Summer is fast approaching, and with it comes another season of exciting Nature Camps at Steele Creek Park.  This year there will be six sessions, three for campers ages 7-9 and three for campers ages 10-13.   Themes for the camps include “Exploring Nature Through Journaling” (both age groups), “Young Scientists’ Camp” (ages 7-9), and “Geology Rocks” (ages… Read more

It was a beautiful spring day today… perfect weather for an easy and informative walk with park naturalist Don Holt. For those who don’t know Don, he’s a walking encyclopedia of east Tennessee natural history. After a short ramble through the Nature Center wildflower garden area, we had a great couple of hours seeking out… Read more

Join Park Naturalist Don Holt for a Butterfly Walk, this Saturday, April 13th.  Meet Don at the Nature Center at 2:00 pm to go looking for butterflies!     Read more

  What: An opportunity to meet entomologists (people who study insects) and other folks who just enjoying watching moths.  Personnel from the Nature Center will give an informative talk on local moths, then take the group out to the “light trap” to see what creatures it’s attracted. When: Friday, April 5, 2013 at 7:30 PM Where:… Read more

It’s almost time for our annual Earth Day – Steele Creek Park Clean Up Celebration!  With your help we can work wonders to clean up much of the trash and debris that has collected around the lake and elsewhere over the winter.  Every year we collect large volumes of trash that otherwise might simply serve… Read more