South Texas Events
- Goose Island Birding Festival
- Join us in celebrating one of the best times of the year: Spring Migration!
- What Lurks Beneath
- What kind of marine life is found in our local bays? Join a ranger to find out!
- Intro to Archery
- Come shoot some arrows! Equipment provided.
- Advanced Archery
- Come shoot some arrows! Equipment provided. Or, you can bring your own.
- Birding Festival
- Enjoy a day of bird themed family-friendly outdoor and indoor activities... including a live bird show!
- Shell and Tell
- Get hands on with coastal curiosities and the shells of creatures that help shape our shores and society!
- Woodland Bird Tour
- Spring migration has kicked off!
- Shorebird Tour
- Ducks, herons, and egrets! Oh my!
- Kayak Tour of St. Charles Bay (Registration Required)
- What will we discover on the bay?
- Castle Hours
- Learning about natural and cultural resources combine at the historic Castle / Refectory!
- Bird Bingo
- Bird Identification has never been easier! Take your family to a bird bingo program, and they'll be naming local birds all the way home.
- Plant Survival Hike
- Pretend you're lost in the woods and learn which plants will heal your fake injuries!
- Plant Survival Hike
- Pretend you're lost in the woods and learn which plants will heal your fake injuries!
- Rope Making
- Use plants like Native people did to make functional rope!
- Spear Throwing
- A family-friendly blast to the past. Hunt like ancient people used to, with real Atlatls
- Bird Welcome Party
- Learn about and celebrate birds with the whole family at the end of their fall migration!
- Amazing Microscopes!
- Learn how to use simple prism microscopes to experience the tiny living things at Choke Canyon Reservoir!
- Scorpion Hunting
- Illuminate scorpions with a blacklight on our Scorpion Hunting Night Hike!
- Halloween Nature Craft!
- Join a Park Ranger to make a Halloween-themed nature craft to take home!
- Cleanup for the Cranes (Registration Required)
- Help us prepare for the arrival of Whooping Cranes!