World Wetlands Day Hike
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesCome hike to the Wetlands Area created with Great Seneca Highway was built. Learn what benefits we get from wetlands, and climb the observation tower for a bird's eye view. Dress for the weather! Meet at the Blue Jay/Nuthatch Pavilion.
Winter Birding at Black Hill
Black Hill Visitor Center 20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds, MD, United StatesThe winter months can be an ideal time to learn more about birds and birding, and Black Hill Regional Park is an ideal outdoor classroom for this study. Each expert-guided walk in this series, intended for beginning to mid-level birders, will visit one or more sites in the park in search for waterfowl, sparrows, raptors, […]
Maple Sugaring Days
Brookside Nature Center 1400 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD, United StatesFebruary is Maple Sugaring Month at Brookside Nature Center. Every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday you’ll have an opportunity to experience an American tradition: maple sugaring! Watch the whole maple sugaring process from start to finish. See sap drip from trees and taste it. Watch it boil down into sweet maple syrup, then sample a tasty […]
First Sunday Juniors/Seniors Stroll
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesEnjoy a guided, easy-paced walk on natural surface trails, looking for all kinds of natural things. This hike is designed for the slowest moving among us, from young children to great grandparents. Binoculars recommended. Meet at the Kingfisher Outlook.
Nature Crafts
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesFun crafts, games, and hands-on nature items. Activities at the Seneca Creek State Park office vary each week!
Reptile Encounter
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesCome to Seneca Creek State Park for a fun, 30-45 minute program for all ages. Meet a living snake or turtle and examine shells and skins from reptiles living in the park! Program takes place at the park office.
Reptile Feeding
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesCheck out Seneca Creek State Park's resident snake at the park office. Learn some quick facts about reptiles of Maryland and watch the live corn snake eat its meal!
Nature Nook
Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, United StatesFun crafts, games, and hands-on nature items. Activities at the Seneca Creek State Park office vary each week!
Lecture: Differing Historical Perspectives on Slavery in MD and DC
Rockville Memorial Library 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD, United StatesThe word “slavery” brings up a mental image of the “peculiar institution” as it existed in the Deep South right before the Civil War. Slavery in the Washington area was different. It began the same – in the late 1600s, Ninian Beall’s tobacco plantation occupied the land where the White House is today – but […]
Maple Sugaring Days
Brookside Nature Center 1400 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD, United StatesFebruary is Maple Sugaring Month at Brookside Nature Center. Every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday you’ll have an opportunity to experience an American tradition: maple sugaring! Watch the whole maple sugaring process from start to finish. See sap drip from trees and taste it. Watch it boil down into sweet maple syrup, then sample a tasty […]