If you're looking to make Saturday night a special night for you and your friends, join us for a new program added for Saturday Night's, Park After Dark event! Make your way over to the Nature Center between 7:30 - 9:30pm and join our naturalists to get up close and personal with some native animal […]
Explore Bays Mountain Park in a brand new light - after dark! It's Park After Dark and we invite families to experience the park during the night. We've got a full schedule of fun activities all across the park each night. For the first Park After Dark - Here's a list of some the events […]
Hear the stories and see the faces of people who lived on the mountain long before the Park came to be. This program is presented inside in the comfort and intrigue of the historic Farmstead Museum, which houses much of the early artifacts and documents that tell the story of Bays Mountain Park. Presented by […]
Enjoy the beauty of the Bays Mountain Reservoir while the secrets of aquatic animals are revealed. Meet at the barge. Tickets can be purchased in the Nature Center on the day of the program. The cost is $5 per person for non-members. For public health and safety purposes, this program will be limited to 15 […]
Enjoy the beauty of the Bays Mountain Reservoir while the secrets of aquatic animals are revealed. Meet at the barge. Tickets can be purchased in the Nature Center on the day of the program. The cost is $5 per person for non-members. For public health and safety purposes, this program will be limited to 15 […]
Nature: Beaver Tales ~ Explore the world of these semi-aquatic rodents that call BMP home. For public health and safety purposes, this program will be limited to 15 people. Meet in front of the Nature Center outside of the glass doors.
Hear the chilling chorus of the wolf pack. Free program. Photo by Jay Huron
Travel back to the beginning of time and experience the birth of the Sun. Discover how it came to support life, how it threatens life as we know it, and how its energy will one day fade away. The program is followed by a brief tour of the current night sky. Show length ~35 min.
SunWatch This free observing program is held by the dam and is offered every clear Saturday & Sunday, 3p-3:30p, March-October. Safely view the Sun in detail! Observe sunspots and more that reveal the Sun's dynamic magnetic activity. It is weather-dependent. If it is too cloudy, the program will be canceled. This is a free event and […]
Tickets can be purchased in the Nature Center the day of the program. Cost is $3 per person for non-members. For public health and safety purposes, this program will be limited to 12 people. Meet in at the Amphitheater.
Enjoy the beauty of the Bays Mountain Reservoir while the secrets of aquatic animals are revealed. Meet at the barge. Tickets can be purchased in the Nature Center on the day of the program. The cost is $5 per person for non-members. For public health and safety purposes, this program will be limited to 15 […]
Join a naturalist as we examine the ways human history and natural history have intertwined over the centuries. Explore how humans have adapted to conditions of climate and geology on Bays Mountain, as well as how human activity has changed the forests and wildlife found here. This will be a short easy walk (less than […]
853 Bays Mountain Park Road, Kingsport, TN 37660
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