Alapark Events
Park: Rickwood Caverns
Diversity Deep Dive
When: 05/22/2025 at 01:30 PMMeeting Place: Nature Center
Take a guided hike down Karst Trail on the International Day for Biological Diversity!
Park: Gulf
Radical Raptors at the Learning Campus
When: 05/22/2025 at 01:00 PMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Gulf State Park Learning Campus
Join us for an interactive experience with our birds of prey!
Park: Gulf
Our Marvelous Moon
When: 05/22/2025 at 11:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Gulf State Park Nature Center
Join our local astronomer as he shares this educational program that explores the mysteries of our Moon.
Park: Gulf
Angler Academy
When: 05/22/2025 at 09:30 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Outside Pier Tackle Shop at Picnic Table
Learn the basics of saltwater fishing at Gulf State Park’s pier! From gear and knots to casting and catching, you
Fees may apply.
Park: Bucks Pocket
Creekside Birding Walk
When: 05/22/2025 at 10:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: ORV Trail West (Old Primitive Road)
Join the Naturalist on a creekside walk to look for birds! Fees may apply.
Park: Joe Wheeler
Wheeler Lake and Forest School
When: 05/22/2025 at 10:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Day Use Area
Join Park Naturalist, Jennings Earnest, for this week's Wheeler Lake & Forest School
Park: Cheaha
Nature Nook
When: 05/23/2025 at 02:00 PMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Outside Mountain Store
Join us at the Mountain Store to ask our Interpretive Team questions about the park!
Park: Chewacla
Nature Jeopardy! Park After Dark
When: 05/23/2025 at 07:00 PMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Lower pavilion
Calling Jeopardy! fans to test their knowledge of nature, plants, and wildlife in a friendly game at Chewacla
Fees may apply.
Park: Oak Mountain
Memorial Day: Scavenger Hunt - Honoring our Heroes
Multiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Park Wide
Memorial Day: Scavenger Hunt!
Gone, but never forgotten!
Park: Lakepoint
Nature Mandalas
When: 05/23/2025 at 03:30 PMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Lakepoint State Park Nature Center
Join us in exploring the calming and meditative practice of creating mandalas inspired by the natural world.
Park: Gulf
Angler Academy
When: 05/23/2025 at 04:30 PMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Outside Pier Tackle Shop at Picnic Table
Learn the basics of saltwater fishing at Gulf State Park’s pier! From gear and knots to casting and catching, you
Fees may apply.
Park: Rickwood Caverns
Turtle Time
When: 05/23/2025 at 10:00 AMMeeting Place: Nature Center
Meet Pirate the box turtle, discover some cool adaptions turtles hide beneath their shells and enjoy some crafts!
Park: DeSoto
Civilian Conservation Corps: The Men Who Shaped a Nation
When: 05/23/2025 at 08:00 PMDelve into the legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps
Park: DeSoto
Civilian Conservation Corps History Hike: The ‘Unfinished Bridges”
When: 05/23/2025 at 02:00 PMJoin DSP Staff on a moderate hike to several Civilian Conservation Corp’s ‘unfinished’ bridges built in the late 1930s
Park: Joe Wheeler
Let's Go Fishing - Joe Wheeler State Park
When: 05/23/2025 at 10:00 AMMultiple dates and times available.
Meeting Place: Marina
Let's go Fishing
