Stumblday's hand-checked ranking of the best outdoors in Livingston, Staten Island over Labor Day weekend 2026 (Sep 5–7): 12 picks, refreshed weekly.
12 picks · checked Sep 2
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA 54-piece orchestra plays Bernstein, Sousa and the 1812 Overture on Snug Harbor's South Meadow for the group's 28th anniversary.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA 54-piece orchestra plays Bernstein, Sousa and the 1812 Overture on Snug Harbor's South Meadow for the group's 28th anniversary.
New York Chinese Scholar's Garden, Snug Harbor, Livingston, Staten IslandGuided meditation and ink wash painting inside one of only two authentic Chinese scholar's gardens in the United States — final session.
New York Chinese Scholar's Garden, Snug Harbor, Livingston, Staten IslandGuided meditation and ink wash painting inside one of only two authentic Chinese scholar's gardens in the United States — final session.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA guided two-hour shinrin-yoku walk from Snug Harbor's Tuscan Garden into the woods and Healing Garden on the campus south side.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA guided two-hour shinrin-yoku walk from Snug Harbor's Tuscan Garden into the woods and Healing Garden on the campus south side.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA free outdoor Photoville installation at Snug Harbor honouring the jazz musicians who made Staten Island a quiet capital of the music.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandA free outdoor Photoville installation at Snug Harbor honouring the jazz musicians who made Staten Island a quiet capital of the music.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandDaniel Rothbart's vessels float on the water at Snug Harbor in a free sculptural installation about climate, memory and the future.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandDaniel Rothbart's vessels float on the water at Snug Harbor in a free sculptural installation about climate, memory and the future.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandDario Mohr's public sculpture at Snug Harbor draws on Rwandan acacia forms to make a piece about unity, resilience and heritage.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandDario Mohr's public sculpture at Snug Harbor draws on Rwandan acacia forms to make a piece about unity, resilience and heritage.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsStaten Island artisans set up along Snug Harbor's Cottage Row with food and live entertainment at this free open-air market.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsStaten Island artisans set up along Snug Harbor's Cottage Row with food and live entertainment at this free open-air market.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA guided look inside Snug Harbor's working glass house, where the botanical garden's tropical and tender collections are grown on.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA guided look inside Snug Harbor's working glass house, where the botanical garden's tropical and tender collections are grown on.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe story of the merchant seamen who retired to this 83-acre Staten Island campus, told on the ground where they lived.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe story of the merchant seamen who retired to this 83-acre Staten Island campus, told on the ground where they lived.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA guided walk through the specimen trees of an 83-acre Staten Island campus planted over nearly two centuries of horticulture.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA guided walk through the specimen trees of an 83-acre Staten Island campus planted over nearly two centuries of horticulture.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA guided walk through the Greek Revival row and painted ceilings of the nineteenth-century sailors' retirement home at Snug Harbor.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA guided walk through the Greek Revival row and painted ceilings of the nineteenth-century sailors' retirement home at Snug Harbor.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA guided walk through Snug Harbor's pollinator plantings at the season's peak, when the bees and butterflies are still working.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, Livingston, Staten IslandAude · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsA guided walk through Snug Harbor's pollinator plantings at the season's peak, when the bees and butterflies are still working.
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