Bowie Nature Park is now open.

The hours are back to being 5am to 10pm.

The trails are open to hikers but still closed to horses and mountain bikes.

The July Nature Strollers is canceled.  Bowie Park will be closed for the day.  Please Join us on August 5th.

Nature Strollers

Ages: 18 months to 5 years

10:00am to 11:00am

June 10th – Flowers

July 8th – Worms

August 5th – Water

September 9th – Caves

Encourage your little one’s curiosity with nature and the outdoors! During the program, we will read a book, sing songs, play games, make a craft, and go on a child friendly hike.  Each month there will be a new theme.

No registration required

Night Hike

All Ages

July 26th

7:30pm-9:00pm

Come experience the sounds of the forest at night and enjoy a relaxing stroll through the Bowie trails.  We will meet in the nature center and then go explore.

Registration is required. Please call 615-799-5544 ext 2 or email njackson@nullfairview-tn.org to inquire about spaces available

Summer Solstice Celebration

All Ages Welcome

10am to 2pm

June 21st

The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year and the beginning of summer!  Come celebrate with us! Stop in anytime between 10am and 2pm for crafts, activities, and refreshments to enjoy at your own pace.  

No registration required.

Youth Fishing Rodeo Set for June 8 at Veteran’s Memorial Park

Fairview Parks Department and Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) is inviting kids ages 15 and under to take part in one of the world’s oldest and most-loved pastimes – fishing!

This year’s Youth Fishing Rodeo will be held once again at Veteran’s Memorial Park at Evergreen Lake off of Hwy 96 in Fairview.  It is located on Black Pine Road across the street form Leatherwood Inc.

The Rodeo will be June 8^th from 7 a.m. until 10 a.m. as part of the statewide Free Fishing Day.  Registration will begin at 6:30 a.m. with a drawing for prizes at 10 a.m.  Prizes to be given away have been donated by TWRA and include fishing equipment such as tackle boxes, and fishing poles.

In addition to having a chance to catch catfish and win prizes, participants will be treated to free food and bottled water.

On June 8^th, kids 15 and under will have the first shot at catching hundreds of pounds of catfish that TWRA will release into the lake at Veterans Memorial Park.  Participants should bring one fishing pole per child participating in the Fishing Rodeo.  Please leave extra rods in the car.  Once the drawing for prizes is finished at 10am, the stocked area will be opened to everyone and extra rods are welcome.

Free Fishing Day events have been held across Tennessee since the early 1990s and the event in Fairview continues to grow every year.

Free Fishing Day is a statewide and national celebration that offers an opportunity for anyone to fish without possessing a fishing license. Dozens of special events are held across the state with most designed to attract kids to the outdoors, but with their parents’ participation.  However, the day is also meant to allow anyone to fish for free with the intent of introducing more people to fishing, or to rekindling an old passion for the outdoors.

All public waters will be open to fishing without a license requirement on June 8th, according to the TWRA.