Weekend Events, March 25-27, 2016

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Select "holiday" in the drop down category filter to find egg hunts across the state.

Egg hunts and more egg hunts this weekend! Use our interactive calendar to find one near you (select “holiday” from the category filter). We will post a quick tutorial on using all the cool search features of our state-wide outdoor event calendar next, so you can find just the right adventure for your family.

If you can make it to Reed Bingham State Park in Southwest Georgia, you can keep the eggcitement going at their Little River Festival, with a birds of prey show, pontoon boat tours, imagaination stations, fire trucks, music and more in addition to an egg hunt for ages up to 12.

This weekend also features the amazing Atlanta Science Festival’s Exploration Expo, the ultimate FREE family science event on Saturday, March 26 at Centennial Olympic Park. The Exploration Expo promotes science exploration, discovery and innovation with more than 100 interactive exhibits, hands-on experiments, mind blowing demos and performances!

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Finally, two cool night-time adventures, including a repeat of Swamper’s Guide to the Galaxy!

Spring Break Sweepstakes!

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It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a Supermoon!

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Not every reason to get outside happens during the day. Some of the most special and memorable times to be outside are after dark. Sunday, September 27 offers a very rare opportunity to see a lunar eclipse of a “supermoon.” Here’s a great video from NASA explaining what that is, and how long until it will happen again:
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Be ready to see it starting at 9:06 p.m.!

To give Georgia residents an opportunity to get a great look (weather permitting), the observatory at the Tellus Museum in Cartersville is open until 8 p.m. – 12:30 a.m.! They also have other cool things happening, like moon rock exhibits, to make your trip extra worth-while.

 

Volunteer and Get Free Admission on State Parks Day

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Georgia's Your State Parks Day is September 26, 2015

This Saturday, September 26, 2015, is a great opportunity to get free admission to many of Georgia’s state parks! Volunteer to help with one of their family-friendly projects, and you may also come away with some knowledge you can use to improve your home environment, too. A number of parks are building pollinator gardens – help them build their demo garden, and learn to plant your own to attract and feed butterflies, bees, birds and other important pollinators in your own yard.

Other opportunities include a shore sweep clean-up at Lake Lanier, building a butterfly habitat, and trail cleanup. Budding archaeologists can help with artifact inventory at Chief Vann House and history buffs can even help spruce up Fort Morris (with a free lunch thrown in!). Some locations, like Sloppy Floyd State Park, are also featuring great events for the kids like a live reptile show, archery lessons, and canoe demonstrations.

See the full list on the Georgia State Parks website – but take note that this lists all events for the weekend, some of which are not free volunteer admission opportunities (like the Sunrise Boat tour on Crooked River or the Wild Cave Tour at Cloudland Canyon).