Earth Day Celebration
April 11-13, 2025
Earth Day Celebration
The Anne Springs Close Greenway℠ preserves its 2,100 acres to provide accessible outdoor recreation opportunities to visitors and members. Come try our most popular recreational pastimes, such as kayaking, archery, horseback riding, hiking and more during our favorite weekend of the year, Earth Day Celebration!
Everyone receives free entrance to the Greenway on Earth Day Weekend to enjoy time in nature.
To support our conservation efforts, nonmembers pay a $5 parking fee. If you enjoy your visit, please consider membership.
Earth Day Campout
Celebrate the great outdoors, and experience nature firsthand when you camp with us! Exhaust yourself and your family with our exciting Earth Day activities happening all weekend before cozying up in your sleeping bag. Register in advance to camp with us Friday, Saturday or both!
Bass Tournament
The Anne Springs Close Greenway Resources Team needs your help! In order to rebalance the biodiversity in our waters, we need you to catch some bass. Enter our Earth Day Bass Tournament to fish with friends, try to win prizes and restore the health of Greenway aquatic ecosystems. Registration is FREE, but there are a limited number of spots. Catch yours early!
Recycled Art Contest
The Greenway℠ is hosting a recycled art installation on display at the Lake Haigler Entrance during Earth Day weekend. Guests will have the opportunity to vote on the installations, and the Greenway℠ will announce a winner for the following categories: Preschool, Elementary, Middle, High School and Open.
Schedule of Earth Day Activities
Activities in blue require advanced registration and/or payment. Follow link for information and registration. All other activities are FREE. Mountain biking requires a helmet, and archery requires closed-toe shoes. Camping requires your own tent.
All Entrances
5-Entrance Scavenger Hunt: 7am-sunset
Lake Haigler Entrance
Guest Services Available
- Fri-Sat: 8:30am-7pm
- Sun: 8:30am-5pm
Greenway Canteen Open
- Friday
- Full menu: 11am-8pm
- Live music: 6pm-9pm
- Saturday
- Full menu: 11am-8pm
- Live music: 6pm-9pm
- Sunday
- Full menu: 11am-3pm
- Closing at 7pm
Schroering Forest Playground Open: 7am-sunset
Make Your Own Bookmark + Coffee Filter Butterflies: 9am-4pm
Kayak Rentals (registration required): 9am-5pm
Earth Day Campout (registration required)
Membership Promo + Giveaways
Recycled Art Contest
Photo Contest
Blue Star Entrance
3pm: CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER - Blue Star Hike hosted by the Greenway Hiking Club (3.5 miles)
Lake Haigler Entrance
6pm-9pm: Live Music at the Greenway Canteen
8pm-9pm: Guided Night Hike (meet at Rush Pavilion)
9:15pm-9:45pm: Campfire Stories (meet at Rush Pavilion)
Visit our Adventure Road and Dairy Barn Entrances, where most of the Earth Day fun will take place!
Adventure Road Entrance
9am-12pm: Dog Park Open House (Mary Warner Mack Dog Park)
9:30am-11:30am:
- Archery (Archery Range)
- Wagon Rides (Group Campsite)
- Campfire Building (Group Campsite)
- Disc Golf Challenge (Disc Golf Course)
10am-12pm: Trips for Kids Bike Ride (Map Kiosk)
10am-2pm: Canoeing hosted by Troop 108 (Lake Crandall)
10:30am: Archer's Loop Hike hosted by Greenway Hiking Club (Parking Lot)
Dairy Barn Entrance
9:30am-11am: Reptile Encounters (at Map Kiosk)
10am-11am: PAR Garden Tour (Betsy McLean Plant-A-Row for the Hungry Garden)
10am-12pm:
- Historic Cabins Open (Docents on Duty)
- History in Pictures (Founders Dairy Barn)
- Venues & Catering Showcase (Founders Dairy Barn)
10am-11:30am: Donkey Meet & Greet (Donkey Pasture)
10:30am-11:30am: Yoga (Comporium Amphitheater)
11:45am-12:15pm: Nature Yoga for Kids (Comporium Amphitheater)
Lake Haigler Entrance
8:30am: Anne Springs Close Tribute Hike (meet at Greenway Gateway)
Farm & Stables Entrance (No pets allowed in Children's Farm)
9am-3pm: Farm Open for Self-Guided Tours
Visit our Farm & Stables and Lake Haigler Entrances, where most of the Earth Day fun will take place!
