Contact Susan Jividen 740-435-3335
CAMBRIDGE – Deerassic Park Education Center will host a Halloween/Fall Family Fun Festival Saturday October 29 th . The public is invited to attend free of charge.
Gates open at 10:00 a.m. The Festival will run until 8:30 p.m. All ages are welcome – there will be something for everyone. Various Arts and Crafts vendors will be offering wonderful items for both decorating and gift giving opportunities for the upcoming holidays. Local businesses are also participating by setting up booths for sales, demonstrations, information and trick-or-treating.
The days' events will include outdoor programming for families, youth games/activities, a visit to the live deer herd to learn about the whitetail deer and the history of the whitetail in Ohio, kite flying – weather permitting, and others. Hay wagons will transport participants between learning stations as needed. Food vendors will include local non-profit groups from Cambridge and the surrounding areas.
A special feature this year is a 24-foot rock climbing wall, sponsored by Stoney's R.V. and Deerassic Park Education Center, allowing kids to participate for free. The “Chalk on Rock Wall” will be open to climb between 11:00am – 5:00pm.
As part of our Fall Family Fun Festival, with the support of many local businesses, Deerassic Park is presenting a Trail of Treats through our Enchanted Forest. Children under fourteen will be able to “Trick-or-Treat” local businesses that have volunteered to set up stations along the trail. This trail has a friendly, fairy tale theme and should be to the delight of every youngster in the area. The Trail of Treats in the Enchanted Forest will begin at 5:30pm and run until 8:30pm.
In addition to the Fall Family Fun Festival, Deerassic Park will present their first ever PETRIFIED FOREST . For a nominal fee of only five dollars, participants will be asked to prepare themselves to begin the descent into an abyss of un-natural happenings as they are treated to a hay ride to the treacherous trail head. Creatures unlike any other you've ever seen will come alive as participants meander through our ravenous ravine. Anyone that dares is encouraged to walk through the forest, taking part in our first ever haunted trail, uniquely done in Deerassic fashion, where Bigger is always Better. Life-size prehistoric dinosaurs will be featured throughout the event, providing a preview to next year's “Valley of the Dinosaurs.” Children under twelve must be accompanied by an adult.
Experience the transformation of Deerassic After Dark .
The event will be held rain or shine. Any groups/businesses interested in participating in the Trail of Treats, or those wishing to have a vendor space during the days' events should contact Lynn Abrams-Spilker at 740-435-3335. Volunteers are also needed to help support these events.
Call Deerassic Park at 740-435-3335 for more program information or directions. Deerassic Park is on US 22 about 6 miles from I-77, just across from Salt Fork State Park.