Parks and Recreation
August 27, 2015 by Staff Report

For more information on these programs, contact the park district at 440-286-9516 or visit them online at www.geaugaparkdistrict.org. Maple Town Tune TradersAug. 27,…

GEAUGA PARK DISTRICT

For more information on these programs, contact the park district at 440-286-9516 or visit them online at www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.

Maple Town Tune Traders

Aug. 27, 7-10 p.m.

The West Woods, Nature Center

Come to play, sing or just to listen and enjoy. Informal performances followed by jam session. All musical genres and instruments, as well as snacks to share, welcome.

Geocaching in Geauga Parks

Aug. 29, 10 a.m. to noon

Big Creek Park,

Donald W. Meyer Center

Try one’s hand at geocaching, a high-tech game of hide and seek using GPS. Members of NEO Geocachers will be on hand to assist. Participants will learn how to place their own cache and go outside in search of caches. Bring a hand-held GPS or borrow one from the park district.

Full Moon Program

Aug. 29, 8-9:30 p.m.

Observatory Park,

Robert McCullough Science Center

August’s full moon is known as the “Sturgeon Moon.” Learn about these amazing, ancient fish, then watch the full moon rise.

Natural Wonders Hike

Aug. 30, 7-8:30 p.m.

Burton Wetlands Nature Preserve

Discover some of the natural wonders found in the wetlands, fields and forests of Burton Wetlands. Ability to walk at least one and one-half miles required.

Great Geauga County Fair

Sept. 3-7, 12-8 p.m.

Geauga County Fairgrounds,

Natural Resources Area

Visit the park district building to meet the monarch butterfly and learn about new portions of The Maple Highlands Trail. Daily live monarch taggings at 5:30 p.m. if butterflies are available.

Geauga Walkers

Sept. 8, 1-2:30 p.m.

Swine Creek Reservation,

Woods Edge Shelter

Join other active seniors on weekly hikes typically one and one-half miles long. A naturalist leads hikes held in park district parks. Call Geauga Senior Center for schedule, 440-279-2137.

The Bird Tornado Strikes Again

Sept. 9, 7:30-9 p.m.

Chardon Square, Gazebo

Witness a cyclone of hundreds of chimney swifts swirling, then plummeting into an old chimney used as a migratory motel on their journey to South America.