Solar eclipse
Robertson Plaza Station Place, NorfolkSee a solar eclipse through a special telescope without damaging your eyes. Sponsored by Aton Forest.
A special event designed to showcase the town’s many natural and cultural offerings.
See a solar eclipse through a special telescope without damaging your eyes. Sponsored by Aton Forest.
We're sorry, but Mother Nature didn't cooperate this year. There weren't any warm days to make the sap rise, so this event is cancelled. Great Mountain Forest's sugar house will be open to visitors, provided there is enough sap to boil. The Forest has a 70-year tradition of collecting and boiling sap, making maple syrup […]
Astronomer Matthew Johnson will be bringing his solar telescope to let visitors observe sunspots and other phenomena. He also will be showing a tiny portable photon meter and three different types and sizes of portable solar panels and power storage units. He is using the photon meter to measure how dark the sky is in […]