Nature Nook

Join Seneca Creek State Park every Tuesday in April for fun crafts, games, and hands-on nature items. Activities vary each week!

Wings of Fancy Opens

Brookside Gardens 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Silver Spring, MD

Brookside Gardens’ annual Wings of Fancy butterfly exhibit opens at the park’s South Conservatory and runs through September 22. For all of the details, including new exhibit hours and detailed […]

$8

Hump Day Hike

Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD

This is a chance to get some fresh air and exercise after work at Seneca Creek State Park. Hike a loop of between 1.5 and 2 miles, with frequent stops […]

Step Lively at the Trolley Museum

National Capital Trolley Museum 1313 Bonifant Road, Colesville, MD

Step Lively Please for the Spring Break Special features trolley cartoons and story time for children from 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Step Lively at the Trolley Museum

National Capital Trolley Museum 1313 Bonifant Road, Colesville, MD

Step Lively Please for the Spring Break Special features trolley cartoons and story time for children from 10:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Wetlands Walk

Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD

Join a Seneca Creek State Park Ranger on a walk through the wetlands area and learn about the importance of this fragile ecosystem. Enjoy a great chance to hear frogs […]

Brookside Gardens Saturday Walk

Brookside Gardens 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Silver Spring, MD

Enjoy a tour of Brookside Gardens, an award-winning g display garden featuring an abundance of annual and perennial displays throughout the year. Highly trained, knowledgeable guides offer engaging horticultural tours […]

Skulls and Skins

Patuxent River State Park 23222 Georgia Ave, Brookeville, MD

Join Patuxent River State Park for an interactive program about the amazing animals that live around the park. Explore real-life skulls and pelts from mammal residents, and learn how bones […]

Owl Pellets

Patuxent River State Park 23222 Georgia Ave, Brookeville, MD

Come to Patuxent River State Park and learn about the habits and diet of owls by dissecting the pellets they leave behind. All ages welcome; at the Nature Center.

Skulls and Skins

Seneca Creek State Park 11950 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD

Come to Seneca Creek State Park and learn about the animals native to Maryland. Examine a real fur pelt and animal bones, and learn what these things tell us about […]