Session Details

Archery

This is a beginner’s Archery Class which provides step by step instruction on shooting a bow at targets, establishing a good understanding of range estimation, and archery safety. Learn how to fit and choose bows and arrows for yourself. Participants will have plenty of time to hone shooting skills at the bow range. 

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• Host: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

Black History Excursion 

Overview: TBD

• Location:

• Host: Dr. Nancy Dawson

Canoeing

First Nations people created the canoe as a means for transportation and for hunting, nowadays canoeing is one of the easiest and most relaxing ways to enjoy outdoors. Our voyager canoe trips will be an awesome group experience with space for 10 participants per boat, incredibly swift and stable, and an exhilarating way to explore Land Between the Lakes. 

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• Host: River City Paddlesports

Cherokee After Dark 

Overview: TBD

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• Host: The Explore Kentucky Initiative & TBD

Cycling x Land Between The Lake Excursion

Overview: TBD

Location:

• Host: TBD

Elk & Bison Prairie Tour

Land Between The Lake’s Elk & Bison Prairie offers a native grassland habitat common in Kentucky more than a century ago. Elk and bison roam free within this 700-acre enclosure. Participants will travel in vans via a 3.5-mile paved loop road. Numerous other wildlife species also thrive in the prairie. Wild turkeys, a variety of birds, small game, butterflies, and prairie mammals find sanctuary in the prairie.

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• Host: Friends of Land Between the Lakes

Growing For Your Health

Overview: TBD

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• Host: Farmer Brown & Farmer TJ

Hook & Cook  - Fishing

Catch the fishing fever with this class and develop basic skills needed to catch fish: casting, tying knots, identifying fish and choosing equipment. Practice new skills on the state park’s beautiful lakes. Requirements: hat, glasses or sunglasses, and fishing license for participants aged 16-65. 

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• Host: Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources

INaturalist Hike & BioBlitz

Go on a guided hike and learn how to really see things along the trail. The beauty of nature is sometimes found in hidden places. Flip logs, identify critters, walk in a creek, identify plants, and look at nature with an adventurer’s eye using Inaturalist, one of the top smartphone apps for ID. Using all your senses, you will gain skills to become a pro at observing nature safely and with respect for our wild spaces. 

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• Host: Kentucky State Parks

Landscape Photography x Editing with Smartphone & Nature Hike

Smartphone technology allows you to have a camera in your pocket at all times. But are you using that camera in your pocket to its fullest potential? Join us for helpful smartphone photography tips and tricks from Gerry James, founder of the Explore Kentucky Initiative,  #ExploreKentucky movement, and photojournalist.

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Host:  The Explore Kentucky Initiative

Pick your own Adventure

Suggested activities include

• Planetarium 

• Geocaching

• Lawn Games

• Pollinator Garden

• Journaling + Art

Shoreline Clean-up & Sustainable Art Class

Overview: TBD

Location:

• Host: Willie Rascal

Zumba, Yoga, and Meditation workshop

Overview: TBD

Location:

• Host: TBD