December 22, 2019: Please join us for this annual winter tradition to celebrate the beginning of the winter season, led by Rod Simmons and a host of others. Celebrate the beginning of the winter season at the Gold Mine Tract with its spectacular scenery and diversity of native plants, wildlife, and natural communities! This 550-acre forest is situated in the Potomac Gorge and is one of the largest interior forested tracts remaining in the Maryland Piedmont region.