Walton County Earth Day Festival 4/17/10

I am looking forward to this again this year!


Welcome to Florida State Parks

2ND ANNUAL EARTHDAY CELEBRATION

Topsail Hill Preserve State Park


Date: Saturday, Apr 17, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Description: The Department of Environmental Protection’s Topsail Hill Preserve State Park and the Friends of Topsail Hill Preserve State Park, Inc. invites you to their 2nd Annual Earthday Celebration in coordination with the 75th Florida State Park Anniversary. The University of Florida IFAS Extension Office and several other participants in Walton County are coordinating the event for Walton County. Music, food, educational games and activities will be available for youth of all ages. Environmental and governmental agencies will provide educational displays and local artists will be displaying and selling their work. Park at the Day-Use parking lot off of Hwy 30A or park and ride the shuttle from Van Ness Butler Elementary School. All donations at the event are given directly to the Friends of Topsail Hill to help enhance the interpretive and visitor service efforts at the park. There will be a 5K run and walk race at 8:00 a.m. to kick off the Earth Day event.


Fees: Entrance fees to the park are waived for the day.


Contact: (850) 267-8330


Directions: Topsail Hill Preserve State Park is located in Santa Rosa Beach, 10 miles east of Destin, FL. Take I-10 to Exit 85 (Defuniak Springs) and follow U.S. Highway 331 south. Travel 27 miles to U.S. Highway 98. Turn right and travel approximately five miles west to scenic Highway 30A. Turn left and go a quarter mile to the entrance on the right.

Walton County Earth Day Festival & 5K Race at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park

Walton County Earth Day​

Festival & 5K Race

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Saturday, April 17, 2010 Topsail Hill Preserve State Park
7525 W. Scenic Highway 30-A (850) 267-8330 Race at 8:00 am Festival 10am - 3pm
Educational interactive displays, story tellers, cooking demonstrations, animal encouters, guided hiking tours, and much, much more. Please join us at
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Any details on where the race course will be? If we're talking sand, that would be one brutal 5K.

Thanks Kurt for displaying the flyer! 🙂

The course will take place on paved roads within the park down to the beach and Campbell Lake.

What is the fee for the 5K, and how do people register?

Early Registration for the race is $20.00
Race Day registration is $25.00
The first 250 participants to register will receive a commemorative T-shirt. An awards ceremony will be held at the park following the race.
Race starts at 8:00am
You can stop by the Ranger Station at the entrace of Topsail Hill Preserve State Park to pick up a registration packet.

Here is the schedule of events, hope to see you all there:

Festival Events Times

Educational Booths and Hands-On Activities 10:00-3:00
Location: Loop

Silent Auction 10:00-2:30
Location: Friends of Topsail Booth

Coastal Dune Lake Hike: Brooke Saari 10:30-11:30
Location: Sign up at Information Desk

Dune Ecosystems Hike: Leda Suydan 10:30-11:30/
Location: Sign up at Information Desk 1:30-2:30

Go Native Hike with Snookie Parrish 11:30-12:15/
Location: Sign up at Information Desk 1:30-2:15

Children’s Events
Kids in the Kitchen: 4-H Healthy Lifestyles 10:15-10:45
Location: Club House
Storytelling by Doris Mueller 11:00-11:30
Location: Amphitheater
Puppet Show: Leda Suydan 12:30-1:00
Location: Amphitheater
Story Telling by Paul Lowery 2:00-2:30
Location: Amphitheater

Cooking Demonstrations: Club House

Fun & Fit Snacks: Kendra Zamojski 11:30-12:00
Fishy Feast: Kendra Zamojski/Brooke Saari 1:00-1:30
Vegetarian Delight by Jamie Dietrich 2:00-3:00

Thanks Brooke - looks like great fun!