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Stop by Merchants Millpond State Park and help celebrate the 2025 NCSciFest theme "Science: Everyday, Everywhere, Everyone"! where you can join a self-guided scavenger hunt on the Goosechase app. Take a hike along Lassiter Trail to try to find all the items and get a chance to win some prizes!

Join us in celebrating the 2025 NCSciFest theme "Science: Everyday, Everywhere, Everyone"! We are hosting a self-guided scavenger hunt using the Goosechase application. Take a hike along Nuwati Trail or Daniel Boone Scout Trail to try to find all the items and get a chance to win some prizes!

Can you smell with your tongue? What about hearing with your jaw or seeing heat? Most humans can't, without superpowers, but slithery and scaled snakes possess these amazing abilities and more! Snakes exhibit a remarkable diversity of species, colors, and habitats.

Can you smell with your tongue? What about hearing with your jaw or seeing heat? Most humans can't, without superpowers, but slithery and scaled snakes possess these amazing abilities and more! Snakes exhibit a remarkable diversity of species, colors, and habitats.

What make bobcats such good hunters? Why are coyotes hard to spot? How do beavers keep warm in cold water? Join us at the Catawba River Area to learn about the amazing adaptations of the animals that call Lake James home. Then, take a hike to see what wildlife you can find!