Events
Taylor Swift
Sep 20, 2025 - 5:30pm
Golden Pond Planetarium // 238 Visitor Center Drive - Golden Pond
270-924-2233
Calling all Swifties! Listen and watch as your favorite Taylor Swift songs dance on the screen of the Golden Pond Planetarium. Tickets are $8 per person.
Laser Metallica
Sep 20, 2025 - 7pm
Golden Pond Planetarium // 238 Visitor Center Drive - Golden Pond
270-924-2233
Nothing else matters, come see Laser Metallica at the Golden Pond Planetarium. Watch as the screen fades to black and the lasers make the music come to life. Tickets are $8 per person.
Secrets of Survival Backyard Safari
Sep 20, 2025 - 11:30am
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Take a guided walk through our backyard, and learn about our resident wildlife's survival secrets! Enjoy up-close animal encounters and fun activities as we examine the amazing adaptations that allow wild animals to survive. Teachers, this is an example of programming offered to school groups.
Horsing Around
Sep 20, 2025 - 2pm
The Homeplace // 4512 The Trace - Dover
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/calendar/
Do you like horsing around? Our therapy horse Cinnamon and our mule Todd love to. They enjoy a good brushing, time outside the pasture, and good treats. Come meet our equines here at The Homeplace and learn what their job is on an 1850's farm.
Teacher Appreciation Day
Sep 20, 2025 - 10am
The Homeplace // 4512 The Trace - Dover
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/calendar/
Teachers can join us for a free day at the Woodlands Nature Station or Homeplace Working Farm.
Programming at Woodlands Nature Station Includes:
11:30am-12:15pm | Secrets of Survival Backyard Safari
1:30-2pm | Animals of the Forest Puppet Show
3:30-4:15pm | In Cold Blood
Teacher Appreciation Day
Sep 20, 2025 - 10am
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Teachers can join us for a free day at the Woodlands Nature Station or Homeplace Working Farm.
Programming at Woodlands Nature Station Includes:
11:30am-12:15pm | Secrets of Survival Backyard Safari
1:30-2pm | Animals of the Forest Puppet Show
3:30-4:15pm | In Cold Blood
Leatherworking
Sep 20, 2025 - 11am
The Homeplace // 4512 The Trace - Dover
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/calendar/
In the 1850s, leather was a staple good that was used to make sturdy shoes, saddles, bags, and even hinges on your windows in a pinch. Although leather can last a very long time, it still occasionally needs to be replaced, maintained, repaired - or even turned into something to sell. Come out and learn about leatherworking here on the farm.
Animals of the Forrest Puppet Show
Sep 20, 2025 - 1:30pm
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Have you ever wondered what animals live in trees? Or how animals might use trees in their daily lives? Visit with some fun forest friends as we learn about tree-dwelling critters and discuss the importance of trees for many animals! Teachers, this is an example of programming offered to school groups. *Ideal for home educators
In Cold Blood
Sep 20, 2025 - 3:30pm
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Join a naturalist as we learn all about the world of cold-blooded creatures! Meet reptiles and amphibians while learning the differences and similarities between these two common animal families in Land Between the Lakes! Teachers, this is an example of programming offered to school groups. *Ideal for home educators
Duck, Duck, Chicken
Sep 21, 2025 - 1pm
The Homeplace // 4512 The Trace - Dover
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/calendar/
Come meet our Dominique chickens and Cayuga ducks, hearty heritage breed birds commonly found on an 1800s farm yard. They could be anywhere on our farm today, busy eating bugs or laying eggs, but let's see if they'll come over and say hello.
Quill & Ink
Sep 21, 2025 - 1pm
The Homeplace // 4512 The Trace - Dover
https://landbetweenthelakes.us/homeplace/
The quill pen was used to sign the Declaration of Independence, but did people in the 1850s still use quills as pens? Steel pens had been invented, but there was still a lot to be learned before they would take over. Come on out and try your hand at writing with one of our chicken or duck feathers! Don’t worry, the ink will come off of your fingers... Eventually!
Sunday Funday: Box Turtles
Sep 21, 2025 - 3:30pm
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Everyone loves having fun and today it's playtime for our turtles! Watch as they react to an interesting new food item or an exciting new toy and learn more about how the Nature Station cares for its rescued wildlife through fun enrichment activities!
Magic of the Monarch
Sep 21, 2025 - 1:30pm
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Discover the amazing life of the monarch butterfly! Learn how monarchs grow up to become beautiful but poisonous butterflies. Also, find out how monarchs make their astounding migration all the way to Mexico, and how you can help them in their struggle for survival.
