Geauga Park District
The park district’s annual Sap’s-a-Risin’ celebration returns to Swine Creek Reservation in Middlefield...
For more information and registration, contact the park district at 440-286-9516 or visit www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.
How Sweet It Is
March 5, 12 and 19, 12-4 p.m.
The park district’s annual Sap’s-a-Risin’ celebration returns to Swine Creek Reservation in Middlefield.
Festivities include sap-gathering in the sugarbush with a horse-drawn sap sled, sugar house tours with sample tastes of fresh syrup and historical stations with costumed interpreters displaying and demonstrating maple sugaring methods from prehistoric to modern day. Plus, visit Swine Creek Lodge, which opened last year, to warm up with free maple treats and live music featuring Mr. Haney String Band on March 5, Oak Island Skunk Jumpers on March 12 and The Real Deal String Band on March 19.
Swine Creek Reservation is a featured stop on two drive-it-yourself tours on March 5 and 12: the Ohio Maple Producers’ Maple Madness Tour and the local Northeast Ohio Maple Tour. Tour maps with complete lists of participating sugar houses are available at ohiomaple.org and mpneoh.com.
What’s In The Sky Tonight?
Sign up for a sign up for an upcoming monthly installment of The Sky Tonight Planetarium Show with “Astro-Nat” Chris Mentrek at Observatory Park in Montville Township. Using the planetarium dome in the Robert McCullough Science Center as his stage, Mentrek will guide guests through the current night sky and preview things to watch for in the coming month.
Registration is currently open for 45-minute shows on Sundays, Feb. 26 and March 26, both either 2 or 3 p.m.
Scout Days
Dress for the weather and explore Geauga parks to earn scouting credit during programs hosted by naturalist Karie Wheaton.
High School Scout Snowshoe for scouts in grades 9-12 will be held on Feb. 25 from 2:30-4 p.m. at The West Woods. Discover a new way to enjoy the winter season by learning the basic use of snowshoes, which may meet some requirements for Girl Scouts’ Snow Adventure or Boy Scouts’ Snow Sports badges.
Cadette Girl Scouts will meet on March 4 from 9-11 a.m. at Swine Creek Reservation to cover some of the requirements for the Trees Legacy Badge.”
On March 4 from 12-2 p.m., Wolf Scouts will work on the requirements for Call of the Wild Adventure at Swine Creek Reservation.
