Nature Crafts

Seneca Creek State Park

Fun crafts, games, and hands-on nature items. Activities vary each week! Meet at the Nature Shack by the Tire Playground.

Reptile Encounter

Seneca Creek State Park

Come to Seneca Creek State Park for a fun, 30-45 minute program for all ages. Met a living snake or turtle and examine shells and skins from reptiles living in the park! Meet at the Nature Shack by the Tire Playground.

Autumn Pontoon Tour

Seneca Creek State Park

Take a relaxing 45-minute afternoon boat ride on the pontoon boat "Blue Heron." Come see the beautiful shades of autumn as the leaves begin to change around Clopper Lake. There is a small fee per person in addition to the park entrance fee. Cash or personal check only; meet at the Boat Center.

Revels Play Space

Washington Revels 531 Dale Drive, Silver Spring, MD, United States

Enter a world of play and journey with your little ones through some of the parts and pieces that make up Revels performances and celebrations. Blends beautifully with Mini Voyageurs on the following Thursday. For ages infant-5. Revels Play Space is part of the Teeny Revelers program, and it's free!

Nature Shack

Seneca Creek State Park

Fun crafts, games, and hands-on nature items. Activities vary each week! Meet at the Nature Shack by the Tire Playground.

Mini Voyageurs

Washington Revels 531 Dale Drive, Silver Spring, MD, United States

Embark on a global voyage through children’s literature and music with songs, movement, crafts, games, and more! Blends beautifully with Revels Play Space on the previous Tuesday. For ages infant-5. Mini Voyageurs is part of the Teeny Revelers program, and is free.

Weekday Hike

Seneca Creek State Park

With the arrival of autumn, this weekly hike has moved from evenings to afternoons. This chance to get some fresh air and exercise consists of a 1.5 to 2 mile loop, with frequent stops for animal sightings, pant, animal and insect observations. Meet at the Park Office.

Emancipation Day Preview: Forging Freedom

Red Brick Courthouse 29 Courthouse Square, Rockville, United States

Observe Emancipation Day in Maryland with a sneak peek of Peerless Rockville's new Forging Freedom exhibit at the Historic Red Brick Courthouse. Forging Freedom: Endurance and Escape on Rockville's Underground Railroad is the story of Rockville in the era of the Underground Railroad, when slavery cast a shadow over life in this farming town, and separatist tensions steadily propelled the […]

Emancipation Day at Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park

Woodlawn Museum 16501 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring, MD, United States

Woodlawn Museum - exhibits in the historic stone barn museum - FREE Woodlawn Manor - living history performance on Black women during the Civil War and emancipation from 2 to 3pm. Online registration required, $ Underground Railroad Experience Trail Hikes at 10am. Online registration required, $. Details

Emancipation Day at Harper Cabin

Brookside Nature Center 1400 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD, United States

Tours, hands-on-activities, and games at this historic site depicting post-emancipation African American families in Montgomery County. Details

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