe trip up the Mousam River.
March 22: Challenge course and intro to Fire making
April 5: Fire making on goose rocks beach.
January 5: Snowshoe at MSK.
January 12: Tyler Brook Trail Hike.
January 19: Sledding at the Kennebunk Dump. (Complete)
January 22: Ice skate @ Kennebunk Waterhouse Center again! (Complete)
February 2: Shelter building @ MSK. (Complete)
March 1: Hike or snowshoe the learning trail at Kennebunkport Conservation Trust's Emmons Preserve. (Complete)
September 23: Mousam River Canoe Trip (Complete)
September 29: Fishing at Rogers pond. (Complete)
October 6: No Outing Club: 7th Grade At Kieve Leadership School
October 13: Surf with Aquaholics at Kennebunk beach.
October 20: MSK Challenge Course (Complete)
November 3: Bike Eastern Trail from MSK. (Complete)
November 10: Skate the parking lot. (Complete)
November 17: Parsons Beach (Complete)
Tuesday September 10th: Learn about outing club and go out to the MSK challenge course. Complete.
September 17th: Hike at the Smith Preserve on the Fox Den Trail. Complete.
September 24th: Surfing @ Gooches beach. Complete.
October 15: Skate the Kennebunk Skate park. Complete.
October 22: Bike the Eastern Trail. It might rain a little on us but it is still on! A rain jacket is a good idea. We will leave from MSK after school and return by 3:45. Bring a bike and a helmet to school. You can leave it outside on the bike racks. Let me know if you need a bike or helmet and I will arrange one for you.
Pick up @ 3:45 @ MSK or take late bus.
October 29: Learn the basics of building a survival shelter. Complete
Pick up @ 3:45 @ MSK or take late bus
November 5: Fire building workshop on Goose Rocks Beach. Complete.
Bring anything you want to cook over the fire!
(Last fall outing, Outing club will start back up after February Break)
Pick up @ 3:45 @ Goose rocks beach. Park close to Edgewood Ave on the Kings Highway.
April 2: Forest Walk and Challenge Course @ MSK. Complete
April 30: Beach Clean up and walking adventure @ Parsons Beach. Complete.
May 7: Hiking and frogging at the smith preserve in Kennebunkport on the Steele trail and the Brook trail. Complete.
Pick up @ 4:00 pm @ smith preserve entrance on Guinnea Rd, just off of goose rocks rd:
http://www.kporttrust.org/edwin-l-smith-preserve
May 14: Fire on Goose rocks Beach. Complete
Learn the basics of fire safety and start your own fire. Feel free to bring something to cook over the fire and share! SKIMBOARDING ALSO! I will bring one skimboard. Bring a bathing suit if you want to give it a try! Skimboarding is when you skim over the thin layer of water left over by a receding wave.
Pick up @ 4:00 @ Goose rocks beach on Kings Highway rd, where Edgewood Ave meets it. You will see us out on the beach.
May 28: Fishing @ Rogers pond on the Mousam River. Complete
September 19th: Learn about outing club, hike in the MSK Research Forest, and go out to the MSK challenge course. (Complete)
October 3: Fishing at Rogers Pond. No experience Necessary. Bring any fishing gear you have. (Complete)
October 12: Hike at the Smith Preserve on the Fox Den Trail. (Complete)
October 17: Birding! Bridle Path Hike to Gooches Beach. We have the Binoculars.
October 24: Birding and and exploring at GOOSE ROCKS BEACH *** ! Binoculars Provided!
Pickup @ GOOSE ROCKS BEACH: in front of Edgewood Ave on Kings Highway rd. in Kennebunkport @ 3:45
(changed to goose rocks due to bus availability)
Ask about our Winter Astronomy Club!
Past Spring Outings from 2023:
Thursday 5/4: Hike the smith preserve (complete)
The bus will take us to the Smith Preserve. Hiking and Frogging on the brook trail! Pickup @ 4:15 at Smith Preserve parking lot on Guinea Rd.
Tuesday 5/9: Astronomy Night and Low Tide Cave Exploration (Complete)
Drop off at Colony Beach @ 6:30PM. We will walk from there to the “blowing cave” (where cars park to look out at Walkers Point on Ocean Ave). We will do an intertidal zone harvest and low tide cave exploration until sunset, then the new Unistellar eVeScope telescope will come out from sunset until pickup @ 9:00 PM
Low Tide @ 8:36PM: -.2 ft. Moonrise @ 12:47AM Sunset @ 7:53PM
*Event will be moved if sky is not clear* Pickup at Walkers Point lookout on Ocean Ave @9:00 PM
Tuesday 5/18: Fishing and Canoeing on the Mousam River
No experience necessary. Pickup @ MSK @ 4:15 PM No Late bus option*. Bring poles if you want to fish while we canoe.
Surfing at Gooches Beach.
The bus will drop us off at Gooches Beach. Aquaholics surf shop is hooking us up with surfboards and wetsuits! No experience necessary. Bring a towel and a change of clothes. Pickup @ 4:15 PM at Gooches Beach.
Tuesday 6/6: Hike Tyler Brook Trail to Cape Porpoise
The bus will drop us off at the Tyler Brook Trail Entrance. We will hike from there through the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust Trails to Bradbury’s Market. Pickup @ 4:15 PM at Bradbury’s Market, Kennebunkport. Bring money for ice cream*
Permission Slips Required for New Participants* Email ncostello@rsu21.net for a permission slip.
*Past Fall Outing Club Trips*
Tuesday September 13: Hike the Mousam River (Complete)
Tuesday, September 27: Low Ropes Challenge Course @ MSK
Thursday, October 6: Fishing at Rogers Pond. (Complete)
Pickup @ Rogers Pond in Kennebunk @ 3:45
Thursday, October 20th: Hike the Emmons Preserve (Complete)
Pickup @ 3:45 @ the Emmons Preserve, Kennebunkport Conservation Trust Headquarters: 57 Gravelly Brook Rd, Kennebunkport
Tuesday, October 25: Beach Cleanup at Parsons Beach.
Pickup @ Parsons Beach @ 3:45
Tuesday, November 1: Last Fall Outing**
Hike the Smith Preserve, then walk over to "The Farmhouse" for our fire making workshop with local Native American, White Bear. Learn the basics and safety of fire making at The Farmhouse. Bring anything you want to cook over the fire to share!
Pickup @ 4:45 @ 162 Goose Rocks Rd. Kennebunkport (Look for a big white house with a Grey barn attached). Park along the road for pickup*
*Past Spring Outings:
Tuesday May 10: Hiking at the Smith Preserve (Complete)
Tuesday May 24: Canoe the Mousam River! (Complete)
Pickup @ 4:00 PM @ Kennebunk High School by the front doors by Fletcher St.
Tuesday June 7: MSK Challenge Course and Trail Building @ MSK Research Forest (Complete)
Pickup at MSK @ 3:45 or take late bus
Tuesday June 14: Surfing at Gooches Beach thanks to Aquaholics Surf Shop! Wetsuits and surfboards provided. No experience necessary!
Pickup @ Gooches Beach @ 4:00 PM (Complete)
September 18: Hike at the Emmons Preserve in the Kennebunk Conservation Trust. Complete
September 25: Fishing at Colony beach Jetty. Complete.
October 9: Challenge Course @ MSK. Complete.
October 16: Surfing @ Gooches Beach! Complete
October 23: Hike at the Smith Preserve on the Fox Den Trail
Pick up @ 4:00 pm @ Parking lot on Guinea Rd, just off of Goose Rocks rd.
October 30: Beach Clean Up @ Parsons Beach
Pick up @ 4:00 pm
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