Step into the hidden world beneath the Black Hills. A World Below Us is a family-friendly afternoon all about caves: how groundwater shapes them, what they record of the earth’s history, why they are havens for unusual life, and the local caves of the Black Hills region.Drop in any time between 1 and 4 p.m. […]

The rock under your feet has a story millions of years in the making. Digging the Past, Shaping the Future looks at how the geology of the Black Hills formed, how it still shapes our lives today, and how we put it to use every day.Drop in between 1 and 4 p.m., talk with a […]

Join Black Hills National Forest staff for an evening hike along the Reuter Springs Trail to see how the Forest grows its next generation of trees. Forestry Technician Jed Burgers will walk you through the tools and techniques used to collect cones from native ponderosa pine and explain how those seeds become the seedlings that […]

Celebrate the Fourth of July with the Black Hills’ own fireworks: birds. Nature’s Fireworks explores the roles birds play in a healthy forest, from pollinating plants to helping control disease, and why they are as essential as they are beautiful.Stop by during either session, from 10 a.m. to noon or from 1 to 4 p.m., […]

Meet the animals that call the Black Hills home. The Wild Side of the Black Hills introduces the many animals of the region and the roles each one plays in keeping the ecosystem healthy.Drop in between 1 and 4 p.m., learn with a Forest Service presenter, and make a plaster footprint of a native Black […]

Meet the night shift. Join Wildlife Biologist Amy Hammesfahr at the Little Elk Creek Trail for a guided hike into the world of bats. You’ll learn what makes these mammals such important members of the Black Hills ecosystem, how they navigate and feed after dark, and the adaptations that let them thrive at night. Good […]