
Nature Quest
Join in on this interactive scavenger hunt at the ten public properties around Columbia County to find the animals that live there. Follow along in your booklet to find the six animals scattered throughout each trail. Collect stamps of the animals at each site by doing a rubbing of the engraved signs in the journal pages at the end of your booklet.
Visitors collecting stamps in their Nature Quest booklets
Nature Quest Trails
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Where to pick up a Nature Quest booklet?
Visit one of these libraries or contact our office to pick up a Nature Quest booklet. Then pick one (or more) of ten places to visit. Follow the Nature Quest trails as you read the poems and activities to learn about each site and the critters that live there.

Chatham Public Library
Chatham Public Library. Click to expand.
11 Woodbridge Ave

Claverack Free Library
Claverack Free Library. Click to expand.
9 Route 9H

Germantown Library
Germantown Library. Click to expand.
31 Palatine Park Road

Hudson Area Library
Hudson Area Library. Click to expand.
51 N. 5th ST

Kinderhook Memorial Library
Kinderhook Memorial Library. Click to expand.
18 Hudson Street

Livingston Free Library
Livingston Free Library. Click to expand.
90 County Route 19

New Lebanon Library
New Lebanon Library. Click to expand.
550 State Route 20

North Chatham Free Library
North Chatham Free Library. Click to expand.
4287 Route 203

Philmont Library
Philmont Library. Click to expand.
101 Main St

Roeliff Jansen Community Library
Roeliff Jansen Community Library . Click to expand.
9091 Route 22

Valatie Free Library
Valatie Free Library. Click to expand.
1036 Kinderhook Street
Bonus Quest: Find the Squirrel at the end of five Nature Quest trails and take a picture!