Watoga State Park Activities – 6/9 – 6/13

Activities at Watoga State Park for the week of June 9^th – 13^th include:

Tuesday

7:30 -8:30 pm

Campfire.  Come and play games, bring some ghost stories, and guess what’s in the infamous “Mystery Box”.

Wednesday

12:00 – 1:00 pm   *YPP Eligible*

Poison Ivy  Learn to identify it and avoid it and what to do if you can’t!

1:00 2:00 pm  *YPP Eligible*

Creek Crawl  Come play in the creek.  You will identify 4 components of the creek environment, as well as catching crawdads to observe.

2:00 – 3:00pm

Crafts  We will be making the Thaumatrope and  learning  about this popular optical illusion!

4:00-5:00pm

Story Hour  for our  younger campers.

Thursday

12:00 – 1:00 pm   *YPP Eligible*

Bats What do you know about bats?  Are they blind?  Are they flying mice?  Lets decorate the Rec Hall with as many bats as we can.

1:00 – 2:00pm  *YPP Eligible*

Beginning Birding  Learn the basics about binoculars and  bird identification.

2:00 -3:00 pm

Story Hour  for our  younger campers.

Friday

12:00  – 1:00pm   *YPP Eligible*

Beginning Journaling  Follow in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark and learn how to keep your own Naturalist’s Journal.

1:00 – 2:00pm  *YPP Eligible*

Plaster Tracks  Come and make your track to take home, and learn what to look for outside.

2:00 – 3:00pm.

Crafts  Make your own designer nest with real eggs as baby birds.

4:00 – 5:00pm.

Story Hour  for our younger campers.

Saturday

8:00 -11:00 am  *YPP Eligible*

Fern Walk  Take a walk on the prehistoric side and discover ferns!

12:00 -1:00 pm

Story Hour  for our younger campers.

1:00 –2:00 pm  *YPP Eligible*

Beginning Birding  Learn the basics about  binoculars and bird identification.

3:00 –4:00pm  *YPP Eligible*

Box Turtles  Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask.

Most programs begin at the Nature Center located at the Rec Hall behind the pool, unless otherwise noted.

Many of these activities are Young People for Parks eligible. Open to young people between the ages of 6 – 16 years of age,  participants must attend three 1Hour Programs within the course of one week and fill out a YPP brochure.  The brochure may be picked up from the Naturalist at the Nature Center.

For successful completion of this program children will receive a certificate and a YPP patch.

Watoga State Park is located 14 miles south of Marlinton, West Virginia. For more information, visit their website at www.watoga.com.