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Want to know how to get a copy of The Explorer magazine with all of our programming, parks news, and more?
Hendricks County Parks & Recreation and local artist Rachel Davis are bringing a new outdoor painting program to McCloud Nature Park and Sodalis Nature Park this summer, beginning May 20, combining popular step-by-step canvas painting events with the great outdoors. Plein Air Painting offers aspiring artists of all skill levels the unique opportunity to come…
While parks provide a significant economic impact to communities, they also play a major role in health and wellness, offering free or inexpensive ways to improve a variety of common physical and mental health concerns. Indiana is the 15th-most obese state in the 18th-most obese country in the world. National health care costs relating to…
We frequently field questions from understandably inquisitive parents about our age recommendations on our programs. The questions typically go something like this: “The program says it’s recommended for ages 6 and up, but my child is 5 years old and interested in attending. Is that possible?” The short answer to these types of questions is,…
We are in urgent need of volunteers on Saturday, March 4 from 8am to 4pm and on Saturday, March 11 from 8am to 4pm for the Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser and Maple Syrup Days at McCloud Nature Park. These are great individual or group volunteer opportunities! An annual McCloud favorite, our Maple Syrup Days allow visitors a…
You can add to a century of citizen science data by participating in the Jamestown area bird count on Dec. 30 at 8 a.m.
Our program guide for May through August 2023.