Cooper Lake State Park - South Sulphur Unit

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Trees, Nature's High Rise
Trees as habitats: Learn about the places plants, animals, and insects live.
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Lore, Legacy, and Legends
🎉 We will host morning and evening activities.
100 S'more Years
Join us as we build our s'mores while enjoying a campfire story.
Astronomy
I wish I may, I wish I might, wish upon a star tonight!
Guided Hike
A hiking we will go - no experience needed!
Skins and Skulls
Join us during a come-and-go program that allows a great way to see and learn about park wildlife close up!
Friday Night Frog Talks!
Ribbit! ****UPDATED LOCATION****
Fossils
How are fossils created? Take to the road of fossilization with a ranger!
Nature Journaling
Take a moment to collect your thoughts.
Pollinators and the Flowers that Attract Them
Flower Power!
Fishing with the Ranger
Need some new fishing stories? Join a ranger learning the basics of fishing. All ages and stages welcome.
Art in the Park
Water is life - paint a water themed work of art
Guided Hike
Water is life - take a hike to the water's edge
Becoming a Junior Ranger
Learn how to become a Junior Ranger and earn your badge!
Fishing with a Ranger
Need some new fishing stories? Join a ranger learning the basics of fishing. All ages and stages welcome.
Skins and Skulls
Join us during a come-and-go program that allows a great way to see and learn about park wildlife close up!
Roving with the Ranger
Stop our ranger as she roves around the park. Try to stump the ranger with your questions about the interpretive items she's carrying around.
Bark in the Park
Join a ranger with your pups for a wonder-filled afternoon walk in nature.
Skins and Skulls
Who is the fastest or the furriest? Join us during a come-and-go program that allows a great way to see and learn about park wildlife close up!
Art in the Park
Learn how to record your outing in nature with art.
Guided Hike
Water is life - take a hike to the water's edge
Light Painting
Learn how to light paint using your cell phone camera!
Fishing with a Ranger
Need some new fishing stories? Join a ranger learning the basics of fishing. All ages and stages welcome.
Nature Journaling
Take a moment to collect your thoughts.
Wildlife Detectives
Learn how to hone your observation skills
Becoming a Junior Ranger
Learn how to become a Junior Ranger and earn your badge!
Fishing with the Ranger
Need some new fishing stories? Join a ranger learning the basics of fishing. All ages and stages welcome.
Art in the Park
Every artist was at first an amateur - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Animal Mouths
Proboscis, mandibles, and beaks, oh my! Discover different animal mouths and why they are different.
Pollinator Water Stations
Insects and pollinators need their thrists quenched too!
The Ten Essentials
The Ten Essentials of Hiking Ten Things You Should Bring on Every Hike
Becoming a Junior Ranger
Learn how to become a Junior Ranger and earn your badge!
Beginning Bird Watching
Learn the basics of bird watching.
Decorate a Star Chart
Ever wonder what stars and constellations are in our night sky?
Skins and Skulls
Who is the fastest or the furriest? Join us during a come-and-go program that allows a great way to see and learn about park wildlife close up!
Becoming a Junior Ranger
Ever wondered what it takes to become a Junior Ranger? Do you have what it takes? Come find out. Open to ages 6 - 12 years old.
Self-guided Stargazing - Perseid Meteor Shower
Take advantage of our dark park and watch for the Perseid Meteor Shower. Stop by Headquarters and pick up your self-guided map.
CANCELLED - Friday Night Frog Talks!
Ribbit!
Fishing with the Ranger
Need some new fishing stories? Join a ranger learning the basics of fishing. All ages and stages welcome.
Self-guided Nature Journaling
Take a moment to collect your thoughts.
Skins and Skulls
Get an inside look at some of the mammals of the park.
Wildlife Detective
Learn how to hone your observation skills
Roving with the Ranger
Stop our ranger as she roves around the park. Try to stump the ranger with your questions about the interpretive items she's carrying around.
