Peace Love and Bigfoot Weekend
Peace Love and Bigfoot Weekend August 26-28, 2022
Guided Programming on Friday, August 26, 2022
- Nature Nook
Time: 3:30 PM Location: Mountain Store Patio
Meet the Park Naturalist! Ask questions! Learn more about Cheaha State Park! Meet a live animal!
-Campfire Talk: Leave No Trace, Bigfoots Done It for Years
Time: 8:00 PM Location: Lower Improved Campground
Join Park Naturalist Mandy Pearson to learn about the 7 Leave No Trace Principles and why Bigfoot loves to call Cheaha home.
Guided Programming on Saturday, August 27, 2022
-Bigfoot Hopscotch Game
Time: 10:00 AM Location: Interpretive Center
Bigfoot never leaves behind any footprints. Have you ever wondered how? Our park interpretive staff will teach you a couple of his secrets through a fun game.
- What’s Up with All the Bigfeet?
Time: 10:30 AM Location: Interpretive Center
Have you ever wondered what’s up with Bigfoot at Cheaha State Park? Join Park Naturalist Mandy Pearson to learn why Bigfoot loves Cheaha!
- Bigfoot Basics with Expert Tim Baker
Time: 11:00 AM Location: Interpretive Center
People have produced blurry photos and tall tales of a large, towering, hairy creature skulking through the forests for centuries. Join Tim Baker, 44-year veteran Bigfoot Researcher, as he separates fact from fiction and shares tales of the elusive Bigfoot!
-Tips for Tracking Bigfoot on Trails with Expert Tim Baker
Time: 12:00 PM Location: Interpretive Center
Set out with Bigfoot Expert Tim Baker and Park Naturalist Mandy Pearson for a short hike filled with tips and tricks on how to track the reigning hide-and-seek champion…Bigfoot!
-Bigfoot Sightings!
Time: 1:00 PM Location: LNT Bigfoot Challenge Trail
-Sizing Up Bigfoot
Time: 1:30 PM -2:30 PM Location: Interpretive Center
Have you ever wondered just how enormous Bigfoot is? All animals have adaptations to survive the sweltering hot days and bone-chilling cold nights. Learn how mammal size ties to the location they live and special adaptations for animals like Bigfoot.
-Bigfoot Sightings!
Time: 3:00 PM Location: Interpretive Center
-Campfire Talk: LNT Bigfoot Jeopardy
Time: 8:00 PM Location: Upper Improved Campground
Learn more about Bigfoot and the 7 Leave No Trace Principles through a fun and interactive game of Jeopardy.
Guided Programming on Sunday, August 28, 2022
- Leave No Trace Bigfoot Hike
Time: 11:00 AM Location: Interpretive Center
Bigfoot is a rather sneaky individual. Join our Cheaha’s interpretive staff to learn how to be stealthy just like Bigfoot through the use of the 7 Leave No Trace Principles. Leave No Trace: Bigfoot has been doing it for years!
- Learning by the Lake
Time: 12:00 PM Location: Interpretive Center
Do you have a child who is curious about the great outdoors? The interpretive team will help them connect with the natural world through art, activities, storytelling, games, and so much more. Stop by and make some new connections.
Ongoing Activities (August 26, 2022-August 28, 2022)
-Leave Only Fairy Footprints
Location: Enchanted Garden
Build a fairy house out of natural materials! You might just catch a glimpse of a fairy darting into your new home!
-Hide & Seek World Champion: Bigfoot Photo Scavenger Hunt
Sharpen your hide and seek skills by finding all of the hidden locations. Pick up a scavenger hunt sheet from the Mountain Store.
-Hike to the Highest Point in Alabama: Bigfoot Trail (1 mile)
Count how many hidden Bigfoots you see along the way.
-Self-guided Hikes on the Bald Rock Boardwalk (0.66 miles) and the Heritage Trail (0.44 miles)
Stop by the Mountain Store to pick up a trail map.
-Legacy Story Trails
Cheaha Legacy Story Trails offer guests a unique way to enjoy nature, cultural heritage, and environmental arts. Follow the interpretive panels on the Tim Haney Sensory Trail (LNT Bigfoot Trail), Shinrin-yoku Trail (Mountain Laurel Trail), and the Time Traveler Adventure Quest (begins at the Mountain Store). Stop by the Mountain Store to pick up a trail map.
-Play on the Imagination Tree Playground
Location: Tower Road
-Gem Mine (Various buckets of gemstones available at Mountain Store)
For more information about Peace Love and Bigfoot Weekend, email Mandy.Pearson@dcnr.alabama.gov or call (256) 412-9938. The programs are free with gate admission and to overnight guests.
