Popular Eagle Creek Park event returns Oct. 22 & 23
One of Eagle Creek Park’s most popular events wings its way to the park’s Ornithology Center on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 22 & 23.
The seventh annual Owl Festival is free with regular park admission and features a fun and fabulous line-up of events and activities designed for all ages: games, nature-themed crafts, guided hikes, scavenger hunts, live animal programs, and more.
Park naturalists and other experts will present sessions exploring a wide range of topics including Opossums & Owl, Indiana Bats, Owl Feeding Time, Meet a Falcon, and Indiana’s Nocturnal Hunters, among others.
Guests will have the opportunity to participate in a Nature-themed Open Mic on Saturday afternoon, and a Campfire & Drum Circle facilitated by Bongo Boy Music School on Sunday.
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The Owl Fest silent auction returns, too, with all proceeds benefiting the Eagle Creek Park Foundation’s Birds of Prey Fund which supports the Ornithology Center’s Raptor Ambassador Program. Sales of concessions, Owl Fest and Eagle Creek Park 50th anniversary merchandise and other items also will benefit the Foundation and Raptor Ambassador Program. (Some items will be cash-only, while debit and credit cards will be accepted for others, so be sure to come prepared!)
Eagle Creek Park Ornithology Center is located inside the park at 6515 Delong Road. Park entrances are located at 7840 W. 56th St. and at West 71st Street off of Lafayette Road/Interstate 65. Event times 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 22, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 23. Owl Fest is free with regular park admission: $5 per vehicle for Marion County residents, $6 per vehicle for out-of-county residents.
Additional information about Owl Fest, including silent auction items and bidding instructions, is available at eaglecreekpark.org/owl-fest-2022.
Eagle Creek Park is among the nation’s 10 largest municipal parks, with over 3,900 acres of woods and meadows and more than 1,300 acres of reservoir. The northwest Indianapolis park hosts over one million visitors annually.
Persons interested in helping provide volunteer and financial support to promote, preserve, protect, and enhance the park are invited to become members of the Eagle Creek Park Foundation. Information about the Foundation can be found at eaglecreekpark.org.