Farm & Stables Entrance (No pets allowed in Children's Farm)
9am-3pm: Farm Open for Self-Guided Tours, with 10-minute breaks for animals as needed
11:30am-3pm: Food trucks on-site
12pm-3pm:
- Animal Interactions (Crandall Bowles Children's Farm)
- Color a Seed Cup Craft (Crandall Bowles Children's Farm)
1:30pm-2pm: English/Jumping Demonstration (Show Arena)
2pm-4pm: Lead Line Rides (Show Arena)
2:30pm-3pm: Horse Grooming Demonstration (Hitching Post at Indoor Arena)
Lake Haigler Entrance
2pm-3:30pm: Learn About Falconry (Greenway Gateway Lawn)
2pm-4pm: Fly Fishing Practice with Orvis (Greenway Gateway Lawn)
3pm-4pm: Fairy & Gnome House Building (Williams Education Center)
6pm-7pm: Reptile Encounters (Rush Pavilion)
6pm-9pm: Live Music at the Greenway Canteen
8pm-9pm: Night Hike (Meet at Rush Pavilion)
9:15pm-9:45pm: Campfire Stories (Rush Pavilion)
Adventure Road Entrance
10am-2pm: Canoeing hosted by Troop 108 (Lake Crandall)
Dairy Barn Entrance
1pm-2pm: PAR Garden Tour (Betsy McLean Plant-A-Row for the Hungry Garden)
1pm-4pm: Historic Cabins Open (Docents on Duty)
Visit our Farm & Stables and Lake Haigler Entrances, where most of the Earth Day fun will take place!
Farm & Stables Entrance (No pets allowed in Children's Farm)
8:30am-12:30pm: Food trucks on-site
9am-3pm: Farm Open for Self-Guided Tours, with 10-minute breaks for animals as needed
9am-9:30am: Horse Grooming Demonstration (Hitching Post at Indoor Arena)
9:30am-10am: English/Jumping Demonstration (Show Arena)
9pm-12pm:
- Animal Interactions (Crandall Bowles Children's Farm)
- Color a Seed Cup Craft (Crandall Bowles Children's Farm)
10am-12pm: Lead Line Rides (Show Arena)
Lake Haigler Entrance
6:45am-10am: Fishing Tournament (Lake Haigler)
10:30am: Raptor Release (Riding Ring)
10am-11am: Fairy + Gnome Home Building (Williams Education Center)
11am-12pm: Reptile Encounters (Forest Porch Lawn)
11am-12:30pm: Earth Day Community Village (Greenway Gateway)
Check out each of the clubs below to learn more information and participate in club-related activities!
- Adopt-A-Stream
- Agape Acres
- Boy Scouts
- Carolina Raptor Center
- Catawba Nation
- CatMNA
- Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens
- FLYERS Afterschool
- Fort Mill Stormwater
- Friends of the Greenway
- Girl Scouts
- Greenway Event Sales
- Greenway Hiking Club
- Greenway Photography Club
- Greenway Volunteers
- Orvis
- PAR Garden (Betsy McLean Plant-A-Row for the Hungry Garden)
- York County Master Gardeners
Adventure Road Entrance
9am-12pm: Canoeing hosted by Troop 108 (Lake Crandall)
Dairy Barn Entrance
10am-11am: PAR Garden Tour (Betsy McLean Plant-A-Row for the Hungry Garden)
Visit our Adventure Road and Dairy Barn Entrances, where most of the Earth Day fun will take place!
Adventure Road Entrance
12:30pm-2:30pm:
- Campfire Building (Group Campsite)
- Wagon Rides (Group Campsite)
- Archery - Try it! (Archery Range)
12:30pm-3pm: Disc Golf Competition (Disc Golf Course)
Dairy Barn Entrance
12pm, 1pm, & 2pm: Border Collie Demonstration (behind Founders Dairy Barn)
1pm-2pm: PAR Garden Tour (Betsy McLean Plant-A-Row for the Hungry Garden)
1:30pm: Runner's Loop Hike (3.1 miles) hosted by Greenway Hiking Club (Founders Dairy Barn)
1:30pm-3:30pm:
- History in Pictures (Founders Dairy Barn)
- Venues & Catering Showcase (Founders Dairy Barn)
1:30pm-4:30pm: Historic Cabins Open (Docents on Duty)
2pm-2:30pm: Nature Yoga (Comporium Amphitheater)
2pm-3:30pm: Donkey Meet & Greet (Donkey Pasture)
2pm-4pm: Archery - Try it! (Rotary Trail)
2:45pm: Catawba Nation Traditional Drum & Dance (Comporium Amphitheater)
3pm-4pm: Fishing Clinic (Lake Catherine)
Farm & Stables Entrance (No pets allowed in Children's Farm)
9am-3pm: Farm Open for Self-Guided Tours, with 10-minute breaks for animals as needed
Please continue to check back for updates, especially in the event of unfavorable weather conditions.
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