Geauga Park District
Burn off some extra winter calories during a fitness hike turned up a notch during Nature Trek Hearty Hike from 2-5 p.m. at Swine Creek Reservation in Middlefield.
\For more information on these programs, contact the park district at 440-286-9516 or visit them online at www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.
Late Winter Hiking
March 2
Burn off some extra winter calories during a fitness hike turned up a notch during Nature Trek Hearty Hike from 2-5 p.m. at Swine Creek Reservation in Middlefield. Naturalist Trevor Wearstler will lead this hike of nearly all the trails. Dress for the weather and bring water and a snack.
Or join for the more family-friendly Winter Campfire & Night Hike, from 7:30-9 p.m. at Sunnybrook Preserve in Chester Township. Gather around a blazing outdoor campfire with hot chocolate for a story or two, and then journey into the darkness to experience the curious world of Nature at night.
No registration required.
Springtime Phenomenon
Spring is right around the corner, and nature is gearing up to embrace it.
Call or go online to place one’s name on the Frog Fest & Salamander Call List. Then, on some warm, rainy night between March 1 and April 10, park staff will call earlier in the day to come out to The West Woods that night at 8 p.m. and witness the spring breeding behavior of wood frogs, spring peepers and possibly large salamanders as they move into woodland pools.
Then on March 23, at 9:30 a.m., no registration is required to accompany field naturalist Tami Gingrich for March of the Salamanders, visiting several vernal pools at Big Creek Park to check preset traps in search of giant mole salamanders and other aquatic critters. Learn about the amazing amphibian migration into these important woodland pools.
Nature in Music
Feb. 24, 3:15-4:30 p.m.
Join Naturalist Linda Gilbert at The West Woods Nature Center in Chester Township for Nature in Music: Beethoven & the Immortal Beloved, a guided listening experience to remember. Look into Beethoven’s song cycle titled “To the Distant Beloved” and learn how it is tied in with nature and a mystery woman known as “the immortal beloved.Registration is not required.
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