Description: Pay a visit to some of the most unique reptiles and amphibians from around the world when Dave’s Traveling World of Reptiles visits the Starved Rock Visitor Center. You won’t just get a chance to meet each of these critters but you will discover fun facts about each animal including where they are
Description: Do you want to grow up to work in the great outdoors? Maybe you want to be a park ranger, an environmental educator, a game warden, a biologist, or a forester. Journey to Starved Rock State Park and learn all about different careers in the great outdoors while partaking in fun games, activities, and
Description: What is a prairie? What kinds of plants and animals call the prairie home? Find out when you join our park naturalists for an educational storybook on the prairie followed by a craft, game, and time visiting our prairie garden! The program is suitable for 3-10-year-old children and their adult chaperones. Date: Saturday, July 8,
Description: Discover the world of our lesser-known amphibians the salamanders through a storybook, crafts, activities, and a short hike. The program is suitable for children ages 3-10 and their accompanying adult chaperones. Date: Saturday, June 10, 2023 Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Starved Rock State Park Visitor Center Registration required: Please email [email protected] at least a week before
Description: Goat yoga is the perfect marriage of yoga and animal therapy to create a joyful experience. Led by a certified yoga instructor, animal therapist, and our playful “kids.” Each session will involve 25 minutes of yoga with the goats and 20 minutes of cuddle and picture time with the “kids.” Not suitable for young
Description: Explore life underground through a storybook, crafts, games, and a short hike with a volunteer park naturalist! What kind of animals live, sleep, or raise a family under our feet? Date: Saturday, May 13, 2023 Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Starved Rock State Park Visitor Center Registration required: Please email [email protected] at least a week before the
Description: Join local photographer and videographer Matthew Klein for a basic informational class on how to take the perfect photo in the great outdoors with your smartphone. Matthew will discuss applications to use for both androids and iPhones, the best time of day to take pictures, the best angle, and other tricks to make
Description: Are you looking for a great way to give back to nature, your community, your local state park (hint hint) on Earth Day? Bring your family, your neighbors, your church group, your scout group, and your closest friends out to Starved Rock State Park to help give back on Earth Day this year.
Description: Join volunteer park naturalists for some fun and creative morning of flower power! A storybook on flowers will be read, crafts will be made, and fun will be had while discovering the world of flowers: how they grow, what they eat, and who eats them! Date: Saturday, April 15, 2023 Time: 9:30 a.m. Location: Starved Rock
Description: Steamboat ‘Coming’ is a medley of songs and stories by Mark Twain and other riverboat pilots and roustabouts who made the river their home. Travel the Illinois River through time and meet Steamboat Captain Henry Detweiller, friend of Abraham Lincoln and rival to Mark Twain. Storyteller Brian “Fox” Ellis shares the stories of Twain,