Parks and Recreation Events

Stop by the Nature Center Bird Viewing Area for a warm cup of bird- friendly coffee, tea or hot cocoa with Appalachian Audubon Society. Discover what birds visit our feeders most often and learn how to identify each one. On the second Saturday from November - April, join us in observing and counting common feeder birds as part of Project FeederWatch.

Visit and take photographs with one of Santa’s reindeer. Sit with Mrs. Santa as she reads classic Christmas stories. Refreshments are available by donation. Many thanks to Marilyn and Don Koones for underwriting this event. The line for the reindeer closes at 2:15 pm.

Experience the Fort Hunter Mansion by candlelight this December and see the halls decked for the holidays and hear what traditions were celebrated in years past.

Children and adults are invited to make holiday ornaments using pinecones, milkweed pods and other natural materials. Everything but creativity will be supplied to make works of art to decorate for the holidays.

Children and adults are invited to make holiday ornaments using pinecones, milkweed pods and other natural materials.

Dolores McGee, owner of D. McGee Design Studio, LLC will demonstrate and lead a workshop designed to teach you how to create a base for an evergreen centerpiece that will be a very artful and engaging piece of decor.

Experience the Fort Hunter Mansion by candlelight this December and see the halls decked for the holidays and hear what traditions were celebrated in years past.

Jump start your holiday season with a workshop at Wildwood Park. Craft your very own wooden reindeer with Friends of Wildwood President and Craftsman, Jim Caufield. 

Enjoy a free concert of Christmas music. Join the Mechanicsburg area brass group as they play familiar holiday tunes and Christmas songs in an informal concert setting.

Celebrate the Winter Solstice with a walk in the woods. Enjoy the sunset over the fields at Detweiler Park on the shortest day of the year. Please bring a headlamp or flashlight. This program is part of the Park Rx wellness program sponsored by Highmark Blue Shield. Space is limited. Pre-registration required.