Onondaga County Parks

Ready for the Annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Syracuse on Sunday. Thanks to the Parks Team!

So Mother Nature may not be cooperating at the moment BUT beach season begins at Oneida Shores Park tomorrow! The beach will be open through Memorial Day, then weekends til mid-June. https://www.onondagacountyparks.com/par/oneida-shores-park/

ALERT: Onondaga Lake Park's West Shore Trail: The gates located on both sides of the St. Joseph's Health Amphitheater will be closed on Saturday, May 15.

Thanks to the Liverpool Community Gardeners for volunteering to spruce up the area in front of the Wegmans Good Dog Park at Onondaga Lake Park last week! It looks amazing!!

Hopefully, for all the skiers, we get snow in February!!

C'mon snow, where are you when we need you!!

Thanks to everyone who came out for the opening nights of Lights on the Lake, we are able to help two amazing organizations right here in CNY!

Last Chance to visit Lights on the Lake...and the last of our charity nights!! It's been an amazing season!! Special Thanks to everyone who came out this week, and the first two nights back in November, for your support of some very deserving non-profits right here in CNY!!

A big THANK YOU to our friends Laura & Rick Iorio of Manlius and everyone who took them up on their generous matching gift to the Ajay and Batu Memorial Fund la...st week. Their challenge brought in more than $5,500 to help Friends of the Zoo provide EEHV testing and treatment equipment for the new Animal Health Center being built at the zoo. If you have not donated to this fund in memory of our two Asian elephant calves lost to this disease, you can still do so at justgiving.com/campaign/ajay-batu-memorial-fund. Every dollar counts! #syracusezoo #foreverinourhearts #stompouteehv See more

Wreaths Across America, once again, came to the Onondaga County Veterans Memorial Cemetery this past Saturday. Several hundred wreaths were placed to honor our fallen heroes. This annual event seeks to further the WAA mission of Remember, Honor, Teach, ensuring that the memory of those who served our country endures. Thanks to all who sponsored the wreaths and Farone & Son Funeral Home for coordinating this effort. For more info: https://wreathsacrossamerica.org/

Visit Lights on the Lake TONIGHT (Thursday) and 100% of the proceeds will go to Meals on Wheels of Syracuse. Purchase tickets in advance only for $5 at lightson...thelake.com Meals on Wheels is an effective and proven public/private partnership that serves virtually every community in the country. Meals on Wheels is here to organize, plan, and administer the service of delivering nutritious meals, nutrition education, and resource assistance to people living in our community unable to do so for themselves. To donate, volunteer or get meals, visit www.meals.org.

Baby patas monkey Iniko can now be seen during playtimes in her new playroom daily from 11 to 11: 30 a.m., 1 to 1:30 p.m. and 3 to 3:30 p.m., in case you would ...like to time your zoo reservation accordingly. While you're here, check out the new Iniko T-shirts and our Iniko Junior Adopt-an-Animal packages at The Curious Cub Gift Shop! If you haven't made a reservation to visit the zoo, see how at rosamondgiffordzoo.org. #syracusezoo #raisinginiko #spunkypatasmonkey See more

Visit Lights on the Lake TONIGHT (Wednesday) and 100% of the proceeds will go to Hillside Family of Agencies. Purchase tickets in advance only for $5 at lightso...nthelake.com Hillside - For over 180 years, Hillside has put this belief into practice by partnering with people in communities across New York and Maryland to help them address and overcome life’s complex challenges. Hillside serves nearly 13,000 families through more than 100 programs across 33 counties in three states. for more information on the services Hillside has to offer, please visit www.hillside.com.

Lights on the Lake is SOLD OUT TONIGHT, Tuesday, December 22!

Lights on the Lake is SOLD OUT TONIGHT, Saturday, December 19!

Lights on the Lake ALERT: We are SOLD OUT TONIGHT, Tuesday, December 15!

Raising Iniko: Follow our series documenting the progress of baby patas monkey Iniko as she is raised by our animal care staff following the loss of her mother ...due to complications of a difficult birth. Our team employs many tools to keep Iniko content, including her banana teether, snuggly wrapped blankets and the plush Rottweiler she curls up with in the isolette where she sleeps. #syracusezoo #savingspecies #patasmonkey #RaisingIniko See more

Things that make you go awwwww...

Tomorrow is the last Migration Observation of the year!

Early Bird Tickets are available to purchase through Wednesday, October 28 ONLY! Don't miss out!

We are all in this together...

The 31st Annual Lights on the Lake at Onondaga Lake Park opens in less than a month! All tickets will be sold in advance and online, including a limited number of discount Early Bird Tickets! Get all the details here: https://www.lightsonthelake.com/

Today is International Sloth Day, so we're sharing that time when the The Wall Street Journal came to do a story about sloth-mania starring our very own Hoffmann's two-toed sloth, Araña. Enjoy! #syracusezoo #slothmania #ForTheLoveOfSloths #InternationalSlothDay

Fall colors provide a beautiful backdrop for photography at Beaver Lake Nature Center. While we welcome the opportunity to host photographers and their clients ...for portrait photography sessions, we ask that photographers call 315-638-2519 in advance to discuss Nature Center policies and schedule the visit. See more