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Time
Fee
Availability
Nature Explorer Day Camp (Youth entering grades 3-4)
The West Woods
8/4/25
9:00
AM
$ 150.00
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Inclusive Experience: Insect Exploration
Walter C. Best Wildlife Preserve
8/6/25
10:30
AM
Free
30
How Did The Great Lakes Form?
Observatory Park
8/8/25
7:00
PM
Free
Open
Night Sky Viewing
Observatory Park
8/8/25
8:00
PM
Free
Open
A Salute to Summer
Veterans Legacy Woods
8/9/25
1:00
PM
Free
Open
Hike The West Creek Conservancy Addition
Observatory Park
8/9/25
3:00
PM
Free
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Full Moon Hike: The Sturgeon Moon
Observatory Park
8/9/25
9:00
PM
Free
Open
Nature Journaling: Welton's Gorge Overlook
Welton's Gorge
8/10/25
12:00
PM
$ 20.00
22
Polliwog Paddle Family Canoe (Ages 5+ w/adult)
Eldon Russell Park
8/10/25
1:00
PM
Free
Nature Journaling: Welton's Gorge
Welton's Gorge
8/10/25
2:30
PM
$ 20.00
21
Celebrating National S'more Day
Claridon Woodlands
8/10/25
6:30
PM
Free
113
Drop-in Nature Craft: Nature "Zentangles"
Orchard Hills Park
8/11/25
3:00
PM
Free
Open
Drop-in Nature Craft: Nature "Zentangles"
Orchard Hills Park
8/11/25
6:00
PM
Free
Open
Geauga Walkers
The West Woods
8/12/25
1:00
PM
Free
Open
Moths & Meteors Overnight Event
Observatory Park
8/12/25
9:00
PM
Free
64
Homeschool Days: Family Learning Fair!
Veterans Legacy Woods
8/14/25
10:30
AM
Free
118
Homeschool Days: Family Learning Fair!
Veterans Legacy Woods
8/14/25
1:30
PM
Free
152
Nature Break: Women's Retreat
Chickagami Park
8/16/25
8:30
AM
$ 8.00
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Nights Out in the Parks: Big North Band
Big Creek Park
8/16/25
7:00
PM
Free
Nassau Astronomy Night with CVAS
Observatory Park
8/16/25
9:00
PM
Free
Open
Nature Trek Fitness Hike
Sunnybrook Preserve
8/17/25
10:00
AM
Free
Open
Family Stream Adventure
The West Woods
8/17/25
1:00
PM
Free
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Introduction to Archery for Families
Chickagami Park
8/17/25
1:00
PM
Free
8
Prairie Blooms Hike
Frohring Meadows
8/17/25
1:00
PM
Free
Open
Archery Games for Adults
Chickagami Park
8/17/25
3:00
PM
Free
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