{"id":18745,"date":"2014-09-05T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=18745"},"modified":"2014-09-05T06:08:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T11:08:56","slug":"clarksvilles-dunbar-cave-state-park-programs-for-september-9th-through-september-14th-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2014\/09\/05\/clarksvilles-dunbar-cave-state-park-programs-for-september-9th-through-september-14th-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Clarksville’s Dunbar Cave State Park Programs for September 9th through September 14th, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dunbar<\/a>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> – Dunbar Cave State Natural Area<\/a> has been a State Park since 1973. The cave and its surrounding 110 acres have considerable scenic, natural and historical significance. The entrance offered shelter to prehistoric Native Americans as far back as 10,000 years.<\/p>\n

Dunbar Cave State Natural Area will present many nature programs this summer. There are programs for children and adults.<\/p>\n

Some of the upcoming events include: Kids Discover Bats, Full Moon Rising, Bat Walk, Bird Hike, Nature Hike At Port Royal, Evening Nature Hike and Trees Of Dunbar Cave.<\/p>\n

\"Geese<\/a>

Geese at Dunbar Cave State Park<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Tuesday, September 9th<\/h3>\n

Kids Discover Bats!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 6:30pm\u20137:00pm
\nAges:<\/strong> 4-adult<\/p>\n

Bring your parents and learn about bats through this funny DVD showing.<\/p>\n

Reservations By:<\/strong> 4:30pm September 7th.
\nProgram Leader:<\/strong> Amy Wallace, Interpretive Specialist<\/p>\n

\n

Bat Walk<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 7:00pm\u20137:30pm
\nAges:<\/strong> 4- adult<\/p>\n

We will walk a short way along the lake and see if we can find some bats flying around.<\/p>\n

Reservations By:<\/strong> 4:30pm September 7th.
\nProgram Leader:<\/strong> Amy Wallace, Interpretive Specialist<\/p>\n

\n

Full Moon Rising<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 7:45pm\u20138:30pm
\nAges:<\/strong> All ages<\/p>\n

The moon is full tonight, join us as we watch it rise in the sky.<\/p>\n

Reservations By:<\/strong> 4:30pm September 7th.
\nProgram Leader:<\/strong> Amy Wallace, Interpretive Specialist<\/p>\n

Wednesday, September 10th<\/h3>\n

Bird Hike<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 8:00am\u20139:30am
\nAges:<\/strong> 9-adult<\/p>\n

Bring your binoculars and we will learn to identify birds by sight and sound.<\/p>\n

Reservations By:<\/strong> 4:30pm September 9th.
\nProgram Leader:<\/strong> Amy Wallace, Interpretive Specialist<\/p>\n

Thursday, September 11th<\/h3>\n

Nature Hike At Port Royal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 12:30pm\u20131:30pm
\nAges:<\/strong> All ages<\/p>\n

Learn about plants and animals that call this area home. Meet at the River Bottom Trail parking lot.<\/p>\n

Reservations By:<\/strong> 4:30pm September 9th.
\nProgram Leader:<\/strong> Amy Wallace, Interpretive Specialist<\/p>\n

\n

Friends Of Dunbar Cave Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 6:00pm\u20137:00pm<\/p>\n

Audio-Visual Room of the Visitor Center.<\/p>\n

Friday, September 12th<\/h3>\n

Nature Hike At Port Royal<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 4:00pm\u20135:50pm
\nAges:<\/strong> All ages<\/p>\n

Learn about plants and animals that call this area home. Meet at the River Bottom Trail parking lot.<\/p>\n

Reservations By:<\/strong> 4:30pm September 10th.
\nProgram Leader:<\/strong> Adam Neblett, Ranger<\/p>\n

Saturday, September 13th<\/h3>\n

Evening Nature Hike<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 6:30pm-7:30pm
\nAges:<\/strong> All ages<\/p>\n

This time of day is great for seeing wildlife such as deer, owls and bats. Come walk the 1 mile trail and beat the heat.<\/p>\n

Reservations By:<\/strong> 4:30pm September 11th.
\nProgram Leader:<\/strong> Adam Neblett, Park Ranger<\/p>\n

Sunday, September 14th<\/h3>\n

Trees Of Dunbar Cave<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time:<\/strong> 1:00pm\u20132:30pm
\nAges:<\/strong> 5 \u2013 adult<\/p>\n

Learn to identify the trees around you.<\/p>\n

Reservations By:<\/strong> 4:30pm September 12th.
\nProgram Leader:<\/strong> Adam Neblett, Park Ranger<\/p>\n

Dunbar Cave State Park Programs Information<\/h3>\n

Programs are free unless noted otherwise. All programs require reservations by the Deadline Listed. Programs with no reservations by the deadline will be canceled.<\/p>\n

All programs begin at the Visitor Center unless another site is listed.<\/p>\n

Children must be accompanied by an adult (one adult for each three children).<\/p>\n

Age limits are definite \u2013 please do not sign up a child who is younger or older than the age limits given.<\/p>\n

Dunbar Cave State Park is located at 401 Old Dunbar Cave Road, Clarksville Tennessee.<\/p>\n

Call 931.648.5526 for reservations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarksville, TN – Dunbar Cave State Natural Area has been a State Park since 1973. The cave and its surrounding 110 acres have considerable scenic, natural and historical significance. The entrance offered shelter to prehistoric Native Americans as far back as 10,000 years. Dunbar Cave State Natural Area will present many nature programs this summer. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[3619,3621,23805,3863,512,825,168,596,1982,19867,555,23806,7963,23804,13478,23807,12465,23808],"class_list":["post-18745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-leisure","tag-adam-neblett","tag-amy-wallace","tag-bat-walk","tag-bird-hike","tag-clarksville","tag-clarksville-tn","tag-dunbar-cave","tag-dunbar-cave-state-natural-area","tag-dunbar-cave-state-park","tag-evening-nature-hike","tag-friends-of-dunbar-cave","tag-full-moon-rising","tag-hike","tag-kids-discover-bats","tag-moon","tag-nature-hike-at-port-royal","tag-old-dunbar-cave-road","tag-trees-of-dunbar-cave"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xGYI-4Sl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18746,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18745\/revisions\/18746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}