Beginning January 2026, all program registration will be online. Registration will now open at 8:30 a.m. on the first day of the month prior to the program. Please register for the individuals in your household only. If you have questions regarding this new process, please call Nature Realm Visitors Center at 330-865-8065 (Wednesday – Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Sunday, 12 – 5 p.m.).

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Self-Guided Story Trail: North Country Spring

Enjoy hiking a portion of Downy Loop Trail as the season changes while reading a special spring story along the way. This experience is available…

WH/Downy Loop Trail
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Very Valuable Vultures

The wait is almost over! Join us in excited anticipation for the return of the migratory and magnificent turkey vulture. We’ll take a deep…

FASN/Visitors Center
Close-up of small branches with fresh green leaves budding in a forest during early spring

Eye Spy: Hard Mode

Hike along the 0.6-mile Cherry Lane Trail for an amusing challenge in the woods. Remember, this is not your nana’s eye spy! Available through…

FASN/Nature Realm
A person standing and showing artwork in a sketchbook to two seated people indoors

Nature Drawing for Adults

Join our interpretive artist for an entertaining lesson in nature drawing. Bring a sketchbook, pencil and a sense of humor. Beginners are…

FASN/Nature Realm
A woman sketches an apple on a sketch pad.

Virtual: Nature Drawing for Adults

Join our interpretive artist online for this entertaining virtual lesson in nature drawing. No experience is necessary; all you need are pencils,…

Virtual
A person standing and showing artwork in a sketchbook to two seated people indoors

Nature Drawing for Adults

Join our interpretive artist for an entertaining lesson in nature drawing. Bring a sketchbook, pencil and a sense of humor. Beginners are…

SLNC
Several people in a garden full of raised beds with grown plants.

Kids in the Garden

Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron for weekly hands-on gardening activities for children of all ages. Seed, sow, water, harvest…

SLNC
Three tomatoes growing off of a tomato plant.

Good Garden Talks: Seed Starting

Join us in collaboration with Let’s Grow Akron and OSU Extension to learn best practices for starting seeds for the vegetable garden. In…

SLNC
Many large kids' picture books.

Winter Nature Tales

Young children and their adult companions can enjoy an interactive, late-winter-themed story time. Make it a fun, family-friendly morning…

LP/Nature Center
the underside of an osprey with an open wingspan soaring through the blue sky holding a small branch

Breakfast with Waterfowl

Drop in at the campground boat launch to start your morning right with a campfire, pie iron pancakes and birdwatching. We’ll have binoculars,…

NR/Lot C4
A tree swallow with outstretched wings lands on a branch

Women of Ornithology

Join a naturalist for a presentation to celebrate and discuss the amazing history of women ornithologists.

FASN/Visitors Center

Salamander Slime Open House

Come have a good time making some salamander slime! We’ll be talking about some of the slimiest creatures around the world. Afterward, we…

FASN/Visitors Center