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Location
Date
Time
Fee
Availability
The Zodiac
Observatory Park
5/9/25
7:00
PM
Free
Open
Night Sky Viewing
Observatory Park
5/9/25
8:00
PM
Free
Open
Let's Go Birding!
Burton Wetlands Nature Preserve
5/10/25
8:00
AM
Free
Open
Bilingual Chinese/English Wildflower Walk
Big Creek Park
5/10/25
3:00
PM
Free
Open
Night Sky Viewing
Observatory Park
5/10/25
8:00
PM
Free
Open
Annual Spring Bird Walk Series
Big Creek Park
5/11/25
7:30
AM
Free
Open
Early Morning Hike: The Rookery
The Rookery
5/12/25
8:00
AM
Free
Open
Full Moon Hike: The Whippoorwill Moon
Observatory Park
5/12/25
9:00
PM
Free
Open
World Migratory Bird Day Bird Sit
The Rookery
5/17/25
6:30
AM
Free
Open
Buckeye Trail Highlight Hike: Trail Town Chardon
Offsite
5/17/25
2:00
PM
Free
Open
Nassau Astronomy Night with CVAS
Observatory Park
5/17/25
9:00
PM
Free
Open
Annual Spring Bird Walk Series
Swine Creek Reservation
5/18/25
7:30
AM
Free
Open
TOP 10 TRAILS Hike: Summit Trail
B Benner Metzenbaum Park
5/18/25
2:00
PM
Free
Open
Geauga Walkers
Big Creek Park
5/20/25
1:00
PM
Free
Open
Night Sky Viewing
Observatory Park
5/23/25
8:00
PM
Free
Open
The Sky Tonight Planetarium Program
Observatory Park
5/24/25
3:00
PM
Free
Open
Night Sky Viewing
Observatory Park
5/24/25
8:00
PM
Free
Open
TOP 10 TRAILS Hike: Interurban Trail at the Rookery
The Rookery
5/25/25
2:00
PM
Free
Open
Geauga Walkers Summer Picnic
Claridon Woodlands
6/3/25
12:00
PM
Free
Open
Rockhounding in the Valley
Swine Creek Reservation
6/7/25
9:00
AM
Free
Open
Restoring Habitat at Home
Big Creek Park
6/7/25
1:00
PM
Free
Open
Full Moon Hike: The Strawberry Moon
Observatory Park
6/11/25
9:00
PM
Free
Open
Early Morning Hike
Veterans Legacy Woods
6/12/25
8:00
AM
Free
Open
Navigate By The Stars
Observatory Park
6/13/25
7:00
PM
Free
Open
Night Sky Viewing
Observatory Park
6/13/25
8:00
PM
Free
Open
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