# Beech Bluff Explorers: Raccoon Roundup > Event for families in the Raleigh–Cary area (NC). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Sat, Dec 12 · 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM - Where: Beech Bluff County Park, 3321 NC Highway 42, Willow Spring, NC 27592 - Ages: For ages 3 – 5 with an accompanying adult. - Price: Free - Organizer: Wake County Parks, Recreation and Open Space - Official page: https://anc.apm.activecommunities.com/wakeparks/activity/search/detail/8492?onlineSiteId=0&locale=en-US - 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/raleigh/activities/beech-bluff-explorers-raccoon-roundup--listing-002ee04ec72682e03fefce07 ## About A playful preschool nature class at Beech Bluff County Park all about raccoons. Children make a raccoon mask, hear the picture book You Are a Raccoon! by Laurie Ann Thompson and burn off energy with a running game while learning why raccoons are such clever rascals. For ages 3–5 with an adult. Only the child registers, and spaces are capped. Free, one hour, in the Canopy Room. ## Similar picks in Raleigh - [Beech Bluff County Park](https://grassyknees.com/raleigh/activities/beech-bluff-county-park--listing-3d6417351f334fbb4f598e69) — Grounds 8 am–sunset, seven days a week. Park Center 8 am until 30 minutes before park… · Beech Bluff County Park, Willow Spring · All ages · checked Oct 24. A 300-acre park in southeastern Wake County on land farmed since the late 1700s, now with agriculture areas, an orchard and a Great Lawn. Inside the Park Center, a winding… - [Little Explorers: Webs and Their Weavers](https://grassyknees.com/raleigh/activities/little-explorers-webs-and-their-weavers--listing-0ea7a8cf500cb8372055e532) — Fri, Nov 13 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM · House of Many Porches Market, Dix Park · Ages 2–6 · Free · checked Oct 24. A nature program for preschoolers at Dix Park, run with Raleigh Parks Nature Programs. November's session is all about spiders, the eight-legged master architects: games… - [Shelter Building at Beech Bluff County Park](https://grassyknees.com/raleigh/activities/shelter-building-at-beech-bluff-county-park--listing-1a94086c4ccc66689f74d382) — Sun, Nov 22 · 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM · Beech Bluff County Park, Willow Spring · Ages 6+ · Free · checked Oct 24. A two-hour outdoor skills workshop in the woods of Beech Bluff County Park in southern Wake County. Participants learn to build primitive shelters from natural materials and tarp… - [Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park at the NC Museum of Art](https://grassyknees.com/raleigh/activities/ann-and-jim-goodnight-museum-park-at-the-nc-museum-of-art--listing-526918abe87a8062d5de4f9c) — Park open daily including holidays, dawn to dusk. Galleries, store and café… · North Carolina Museum of Art — Museum Park · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. A 164-acre park around the North Carolina Museum of Art with 4.7 miles of paved and natural-surface trails, a terraced pond, gardens and large outdoor artworks that kids love to… - [William B. Umstead State Park](https://grassyknees.com/raleigh/activities/william-b-umstead-state-park--listing-b0e18a0eed46b5458edddb89) — Crabtree Creek entrance: November–February 8 am–6 pm (October 8 am–8 pm). Visitor center… · William B. Umstead State Park — Crabtree Creek Entrance and Visitor Center · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. A large state park between Raleigh, Cary and RTP with 34.5 miles of hiking trails, 13 miles of multi-use trails for bikes and horses, and three lakes with their creeks for… - [JC Raulston Arboretum](https://grassyknees.com/raleigh/activities/jc-raulston-arboretum--listing-f3f32dadfc0ce2980671d087) — October 1–March 31: Monday–Friday 9 am–4:30 pm, Saturday–Sunday 9 am–5 pm… · JC Raulston Arboretum · All ages · Free · checked Oct 24. NC State University's public garden and living laboratory, with one of the largest collections of garden plants adapted to the Southeast. Families can wander themed gardens on… ## More for families - [This weekend in Raleigh](https://grassyknees.com/raleigh/this-weekend) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/raleigh/this-weekend.md) - [Things to do with kids in Raleigh](https://grassyknees.com/raleigh) (Markdown: https://grassyknees.com/raleigh.md)