Events & Activities
Annual Eagle Watch
Dress warm and bring your binoculars. Begin at the Arcadia Lake Park Office to receive information about where eagles can be found. The Project office will have a raptor wingspan display.
When: Friday – Sunday, January 2, 3, 4, 2009
Time: Anytime between 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Where: Park Office, 9000 E 2nd Street (approximately 3 ½ miles east of I-35 on Rt. 66)
Cost: $3 per vehicle (Half-Price Park Entry!)
Kids All-American Fishing Derby
Kids age 5 – 15 may enter this free event on Saturday, June 6, 2009, at Spring Creek Park. Kids start fishing at 8 a.m. Final weigh-in is 11 a.m. Prizes are awarded at noon. Bring bait, fishing equipment, hat, sunscreen, sunglasses and lawn chair. Concessions and worms will be for sale at the event site. Kids may register at 7:30 a.m. Parents must accompany children.
When: Saturday, June 6, 2009
Time: 7:30 a.m. - Noon
Where: Spring Creek Park (approximately 2 ½ miles east of I-35 on SE 15th St.)
Cost: Free
Arcadia Lake Sweep
This Arcadia Lake clean-up event will be held Saturday, August 8, 2009, 9 a.m. – Noon, Spring Creek Park. Participants will receive a t-shirt (while supplies last) and a hot dog lunch. Please bring your own gloves. Trash bags and clean-up assignments are given at registration table.
When: Saturday, August 8, 2009
Rainout: Saturday, August 15, 2009
Time: 9 a.m. - Noon
Where: Spring Creek Park (approximately 2 ½ miles east of I-35 on SE 15th St.)
Cost: Free
Storybook Forest
Kids and their parents are invited to walk through Storybook Forest to collect candy from Storybook characters and see wonderful Storybook scenes. Fee includes hayride, game area and walk down “trick or treating” trail. Refreshments are for sale as well as hotdogs and marshmallows to roast over an open fire.
Date: October 23 - 31, 2009
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. *(times may change)
Where: Spring Creek Park (approximately 2 ½ miles east of I-35 on SE 15th St.)
Fee: TBA
Arcadia Lake Deer Harvest Management
Deer Harvest drawing will take place at 1 p.m. on August 19, 2009 for Archery Hunters only. Season begins October 1 and runs into December. Buddy hunters are allowed to hunt with you on your zone. 25 zones are available. Remaining hunts are available for purchase anytime after the drawing. Contact the Arcadia Lake Deer Harvest Information Line (405) 216-7481 for updates.
When: August 19, 2009
Time: 1 p.m.
Cost: $50 per hunter/per hunt for a 4 day hunt
