Weekend Events, May 13-15, 2016

Another weekend chock-full of outdoor programs and activities for kids and families! Here’s a recap, with more details and search functions on our Events page at GeorgiaKidsOutdoors.com.

  • We recently profiled some great reasons to take your kids to Georgia’s botanical gardens. Several of the events we profiled are coming up this weekend, including Endangered Species Day at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, Discovery Stations at their new Gainesville location, and a free Astronomy Day/Gazing in the Garden event at the Coastal Georgia Botanical Garden in Savannah.
  • Want another nighttime option? Friday night has a Scorpion Hunt at Hard Labor Creek State Park. (HINT: You can search our events calendar by both “night” and “stargazing” for more options like this.)
  • Didn’t get enough Mother’s Day fun last weekend? Have the kids take you out for a paddle at Fort McAllister State Park! Never done it before? Take a Kayak 101 course at Laura S. Walker State Park.
  • Raising junior hunters or fisherfolk? J.A.K.E.S Day is all about hunter education and safety for kids, and fishing derbies at Victoria Bryant State Park and International Park “The Beach” in Jonesboro give them a chance to win prizes if they reel in a big one. For another upcoming fishing event where kids can keep what they catch, visit a new, unopened State Park next weekend for the Buck Shoals Youth Fishing Day.
  • Have your kids found something cool recently? Or just interested in what it’s like to be Indiana Jones? Take them to the Archaelogy & Artifact ID Day at Etowah Indian Mounds, where archaelogists will help you ID your object and tell you about a career in their field.

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