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March


 

22        Easter “Egg”stravaganza

                Sunrise Service 8am

                Pancake Breakfast 9am-11am

                Easter Crafts 10am - 1pm

                Egg Hunt 1pm

30        Candlelight Series 2pm

April

12        Wonders of Wildflowers Weekend
Plant Sale
9am— 3pm
Speakers: 9am, 11am, and 1pm
Hikes
10am & 2pm
 

13        Wonders of Wildflowers Weekend
Hike
2pm

18        Earth Day Rummage Sale Roundup 5-7pm

19        Earth Day Rummage Sale Roundup 9am-3pm
 

26        Run the Tunnel
        Registration 7:45am
        Start Time 9am
Cave Clean-Up
9am-4pm

            Kids Fishing Day
        Registration 11am-1pm
        Fishing
from 12-3pm
 

30        Candlelight Series 2pm

May

10        Canoeing 9am
Spring Birding Weekend

        Birding Hikes 8:30am and 6:00pm
 

11        Spring Birding Weekend
        Birding Hikes 8:30am and 6:00pm
 

17        Canoeing 9am 
 

23        Campers Picnic 6pm
Rangers VS Campers
 7:30pm
Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

24        Canoeing 9am
Campers Craft
10am
Animal Chatter
1pm
Stock Creek Passage
2pm
Lighting of the Tunnel 7 - 10pm
 

25        Hayride 10am
Bike & Scooter Parade
2pm
Canoeing 2pm

30        Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

31        Siege at the Blockhouse 9am-9pm
        Revolutionary War Memorial
10am

        Horse Race 11am
        Siege 1pm
        Campfire and Stories
7:30pm
        Night Raid
8:30pm
Canoeing
9am
Wild Cave Tour
2pm

June

1          Siege at the Blockhouse 10-3pm
        Frontier Church Service 11am
Canoeing
2pm

6          Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

7          Canoeing 9am
Stock Creek Passage
2pm
Night Hike
8pm

8          Canoeing 2pm
            Pickin’ in the Park
2pm
 

13        Clinch Mountain Music Festival 6pm

            Welcome Campfire 8:30pm

           
 

14        Canoeing 9am
Wild Cave Tour
2pm
Hayride
7:30pm
 

15        Canoeing 2pm
 

20        Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

21        Canoeing 9am
Stock Creek Passage
2pm

Night Hike 8:00pm

22        Canoeing 2pm
            Pickin’ in the Park
2pm

27        Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

28        Canoeing 9am
Wild Cave Tour
2pm
Tunnel Lighting
7-10pm

29        Canoeing 2pm

July

4          Campers Craft 10am
Animal Chatter
1pm
Who Made the Flag?
2:30-3:30pm
Hayride
6pm
Welcome Campfire
8:30pm
 

5          Canoeing 9am
Campers Craft
10am
Animal Chatter
1pm
Stock Creek Passage
2pm
Water Challenge
3-4pm
Tunnel Lighting
7-10pm
 

6          Canoeing 2pm
 

11        Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

12        Canoeing 9am
Wild Cave Tour
2pm
Hayride
8pm

13        Canoeing 2 pm
            Pickin’ in the Park 2pm

18        Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

19        Canoeing 9am
Stock Creek Passage
2pm,
Night Hike 8pm

20        Canoeing 2pm

21-25   Nature Challenge – Day Camp
 

25        Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

26        Canoeing 9am
Wild Cave Tour
2pm
Tunnel Lighting
7-10pm
 

27        Canoeing 2pm
Pickin’ in the Park
2pm

August

1          Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

2          Canoeing 9am
Stock Creek Passage
2pm
Hayride 8pm

3          Canoeing 2pm

8          Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

9          Canoeing 9am
Wild Cave Tour
2pm
Night Hike 8:30pm
 

10        Canoeing 2pm
Pickin’ in the Park
2pm

15        Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

16        Canoeing 9am
Stock Creek Passage
2pm
Hayride 8pm

17        Canoeing 2pm

22        Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

23        Canoeing 9am
Wild Cave Tour 2pm
Night Hike 8:30pm
 

24        Canoeing 2pm
Pickin’ in the Park
2pm
 

29        Welcome Campfire 8:30pm
 

30        Canoeing 9am
Hide n’ Seek
10am
Simple Science
1pm
Stock Creek Passage
2pm
Tunnel Lighting
7-10pm
 

31        Campers Crafts 10am
Canoeing
2pm
Wacky & Wild Day
2:30-4pm
Papa Joe Smiddy Mountain Music Festival
5pm

September

6          Canoeing 9am
Wild Cave Tour 2pm
Fall Birding Weekend
    Birding
Hikes 9:30am & 6pm
    Astronomy Night/Owl Prowl 9pm
 

7          Canoeing 2pm
    Fall Birding Weekend

    Birding Hikes 9:30am & 6pm

 

13        Canoeing 9am
Stock Creek Passage
2pm
An Appalachian Hoedown
6-8pm
 

14        Canoeing 2pm
 

20        Native American Day 10am
Wild Cave Tour
2pm
 

27        Tunnel Lighting 7-10pm

October
 

4          Spirits of the Cove Hayride 7:30 - 10:30pm
 

11        Frontier Harvest Celebration 7 - 9pm,
Spirits of the Cove Hayride 7:30 – 10:30pm
 

18        Spirits of the Cove Hayrides 7:30 – 10:30pm
 

25        Tremble at the Tunnel 3-5pm
Tunnel Lighting
7-10pm
Spirits of the Cove Hayrides
7:30 - 10:30pm

 

November

1          Spirits of the Cove Hayride 7:30 – 10:30pm

28        Christmas Tunnel Lighting 6 - 9pm

29        Christmas Tunnel Lighting 6 - 9pm

December

5          Christmas Tunnel Lighting 6 - 9pm

6          Christmas Tunnel Lighting 6 - 9pm

12        Christmas Tunnel Lighting 6 - 9pm

13        Christmas Tunnel Lighting 6 - 9pm

19        Christmas Tunnel Lighting 6 - 9pm
 

20        Christmastide at the Blockhouse 5-7pm
Christmas Tunnel Lighting
6 - 9pm

26        Christmas Tunnel Lighting 6 - 9pm

27        Christmas Tunnel Lighting 6 - 9pm

Program Prices

"Cherokee Run" or "Shawnee Run" (1/2 Day Canoe Trips): $15/person or $12/person for a group 8 or more

“Settlers Run” Canoe Trip$7/person. This is the inexperienced and for groups 8 or more.

Stock Creek Passage: $5/person, No children 7 or under

Bolling Cave Tour: $15/person or $12/person in a group 8 or more

Natural Tunnel Cavern Tour: $10/ person or $7/person in a group 8 or more

Historic Hayrides: $5/person, children 10 and under $3, groups $3/person

Special Hayrides: $50

 For more information on our programs or to make reservations please call the
interpretive office
at (276) 940-1643.

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