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Melissa's Wonderful Watercolors - Summer Junior Adventure Series

Summer Junior Adventure Series - Painting

Ranger Alan's Amazing Animal Tracking - Summer Junior Adventure Series

Summer Junior Adventure Series - Tracks

Curious Minds Adventures - Dismal Swamp

Self-guided scavenger hunts available at select state parks

Ranger Jeff's Fantastic Fires - Summer Junior Adventure Series

Summer Junior Adventure Series - Fire

Ranger Cody's Marvelous Macroinvertebrates - Summer Junior Adventure Series

Summer Junior Adventure Series - Aquatic Macroinvertebrates

Ranger Joe's Radical Reptiles - Summer Junior Adventure Series

Summer Junior Adventure Series - Reptiles

America 250 Traveling Exhibit-Making Our Voices Heard

Did you know next year our country is going to be 250 years old? Come out to Lake Norman to visit one of A250's traveling exhibits, Making Our Voices Heard.

Curious Minds Adventures - Merchants Millpond

Merchants Millpond State Park, located in Gates County just 10 miles south of North Carolina’s northeastern border with Virginia, is a peaceful escape into a wetland world shaped by a 190-year-old, 760-acre millpond.

Science Festival Scavenger Hunt

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!

Summer Concerts in the Fort: Hoff 'n' Finch

Join us at Fort Macon State Park for some music on a summer evening.