2026

Xtreme Roan Adventures

Xtreme Roan Adventures – Schedule

Friday Night – July 24

Free Friday Night Adventures,
July 25, at the Roan Mountain State Park Amphitheater

8:15 p.m. Stage Presentation: The Secret Life of Bats – with Connie Deegan, from Johnson City Parks And Recreation
9:00 Adventures
          Moth Party with Larry McDaniel and Chrissy Felder
           Lightning Bug Adventure -with R.M.S.P. Ranger Phil Hylen
           Salamanders at Night Adventure with Ranger Kacie and Ranger Hannah

Saturday – July 25

Saturday Adventures Schedule
at the R.M.S.P. Amphitheater
8:00 a.m. Registration and Ticket Pick-up
8:45 a.m. Introductions
9:00 a.m. Adventures
Animal Signs Adventure – with Chris Storehel and Joe McGuiness and The U.S. Forest Service
Snake Adventure – with Connie Deegan from Johnson City Parks and Recreation
Salamander Adventure – with Dale Ledford from Northeast Tennessee State Community College
Bird Adventure – with Vanessa Hawley, Education Presenter for Green Valley Wildlife.
My Secret Plant Adventure – with Kelly Porter from E.T.S.U. Graphic Arts


10:30 a.m. Adventures
Animal Signs Adventure – with Chris Storehel and Joe McGuiness and The U.S. Forest Service
Snake Adventure – with Connie Deegan from Johnson City Parks and Recreation
Salamander Adventure – with Dale Ledford from Northeast Tennessee State Community College
Bird Adventure – with Vanessa Hawley, Education Presenter for Green Valley Wildlife.
My Secret Plant Adventure – with Kelly Porter from E.T.S.U. Graphic Arts
Wet & Wild Stream Ecology Adventure with Gary Barrigar and Janet Brown

At the Conference Center:

11:45 – 1:30 LUNCH and Adventures at the Conference Center.

Adventures at the Conference Center
 Fossil Casting – with E.T.S.U. Dr. Mick Whitelaw and Geology Club
 Nature Crafts – with Sheri Rhudy
 Nature Crafts – with Tracy Campbell
 Animal Helpers – with Kayleigh Wynn 
Bay’s Mountain Park with Ranger Miranda Wanninger
Flint Knapping – with Bob Estep
Skins & Skulls – with Blaine Schubert from The Gray Fossil Site
12:45 p.m. Raptors on Roan – with Ranger Phil Hylen

1:30 p.m. Adventures
Some of these Adventures will involve driving to other locations on the mountain.
Butterfly Adventure – with Nancy Barrigar, Aubrie Abernethy, and Annaclaire Carder
 Blueberry Adventure – with Virginia Ward from the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy
Underwater Adventure – with U.S. Forest Service. For Adventurers 12 years
Owl Pellet Dissection – with Ryan Stephens and Bodie
Nature Journaling and Drawing– with Kelly Porter from E.T.S.U. Graphic Arts
Back to the Past – Butter Making History with R.M.S.P. Ranger Andrea
Build a Birdhouse – with Brad Parker and Adrianna Nelson.