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Great For The Kids: Free Saturdays At Turtle Point Science Center
September 25, 2011
There was an open house held Saturday at the Turtle Point Science Center in Flomaton. If you missed it, there’is one more Saturday to see the facility this year.
The next open house at Turtle Point is scheduled for November 5 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Admission is free.
The 3,000 square foot facility offers a touch tank for children and other hands-on exhibits. It boasts an extensive collection of wildlife specimens including many Alabama birds, nests, and eggs; a butterfly and living bee exhibit; live alligators, turtles, snakes, amphibians, and fish of the East Gulf Coastal Plain geophysical region. Also, plant lovers will find six teaching gardens and a wetland nature trail.
Bird watchers are encouraged to hike the nature trail boardwalk and enjoy the red-tailed hawk, great blue heron, great egret, pileated woodpecker, red-headed woodpecker, yellow-shafted flicker, yellow bellied sap sucker, eastern bluebird, wren, killdeer, green heron, barred owl, screech owl, and many other native birds and wildlife.
Turtle Point’s goal is to provide hands-on environmental education to students and adults in the South Alabama and Northwest Florida. Turtle Point is located at 20959 Highway 31 in Flomaton, near Hurricane Park and Flomaton High School. For more information, call (251) 296-3401.
Pictured top: The Turtle Point Science Center in Flomaton. Pictured inset: A golden eagle on display at Turtle Point. Pictured below: A view of the Big Escambia Creek as seen from the nature trail at Turtle Point. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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>>So what are the Center’s regular hours? It must be closed other than the Open House days.
It’s a hands-on facility operated by the Escambia County (Ala.) Board of Education. During the week, it’s used by school children from across the county.
So what are the Center’s regular hours? It must be closed other than the Open House days.