Special Events: 2010
Earth Day
May 8, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Falls of the Ohio State Park will buzz with activity. Environmentally minded businesses and organizations from all over the region gather to share information, show off their accomplishments and provide fun for the whole family. Special programs include live animals. Sponsored by Jamey Aebersold Jazz, Kentuckiana Air Education, The Trash Force, Vectren, and The Falls of the Ohio Foundation.
Ohio River Sweep
June 19, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Park coordinates the Clark County effort as part of a multi-state program, which provides free tee shirts for all participants. Join us - and bring along some friends! We welcome scouts, schools and civic organizations to volunteer and help us clean up the riverbank at four different sites.
Family Fun Fair
August 7, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Need a diversion before school starts? This event will keep the kid’s (age 3 – 14) active and learning for hours! Join us inside the air conditioned Interpretive Center for a sampling of activities from all of our annual events. Meet Seaman the Newfoundland and get is 'pawtograph,' dissect and owl pellet, examine fossils, make and take your own sculpture from driftwood, do an 'Earth Day' scavenger hunt and more! Free with regular admission. Sponsored by the Naturalist at Heart volunteer program.
Rock the Rocks
Date to be determined, from 6-10 p.m.
The Falls of the Ohio Foundation announces it’s sixth annual “Rock the Rocks” fundraising event at the Falls of the Ohio State Park Interpretive Center in Clarksville, Indiana. Proceeds will benefit the foundation’s mission of educational program development at the Falls.
Enjoy live music, food, and libations with a bourbon tasting. Other activities include a silent auction, raffle, fossil bed hike, and viewing of the center's film. Patrons will get an advanced look at the plans for new exhibits at the Interpretive Center. Dress for the event is casual, and tickets are $60 in advance and $75 day of the event. A reserved table for eight is $480.
For more information and to purchase tickets to “Rock the Rocks,” call (812) 283-4999.
Archaeology Day
September 4, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sponsored by the Falls of the Ohio Archaeology Society. Enjoy educational displays with hands-on activities for the kids including: atlatl throwing, three sisters bracelets, corn grinding, mock dig, pottery making, using stone tools, and more! Adults - archaeologists are available to date your artifacts and explain how they were used.
Falls Fossil Festival
September 18, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. &
September 19, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Vendors sell fossils, minerals, books, food and jewelry; children’s activities, fossil dig, mineral dig, fascinating guest speakers on geology topics, free brochures from almost every fossil park in North America, teachers can sign up and win a 50, 75 or 100 piece geology collection, guided outer and Indiana shore fossil bed hikes, and more! Free rock and fossil identification -- bring in your unknowns! Sponsors: Falls of the Ohio Foundation, Kyana Geological Society, Kentucky Paleontological Society, and Indiana Society for Paleontology.
Link for last year's event below, the new schedule will be updated as the program is revised.
2009 Falls Fossil Festival Program and Schedule brochure
Photo Album See what our previous Falls Fossil Festival's were like!
Clark Festival
October 2, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
An early 1800’s reenactment at the George Rogers Clark Home Site of the Falls of the Ohio State Park on Harrison Avenue. Commemorating George Rogers Clark’s life and the Lewis and Clark departure her in 1803, enjoy the demonstrations by period craftsman and a cup of hot cider with bison stew. There are activities for everyone to enjoy, including old-time games, atlatl throwing, cannon firing. This year's event coincides with a Boy Scout Camporee weekend.
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