# Radnor Lake Barbara J. Mapp Aviary Education Center > Place to go for families in the Nashville–Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin area (TN). Times are Central Time. - When: Open Wednesdays and Saturdays 10 am–1 pm - Where: Barbara J. Mapp Aviary Education Center, Radnor Lake State Natural Area, 1160 Otter Creek Rd, Nashville, TN 37220 - Ages: Check age guidance - Price: Free - Schedule: Open Wednesdays and Saturdays 10 am–1 pm - Organizer: Tennessee State Parks (Radnor Lake State Natural Area) with Friends of Radnor Lake - Official page: https://radnorlake.org/explore/aviary/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/radnor-lake-barbara-j-mapp-aviary-education-center--listing-bcef67b7a28f83ca992add6c ## About The aviary at Radnor Lake State Natural Area houses non-releasable birds of prey, including a Great Horned Owl, a Golden Eagle and three Bald Eagles, that the park uses for education. It is reached on foot via Hall Drive off Otter Creek Road. Pets are not allowed. ## Similar picks in Nashville - [Discovery Center Creekkeepers After-School Program](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/discovery-center-creekkeepers-after-school-program--listing-12fb14b4c1156eaa6a700592) — Alternate Thursdays, 4:30–6:30 p.m. · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · Free · checked Oct 24. Creekkeepers is a free after-school environmental-science club for 6th–8th graders about the streams around Murfreesboro. Meetings include trail-cam studies, habitat cleanup and… - [Bells Bend Outdoor Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/bells-bend-outdoor-center--listing-18793b1233f9716d6134995b) — Outdoor Center Tuesday–Friday 12:00–4:00 p.m., Saturday 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., and by… · Bells Bend Outdoor Center · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Bells Bend Outdoor Center is the base for Bells Bend Park, a rural park in a bend of the Cumberland River with more than 6 miles of hiking trails from two trailheads. Admission… - [Beaman Park Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/beaman-park-nature-center--listing-66db4876fa153300f817891e) — Nature Center Tuesday–Friday 12 p.m.–4 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m.–4 p.m., and by appointment… · Beaman Park Nature Center, Ashland City · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. Beaman Park Nature Center is on a forested ridge in northwest Davidson County. A fully accessible quarter-mile Boardwalk Trail runs along the ridgetop with views into deep… - [Cheekwood Harvest](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/cheekwood-harvest--listing-62dc69d844d171a0e225ea9e) — Oct 24 – Nov 1 · 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM · Cheekwood Estate & Gardens · All ages · From $14 · checked Oct 24. Cheekwood's six-week fall festival fills the 55-acre botanical garden with about 100,000 pumpkins and enters its final week. Families follow the new Marigold River, a ribbon of… - [Shelby Bottoms Ghostbusters](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/shelby-bottoms-ghostbusters--listing-7f38cba79a4c98dbd1239a8d) — Sat, Oct 24 · 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM · Shelby Bottoms Nature Center · Ages 12+ · checked Oct 24. A Halloween-weekend evening program for ages 12 and up at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center in East Nashville. A naturalist leads a playful "ghost hunt" through the history and… - [Community BioBlitz at the Discovery Center Wetlands](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/activities/community-bioblitz-at-the-discovery-center-wetlands--listing-a83ce17bff2cf44369f444f5) — Sat, Nov 7 · 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Discovery Center at Murfree Spring, Murfreesboro · All ages · checked Oct 24. Discovery Center at Murfree Spring invites families to a community BioBlitz, a hands-on citizen-science morning in which participants of all ages team up to find and document as… ## More for families - [This weekend in Nashville](https://grassyknees.com/nashville/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/nashville/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Nashville](https://grassyknees.com/nashville) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/nashville.md)