Communities

Catawba River group leading guided eco-tour paddles and cleanups, including Rock Hill sections.

Gastonia, NC

Club for hikers climbing the Catskill peaks over 3,500 feet, with a public schedule of group hikes and trail maintenance days.

Tannersville, NY · not in an area yet

Catskills conservation nonprofit running the Catskills Visitor Center and public hikes and programs on its preserves.

Tannersville, NY · not in an area yet

Catskills outdoor club offering hikes, paddles, bike rides and snowshoe outings plus trail stewardship.

Tannersville, NY · not in an area yet

Long-running Ithaca birding club with field trips and talks around the Cayuga Lake basin.

Ithaca, NY · not in an area yet

Volunteer club that maintains local Finger Lakes Trail sections and runs frequent group hikes, paddles and trail work outings.

Ithaca, NY · not in an area yet

Meetup group that hikes, kayaks, climbs and paddles around Central Florida.

Orlando, FL

McCall mountain bike club that builds and maintains trails like the Payette Lake Trail and hosts rides and trail days.

McCall, ID

Lexington-area Audubon chapter offering bird walks, field trips and programs for all levels.

Lexington, KY

Bend fly fishing club with outings, classes, youth programs and conservation work.

Bend, OR

Central Oregon IMBA chapter that builds trails and runs trail work days and rides.

Bend, OR

Master Naturalist chapter for the Lynchburg area with a public calendar.

Lynchburg, VA

San Diego nonprofit supporting adaptive athletes with clinics, a SoCal cycling club and sports events.

San Diego, CA

Nonprofit holding habitat restoration volunteer days in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties and the islands.

Santa Barbara, CA

Charles River group running clean-ups, volunteer monitoring and river events.

Cambridge MA

Greater Boston bike club with free weekly group rides at several paces.

Cambridge MA

Women's kayaking meetup started by Nature Adventures to explore off-the-beaten-path paddling trails.

Charleston, SC

Bike and walk advocacy group hosting community rides and events in Charleston.

Charleston, SC

Nonprofit paddle club for dragon boat and outrigger paddling; no experience needed.

Charleston, SC

Charleston running club with group runs and races.

Charleston, SC

IMBA chapter that builds local trails and hosts group mountain bike rides.

Charlottesville, VA

Trail running club with weekend group runs and a summer trail race series.

Charlottesville, VA

Long-running Central Virginia road cycling club with regular group rides.

Charlottesville, VA

Local Potomac Appalachian Trail Club chapter meetup posting group hikes and trail maintenance days.

Charlottesville, VA

Advocacy group for the Chattahoochee River that organizes volunteer river clean-ups, including the yearly Sweep the Hooch around Atlanta.

Atlanta GA

Chattanooga Audubon society since 1944, caring for wildlife sanctuaries and running bird walks, lectures and the Red Hawk Festival.

Chattanooga

Chattanooga road cycling club with weekday and Thursday night group rides, and events like the Honey Bee ride and Cycle Sequatchie.

Chattanooga

Chattanooga running club with group runs, youth cross-country and a full race calendar, from the Signal Mountain Pie Run to the Turkey Trot.

Chattanooga

Wenatchee land trust running outings, hikes and volunteer work parties in the Wenatchee foothills.

Wenatchee, WA · not in an area yet

Volunteer group that builds and grooms the CAMBA singletrack and fat bike trails and runs kids rides and women's riding weekends.

Hayward, WI

Annapolis-based bay conservation group with volunteer days, oyster gardening and field programs.

Annapolis, MD

Chicago-area mountain bike club that maintains local trails and posts group rides and trail work days.

Chicago, IL

Chicago running association with group training programs and a regional race calendar.

Chicago, IL

Formerly Chicago Audubon Society; leads regular bird walks at Jackson Park, Montrose and North Park Nature Center.

Chicago, IL

Recreational bike club with a published schedule of group road rides around Chicago.

Chicago, IL

Birding club running free field trips at Chicago parks and sanctuaries such as Montrose Point and Humboldt Park.

Chicago, IL

Conservancy that now runs the Chocorua Mountain Club's trail crews, with spring and fall trail clearing days on Mt. Chocorua and Paugus.

Tamworth, NH

Knoxville paddling club founded in 1969 for whitewater and flatwater canoeing and kayaking, with trips, safety clinics and river clean-ups.

Knoxville

Tri-State cycling club with group road rides at a range of paces.

Cincinnati, OH · not in an area yet

Social club for adults that runs ski trips plus hiking and weekly bike rides.

Cincinnati, OH · not in an area yet

NYC parks nonprofit running free park programs and volunteer park clean-ups.

New York, NY · not in an area yet

Tahoe nonprofit running shoreline and dive clean-ups of Lake Tahoe with volunteer and youth programs.

South Lake Tahoe, CA

Roanoke Valley group organizing litter clean-ups and environmental education.

Roanoke, VA

Northeast Ohio mountain bike club that builds and maintains area trails and organizes rides and trail work.

Peninsula, OH

Cleveland club hiking since 1919, with scheduled group hikes in the Metroparks and Cuyahoga Valley and new-hiker info.

Peninsula, OH

Trout Unlimited chapter protecting the Clinch River trout fishery below Norris Dam, with a yearly calendar of outings, clean-ups and meetings.

Norris

Volunteer trail group building and maintaining multi-use trails in Oak Ridge, mainly at Haw Ridge Park, with Thursday evening group rides in season and trail work days.

Oak Ridge

Eugene birding group (formerly Lane County Audubon) with bird walks and field trips.

Eugene, OR

Statewide paddling club based in Richmond with member trips most weekends and safety clinics.

Richmond, VA

Camden-area land trust with preserves and public guided hikes and volunteer days.

Camden, ME