Alapark Events
Park: Cheaha
Ancestral Knowledge: Acorns
When: 08/16/2025 at 11:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Interpretive Center
Did you know that you can eat acorns??? People in this area have been eating them for generations, come learn how!
Fees may apply.
Park: Wind Creek
Weekly Birdwatching Adventure
When: 08/16/2025 at 10:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Clubhouse
Join our park naturalist at the Clubhouse and set off on a birding adventure!
Fees may apply.
Park: Gulf
Raptor Recess
When: 08/16/2025 at 09:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Gulf State Park Nature Center
Come meet some of our raptor animal ambassadors!
Park: Lakepoint
Campfire Cooking
When: 08/16/2025 at 01:00 PMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Lakepoint State Park Activities Building
Learn campfire cooking: build a fire, use cooking tools, and make tasty treats like a pro under the stars!
Park: Cathedral Caverns
Bees, Wasps, and Things That Sting!
When: 08/16/2025 at 01:00 PMMeeting Place: Gift Shop Patio
Don't let those black and yellow stripes scare you away from learning more about wasps bees and other stinging insects!
Park: DeSoto
Campfire Talk: Tiny Guardians: Alabama's Water Bugs
When: 08/16/2025 at 08:00 PMExplore the often overlooked lives of macroinvertebrates and discover how these tiny critters play a big roll.
Park: Oak Mountain
Encounter the WILD
When: 08/17/2025 at 03:00 PMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Oak Mountain Interpretive Center
Encounter the WILD!
Fees may apply.
Park: Cathedral Caverns
August Amazements
When: 08/17/2025 at 10:30 AMMeeting Place: Gift Shop Patio
Join us on a guided hike down Grey Trail to see what seasonal changes August has to offer!
Park: Gulf
Live Animal Encounter
When: 08/17/2025 at 10:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Gulf State Park Nature Center
Stop by the Nature Center to meet one of our live animals!
Park: Wind Creek
Lizard Identification Class
When: 08/17/2025 at 12:00 PMMeeting Place: Clubhouse
Join us at the Clubhouse to learn about Alabama's Lizards!
Fees may apply.
Park: Joe Wheeler
Let's Go Fishing Sunday- Joe Wheeler State Park
When: 08/17/2025 at 08:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Marina
Let's go Fishing Sunday
Park: Cheaha
Learning by the Lake
When: 08/17/2025 at 12:00 PMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Interpretive Center
Join us in the Interpretive Center for a swing-by science lesson, game, craft, story, or more! New activties each week!
Park: Cheaha
CCC Chat
When: 08/17/2025 at 11:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: CCC Museum
Join us at the CCC Museum for a talk on the history of Cheaha State Park and the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Fees may apply.
Park: Gulf
Radical Raptors at Gulf State Park
When: 08/18/2025 at 10:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Gulf State Park Nature Center
Come meet our raptor animal ambassadors!
Park: Joe Wheeler
Naturalist Encounter at the Marina
When: 08/19/2025 at 10:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Marina Pavilion
Naturalist Encounter at the Marina
