Storytime at Button Bay State Park
Come listen as the Park’s naturalist reads Bat Loves the Night and Big Brown Bat, followed by a bat craft. One half-hour, ages 4 and up. Meets at Campsite 33.
Come listen as the Park’s naturalist reads Bat Loves the Night and Big Brown Bat, followed by a bat craft. One half-hour, ages 4 and up. Meets at Campsite 33.
In its original range, the invasive shrub buckthorn has been used in ink-making for thousands of years. Come paint with buckthorn ink and learn how to make your own! Twenty minutes, qualifies as a Junior Ranger service project. Meets at Day Use.
Learn how mile-tall glaciers made the clay “button” rocks that gave the park its name—and make model “buttons” of your own! One half-hour, models will take an additional half-hour to harden. Ages 4 and up, meets at the Nature Center.
Travel 460 million years back in time to Ordovician Vermont on this guided walk along the Champlain Trail to our snail fossil beds. Forty minutes, departs from Day Use and concludes at the Nature Center.
Meet on the beach for a puppet show about life in Lake Champlain, presented by visiting author Sandy Murphy. Sales and signing of Sandy’s book, “Our Scrumptious Lake PHYTOTASTIC!” will follow.
Children 11 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Visitors are encouraged to bring blankets or camp chairs. In the event of inclement weather, the puppet show will take place indoors at the Nature Center.
Grand Isle is typically a camping-only park (no day use), but visitors will be allowed special entry to this event without a camping reservation. Standard day use fees apply ($5 per person aged 14+, $2 per child aged 4-13, no charge for children under age 4).