Date: April 27, 2024

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Location: Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve

Join Muddy Sneakers and Conserving Carolina for NC Science Festival, a fun day of family-friendly, hands-on activities created to emphasize this year’s theme, “Nature’s Innovation”!

Bring the kids and explore the Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve, learn to hang a bear bag, join a guided hike, and more!

This official 2024 North Carolina Science Festival event is among hundreds of community-based events that are showcasing STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) activities for the citizens of North Carolina.

Founded in 2010, the North Carolina Science Festival is the first statewide science festival in the United States. Through a series of community-based events each April (hosted by schools, colleges, libraries, museums, parks, businesses, and other local organizations), the Festival celebrates the economic, educational, and cultural impacts of science in North Carolina. It is an initiative of Morehead Planetarium & Science Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. For more information, please visit ncscifest.org.

Pre-registration is required by following this link.

Walnut Creek Preserve, a 2,100-acre private equestrian conservation community located near Lake Lure. Over 1,500-acres have been protected by a Conservation Easement that preserves over 2-miles of Walnut Creek, over 25 tributaries to the Creek, and diverse habitats important to the natural heritage of western North Carolina.

*The Preserve is private land, and the public is only allowed on the property by invitation, so take advantage of this unique opportunity to enjoy the serenity of this beautiful property in the glory of spring.