Birding Trail Hike
May 4, 2024. 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Wilderness Road Blockhouse Parking Lot Join a ranger on a guided hike to learn more about different ecosystems found in the park. Investigate the progression of the landscape from meadows to forests and the different ways...
Nature Scavenger Hunt
April 28, 2024. 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Visitor Center Do you have an eye for finding things? Join a park interpreter on a scavenger hunt through our less explored trails to find all of the colors, shapes, and sizes that are found in nature. How many will you...
Going Batty for Earth Day!
April 27, 2024. 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Meet at Visitor Center Bats spend winter months in a state of hibernation but start to spring back into their active stages in April. Join us on our last day of Earth Day celebrations to discuss the importance of bat species...
Earth Day — Pollinator Plant Out
April 27, 2024. 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Stock Creek Recreation Area Join Natural Tunnel State Park in the re-opening and planting of our community garden space, “Tunnel Gardens.” Learn how to best pick native plants for your area, garden layout and design, and...
Earth Day — Earth Rocks
April 27, 2024. 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Visitor Center What better way to end our Earth Day celebrations than learning about just that…the Earth! Stop by the Visitor Center to learn the special ways the geology of the Appalachians gave us the park’s...
Earth Day — Herpetology Hike
April 21, 2024. 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Stock Creek Nature Center Whether it’s slimy, scaly, hops, or hides in a shell, Dr. Wally Smith, Professor at UVA-Wise and herpetology expert, will surely find it. Join us on an Earth Day weekend hike along the creek to...
Touring the Galaxy
April 20, 2024. 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. Meet at Gazebo Join astronomy volunteers as they share the stories written in the night sky. Two small telescopes and one larger telescope will be on hand for viewing. Feel free to bring along a chair or blanket. Meet at...
Earth Day — Walking with Wildflowers
April 20, 2024. 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Meet at Visitor Center Join Matthew Sullivan, an undergraduate botany researcher at UVA-Wise, on a short hike to learn about the spring wildflowers and other flora that will be in bloom all around us just in time for Earth...