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Creature Feature: Solar Eclipse Weekend, 1 p.m. at O'Bannon Woods State Park: Visit the park’s nature center and speak with a naturalist about native creatures in Indiana.
As holiday lights brighten streets and the season of cheer unfolds, Dec. 21 marks the winter solstice this year -- a reminder that the darkest day of the year is upon us. For the more than 6 ...
Start planning your outdoor and nature trips for this weekend.
In the recent Druidic tradition, Alban Arthan is a seasonal festival at the Winter solstice. The name derives from the writings of Iolo Morganwg, the 19th-century radical poet and forger. Not on the solstice, but six days after the first new moon, Pliny the elder claimed that druids would gather by the oldest mistletoe-clad oak. The Chief Druid ...
Mounds State Park is a state park near Anderson, Madison County, Indiana featuring Native American heritage, and ten ceremonial mounds built by the prehistoric Adena culture indigenous peoples of eastern North America, and also used centuries later by Hopewell culture inhabitants.
Event begins at 9 a.m. at the Sunset Shelter and ends at 4 p.m. Participants can choose to walk 5K (3.1 miles) or 10K (6.2 miles). Registration costs $4 for adults and can be done day of the event.
Winter festival celebrated on the December solstice. Also celebrated in Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Tajikistan, Turkey (by Kurds and Azeris), and in Pakistan (by Pashtuns and Balochs) December 20: December 21: December 22 1 Dey: Khorram rooz: Ancient Persian considered this the first day of their New Year: December 21: December 22 ...
The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year, according to the National Weather Service. This occurs due to the Earth's tilt from the sun.