Fishing with the Ranger
Need some new fishing stories? Join a ranger learning the basics of fishing. All ages and stages welcome.
Art in the Park
Calling all artists! No experience needed! Bring your creative ideas - we'll supply the art supplies
Stargazing
Twinkle, twinkle little star.
Becoming a Junior Ranger
Learn how to become a Junior Ranger and earn your badge!
Annular Solar Eclipse - Self Guided
Come early, stay late.
Dutch Oven 101
Mouthwatering meals made here! Reservations required to participate.
Archery 101 - weather cancellation
Weather cancellation Try archery and learn a lifetime sport. **Registration is required, program limited to 12 participants. More information given after registration.
Art in the Park
Calling all artists! No experience needed! Bring your creative ideas - we'll supply the art supplies. Help us celebrate Native American Heritage month through art.
Self-guided Leonid Meteor Shower
Take advantage of our dark skies to view the Leonid Meteor Shower throughout November!
Guided Hike
Join us for a guided hike - a hiking we will go.
Kid's Fishing
Make some new fishing stories - here fishy, fishy!
Leonid Meteor Shower
Come view the night sky and hear about the Leonid Meteor shower.
Archery 101
Try archery and learn a lifetime sport. **Registration is required, program limited to 12 participants. Ages 10 and up. More information given after registration.
Dutch Oven 101
Learn the basics of Dutch Oven cooking in this hands-on class. Reserve your spot today!
Rain Deer: Art in the Park
Water color painting - all art supplies provided.
Gems of the Universe
The Geminids Meteor shower when and where to see them!
Self-guided Nature Journaling
Take a moment to collect your thoughts. Stop by Headquarters and pick up your self-guided Nature Journal.
Self-guided Stargazing - Ursid Meteor Shower
Take advantage of our dark park and watch for the Ursid Meteor Shower.
Fishing with the Ranger
Need some new fishing stories? Join a ranger learning the basics of fishing. All ages and stages welcome.
First Day Hike!
Join us on New Year's Day to celebrate wellness in nature!
First Day Self-guided Hike, Bike and/or Ride!
Join us on New Year's Day to celebrate wellness in nature!
Stargazing
I wish I may; I wish I might have the wish I wish tonight.
Art in the Park
Fish art -
Annual Kid's Trout Fishing Day
What a wonderful day it is when you reel in a fighting trout!
Archery 101 - WEATHER CANCELLATION
**CANCELED**Try archery and learn a lifetime sport. **Registration is required, program limited to 12 participants.  More information given after registration.
Winter Birds of Cooper Lake State Park
Wintering birds, and more birds, they are everywhere!
Valentine's Archery Shoot
Test your archery skills - Registration is required, program limited to 12 participants.
Guided Hike
Take a walk in the wild on this guided hike down to the waters edge.
Art in the Park
Nature is our inspiration
Kid's Trout Fishing Day Part 2
Part 2 of our Kid's Trout Fishing Day! What a wonderful day it is when you reel in a fighting trout!
Spider Sniffing
Go on an adventure, sniffing out spiders.
Birding 101
Birding basics for beginning birders -
Wildlife Detectives
Learn how to hone your observation skills
Awesome Amazing Aracnids
What is an aracnid, and why are they amazing?
Self-guided Nature Journaling and Stargazing
Take a moment to collect your thoughts. Then stay out after dark to see how bright the stars are here.
Fishing with the Ranger
Did someone say, "Let's go fishing"?
Luck of the Irish Archery Shoot
Registration closed - Class is FULL Registration is required - Open to ages 10 and up. Limited space.
***CANCELED***Sights and Sounds of the Upcoming Solar Eclipse
Did you hear that? Does it feel colder to you? Hone your observational skills.
Guided Walk
Take a walk in the wild on this guided walk down to the waters edge.
Art in the Park
Let loose your inner artist!
Dutch Oven 101
Learn the basics of Dutch Oven cooking in this hands-on class. Reserve your spot today!
Becoming a Junior Ranger
Learn how to become a Junior Ranger and earn your badge!