For Goodness Snakes
Sep 21, 2025 - 11:30am
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Have you ever seen a snake? Now's your chance! Meet our resident snakes as we learn the different types of snakes we have here in LBL. You'll get to learn how to identify a venomous snake and discover what role they play in the ecosystem. We'll also discuss how to be safe around venomous and nonvenomous snakes when we're outside.
Pink Floyd: Dark Side
Sep 27, 2025 - 5:30pm
Golden Pond Planetarium // 238 Visitor Center Drive - Golden Pond
270-924-2233
We hope you are on the run to the Golden Pond Planetarium to see the laser show, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. Tickets are $8 per person.
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Sep 27, 2025 - 7pm
Golden Pond Planetarium // 238 Visitor Center Drive - Golden Pond
270-924-2233
Hey you, come watch Pink Floyd The Wall at the Golden Pond Planetarium. The show must go on. Tickets are $8 per person.
Blacksmithing
Sep 27, 2025 - 10am
The Homeplace // 4512 The Trace - Dover
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/calendar/
It's Hammer time at the 1850's farm! We will be demonstrating historical methods of blacksmithing on a bellows operated charcoal forge. Learn about metallurgy during the mid-1800's and explore how a farmer would repair and replace broken and damaged tools.
True Kentucky Wildcat
Sep 27, 2025 - 3:30pm
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Meet Kentucky's true wildcat, the bobcat! Join our resident bobcat for an afternoon snack as we discover more about this elusive feline. Did you know that about 200 bobcats live right here in Land Between the Lakes? Find out how these masters of stealth survive so well without being seen.
In celebration of National Public Lands Day, today admission is waived at Nature Station and Homeplace.
HOOTenanny
Sep 27, 2025 - 1:30pm
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
*Ideal for home educators.
Join our naturalists for a program dedicated to our favorite nocturnal singers - our owls! Meet our resident owls up close, learn how they survive in their nocturnal world, and see what makes each species unique!
Tree-mendous Hike
Sep 27, 2025 - 11:30am
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Land Between the Lakes has a large diversity of trees! Let's go on a 1-mile guided hike on our Woodland Walk Trail and learn some simple tips and techniques on how to identify the trees in your own backyard, their role in the environment, and other fun facts.
*Ideal for home educators.
In celebration of National Public Lands Day, today admission is waived at Nature Station and Homeplace.
Pigging Out
Sep 27, 2025 - 2:30pm-3pm
The Homeplace // 4512 The Trace - Dover
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/calendar/
Come learn some fascinating facts about pigs and their place on an 1850's farm. Meet Pinky and Blake, our heritage breed pigs, we'll be telling you all about them while they enjoy a tasty treat.
Horsing Around
Sep 28, 2025 - 2pm
The Homeplace // 4512 The Trace - Dover
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/calendar/
Do you like horsing around? Our therapy horse Cinnamon and our mule Todd love to. They enjoy a good brushing, time outside the pasture, and good treats. Come meet our equines here at The Homeplace and learn what their job is on an 1850's farm.
Weaving
Sep 28, 2025 - 10am
The Homeplace // 4512 The Trace - Dover
https://www.landbetweenthelakes.us/calendar/
How do you turn a tangle of yarn into lasting works of woven art? Bed coverlets, clothing, sacks, even wagon covers were created on the farm loom. The unique patterns and pieces that came off of a family loom would have been handed down for generations, sometimes used until they couldn't anymore.
Sunday Funday: Vulture Playtime
Sep 28, 2025 - 3:30pm
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Everyone loves having fun and today it's playtime for our vultures! Watch as they react to an interesting new food item or an exciting new toy and learn more about how the Nature Station cares for its rescued wildlife through fun enrichment activities!
Red Wolf Treat Time
Sep 28, 2025 - 1:30pm
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Who's hungry like a wolf? Our red wolves, of course! Visit with one of the most endangered mammals in the United States and watch them "wolf" down a tasty treat. Find out how they became so endangered and what efforts biologists have made to try to save them from extinction.
Mis-Snaken Identity
Sep 28, 2025 - 11:30am
Woodlands Nature Station // 3146 Silver Trail Rd. - Cadiz
270-924-2299
Have you ever seen a snake? Now's your chance! Meet our resident snakes as we learn the different types of snakes we have here in LBL! You'll get to learn how to identify a venomous snake and discover what role they play in the ecosystem. We'll also discuss how to be safe around venomous and nonvenomous snakes when we're outside!
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