# Things to do with kids at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center

> 11 upcoming family events and 3 ongoing programs and visits at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, 11715 Cragwold Rd, Kirkwood, MO 63122, in the St. Louis area. Dates and times are Central Time. Today is Sat, Oct 24.

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## Events ahead

- [Powder Valley's 35th Anniversary Celebration](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/powder-valley-s-35th-anniversary-celebration--listing-93f4479edf688743f3a85256) — Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · checked Oct 14. Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center marks 35 years with pop-up tables in the nature center lobby: make a craft, leave a memory, and visit the nature center and its trails…
- [Sport Orienteering Fun at Powder Valley](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/sport-orienteering-fun-at-powder-valley--listing-b9a1f62b207e8c00078f8f0c) — Sat, Oct 24 · 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · Ages 7+ · checked Oct 14. An introduction to the sport of orienteering: learn to read specialized orienteering maps and clue sheets, use a compass and navigate natural terrain to find flags hidden around…
- [Snake Encounter at Powder Valley Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/snake-encounter-at-powder-valley-nature-center--listing-3910b5c3c75d89de76df4832) — Tue, Oct 27 · 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · checked Oct 14. Meet one of the ambassador snakes that live at Powder Valley, learn about the species and hear how it came to live at the nature center. An MDC naturalist and the ambassador…
- [Nature Center Saturdays with MDC volunteer naturalists](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/nature-center-saturdays-with-mdc-volunteer-naturalists--listing-1f3c16632eef3db9507887de) — Sat, Oct 31 (+3 more dates) · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · checked Oct 14. Drop in to the Powder Valley Nature Center lobby to learn from an MDC volunteer naturalist about Missouri wildlife. Topics include black bears, bats, mammals, reptiles and…
- [Powder Valley Homeschool Day](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/powder-valley-homeschool-day--listing-db89ed429e04afb1410ff900) — Tue, Nov 3 · 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · All ages · checked Oct 14. An all-day event for homeschooling families presenting Powder Valley's popular lessons for school-aged children — Growing up Wild, Creatures of Habitat, Predator vs. Prey and…
- [Babes in the Woods: Let's Do the Turkey Trot](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/babes-in-the-woods-let-s-do-the-turkey-trot--listing-447bdbf9e88bfbabb4652626) — Tue, Nov 10 · 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · Up to 2 · checked Oct 14. An hour for the youngest naturalists and their grown-ups about the wild turkey: how it lives, its behaviors and what it eats, with a walk to find food for turkeys at Powder…
- [Conservation Kids: Let's Do the Turkey Trot](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/conservation-kids-let-s-do-the-turkey-trot--listing-4a6515d7bd3792dd4f17cd91) — Tue, Nov 10 · 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · Ages 3–5 · checked Oct 14. A one-hour preschool nature class about the wild turkey — how it lives, what it does and what it eats — with a walk to find turkey food at Powder Valley. Held on the second…
- [Cross-Stitching: Fall Color at Powder Valley](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/cross-stitching-fall-color-at-powder-valley--listing-fba46b844d1bce9e8f200f67) — Fri, Nov 13 (+1 more date) · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · Ages 14+ · Free · checked Oct 24. A Powder Valley naturalist talks about fall color, the changing seasons and how nature gets ready for colder months, then teaches participants to stitch their own fall-leaf…
- [Storybook Saturday: Nocturnal Hike at Powder Valley](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/storybook-saturday-nocturnal-hike-at-powder-valley--listing-208f41f8f3c3ff718b0d99ba) — Sat, Nov 14 · 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · checked Oct 16. Interactive story time around a campfire at Powder Valley's outdoor pavilion with 'Out of Sight Till Tonight: All About Nocturnal Animals' (Cat in the Hat), then a short dusk…
- [Homeschool Introduction to Archery at Powder Valley](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/homeschool-introduction-to-archery-at-powder-valley--listing-631e8a2600a8915c232dcf7f) — Thu, Nov 19 · 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · Ages 9–18 · checked Oct 16. An MDC archery class for homeschool families with children 9 to 18 at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center. Instructors cover archery safety, how a compound bow operates…
- [Storytime & Craft: Gobble Gobble at Powder Valley](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/storytime-and-craft-gobble-gobble-at-powder-valley--listing-b73fa8dd29d3d097fcc9de3f) — Tue, Nov 24 · 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · All ages · checked Oct 16. Families with little ones hear an interactive reading of 'Gobble Gobble' by Cathryn Falwell, following young naturalist Jenny as she discovers what turkeys do throughout the…

## Ongoing programs and visits

- [Passport to Powder Valley (35th anniversary challenge)](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/passport-to-powder-valley-35th-anniversary-challenge--listing-4759ff581da87ca3fb96da6d) — Through Oct. 31, 2026, during building hours · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · checked Oct 14. To celebrate Powder Valley's 35th year, visitors pick up a Passport to Powder Valley booklet at the front desk and complete five activities: birdwatching, checking out a…
- [Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/powder-valley-conservation-nature-center--listing-2289a25eb2f2ec2a3cce6a88) — Area (trails) daily 8 a.m.–6 p.m.; building Tue–Sat 8 a.m.–5 p.m., closed Sun–Mon… · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · checked Oct 14. A 112-acre oak-hickory forest nature center in Kirkwood with three paved trails (one with interpretive signage), a nature center with educational exhibits including a…
- [Trail Tales storybook trail: "In A Nutshell"](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/trail-tales-storybook-trail-in-a-nutshell--listing-583a30edc0fcaa9fe57f2372) — Daily during area hours, Oct 1–Nov 1, 2026 · Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood · checked Oct 14. An interactive storybook hike on Powder Valley's Tanglevine Trail, a 1/3-mile paved loop suited to strollers and families. Pages of the October book, "In A Nutshell" by Joseph…

## Recently ended

- [Fall Evening Hike at Powder Valley](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/fall-evening-hike-at-powder-valley--listing-490bda033b8c03a5daf5d053) — ended Thu, Oct 22
- [Trek or Treat: Critter Crawl at Powder Valley](https://grassyknees.com/st-louis/activities/trek-or-treat-critter-crawl-at-powder-valley--listing-3b593fe2e66a6f76080225f6) — ended Sat, Oct 17

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