Parks and Recreation
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.
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