Explore the natural history & cultural heritage of Little River’s trail system with the Park Interpreter. Adaptable for all abilities; route & duration planned with guide; Stream hiking options available Pre-registration required. *STURDY SHOES, WATER & SNACKS REQUIRED – NO FLIP-FLOPS or CROCS ALLOWED* Meet At History Hike Parking.
Can you catch up to 300+ million years of evolution? See some local dragonflies & damselflies that we’ll try to capture and/or photograph for ID/upload to iNaturalist and the VT Atlas of Life. Bring your flying insect nets if possible. Program includes art-in-the-park materials for kids. 1hr., option to extend.
Make Plaster-of-Paris mammal track casts to paint and take home. Create a puppet show while you check out skins, skulls & more. Nature Center, 1hr.
Explore the secret life of a shady mountain stream and enjoy the coolest temperatures anywhere in Vermont on a hot day. Bring dip nets if you have them (limited supply available). Meet at Nature Trail, up to 90min; with option to extend.
Become ‘crepuscular’ on an evening search for creatures of the dusk and visit 19th Century settlement ruins. VT ghost stories provided; New routes & stories available for returnees. Meet at History Hike Lot; 1.25 - 2 hrs. *Flashlights & water REQUIRED! Sturdy footwear REQUIRED, NO CROCS or FLIP-FLOPS ALLOWED*
Take a walk into the basement of time at the feet of one of Planet Earth's oldest mountain ranges to find out how it all got here. Discover the sedimentary-metamorphic-igneous 'rock cycle.'
STATEWIDE— A selected artist will be painting at each of five Vermont State Parks for the day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Visitors will be able to join the artist to watch as they create an original piece of work depicting the locale, as well as ask questions. There will also be an official state park interpreter present to share and answer any questions about the parks and their history.
The locations and artists for Art in the Park will include:
Art in the Park is being held in conjunction with the exhibition Parks & Recreation, a collaborative show at Bryan Memorial Gallery (Jeffersonville) and Bennington Museum (Bennington), both now open to the public.
This event is a collaborative program between Bryan Memorial Gallery and Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation, and is generously supported by Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing.
The event itself is free but day use fees of the parks apply at: $4 for adults, $2 for children, age 3 and under are free.
One kind can kill you, another might be $20/lb, all of them enable the forest and life itself to exist. Discover Little River’s wide variety of fabulous and sometimes deadly fungi species. 90min; option to extend.
