A dark sky party and trail music event will be held at Oracle State Park on Saturday, March 14, 2020, from 4—6 p.m. Take a pre-sunset walk along the Nature Trail Loop and enjoy live music featuring various instrumental musicians along the trail. Instruments include jazz and acoustic guitar, mandolin, drums, harmonica, Native American flute,…
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September 2017
Oracle State Park events
Saturday, September 9: Early Morning Bird Walk, with Guide Craig Anderson beginning at 6:30 a.m. for approximately one and a half hours. Craig is a Special Audubon Volunteer assisting with promoting and protecting Arizona’s Important Bird Areas. Bring your own binoculars if you have them. The group will head down to the waterhole about one-half…
October 2016
Oracle State Park tops October events with birding weekend
Discovering birds along the trails, learning about colorful species and socializing with other bird lovers will fill the weekend of October 8-9 at Oracle State Park for Environmental Education. Bird enthusiast Kathe Anderson begins the events with a 3:00 p.m. program on Saturday in the Kannally ranch house entitled “Temporary Custody of a Rainbow.” The…
Front Page, August 2016
Oracle State Park weekend programs appeal to nature lovers
Programs exploring the natural world and sky are featured during August and September at Oracle State Park Center for Environmental Education. The park is open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Except as noted, programs are free with park admission of $7 per car at the main gate on Mt. Lemmon Rd.…
April 2016
Birds and critters highlight April weekends at Oracle State Park
Oracle State Park Center for Environmental Education is packing April weekends with programs ranging from a day-into-evening birding event to presentations about reptiles and black bears. In addition a star party is set for Saturday, April 9, and a small-fee papermaking workshop on April 24. Bird-lovers’ weekend. “Myths, Tall Tales and True Stories” of the…
March 2016
Day-into-night star party set for March 5 at Oracle State Park
Val Bembenek March activities at Oracle State Park Center for Environmental Education open on Saturday, March 5, with a special-event star party featuring live music, kids’ activities, and night-sky star viewing. This is one more event in celebration of the park being designated an International Dark Sky Park. Like all other events this month, it’s…
December 2015
Astro – photography images on exhibit at Oracle State Park
Val Bembenek A collection of astronomical images captured through telescopes by Adam Block, manager and founder of Mt. Lemmon Sky Center, will be on public display at Oracle State Park’s Kannally Ranch House through December 20. The park, located at 3820 Wildlife Dr. in Oracle, is open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekends. The…
December 2015
Learn about Arizona Black Bears at Oracle State Park
Val Bembenek Anyone looking for amazing facts about black bears of Arizona will love the “Bear Necessities” interactive program by interpretive docent Richard Boyer set for Sunday, December 6 at the Kannally Ranch House at Oracle State Park Center for Environmental Education. Safety around bears, an appearance of “Everywhere Bear” and a prize for the…
November 2015
Oracle State Park weekend events salute desert seasons, birds and skies
Val Bembenek The month of November at Oracle State Park Center for Environmental Education features a discovery program on the desert’s “five” seasons, a weekend of birding and the opening of an exhibit of award-winning astrophotography images. Five seasons. On Sunday, November 8, Dr. Robert Elder will present “Seasons of the Sonoran Desert” in the…
October 2015
New programs and events fill October weekends at Oracle State Park
Val Bembenek Summer’s over, and a full schedule of events, programs and hikes is on the calendar at Oracle State Park Center for Environmental Education. An interactive talk on Arizona black bears on October 11 and an October 17 astro-photography program for beginners are brand new, while old favorites: a birding weekend October 24-25 and…