Explore our curated lists of nature activities.
Use the filter below to sort offerings by audience, theme, and more.
Accessibility-focused.
Nature activities for people with disabilities and other health concerns.
- Birdability's Crowd-Sourced Accessibility Map
- Check Out This List of Best Wheelchair Friendly Trails in Austin
- Explore Austin's Parks, Including Facilities and Amenities
- Get Some Outdoor Ideas from #NADYouthSummerSeries
- Learn About Accessible and Inclusive Birding with Birdability
- Learn Nature Words in ASL
Actividades en español.
Descubra las ofertas del Festival de Raíces y Alas en español.
- El Día del Árbol de Texas de la Búsqueda del Tesoro
- El Libro Para Colorear Imprimible Una Guía del Bosque de Austin
- Extractos de la Escuela de Ecologistas
- Libros de Naturaleza para Adultos
- Libros de Naturaleza para Jóvenes
- Los Árboles del Sendero de la Búsqueda del Tesoro
- Night Crafters: Papel Filigrana
- Un Paseo Virtual de Identificación de Árboles
Bring the outdoors in.
Browse activities you can do from the comfort of your own home.
Discover trees and plants.
Grow your knowledge of Austin's trees, plants, and the creatues that rely on them.
- AISD Urban Forest Inventory
- How to Start Vegetable Seeds
- Literature Live: This the Nest That Robin Built
- Mushroom Log Inoculation Demo
- Mycology in the Garden
- Observing Leaves, Using Our Senses
- Ready! Set! Plant! Sapling Planting Instructions
- Request Seeds from the Seed Library
- Swede Hill Pocket Park Virtual Tour
- Taproots vs. Fibrous Roots
- Wild Neighbors: Owls of Central Texas
Explore the outdoors.
Get in touch with nearby nature through scavenger hunts, hikes, and virtual tours.
- Become a Super Sapling Superhero!
- Excerpts from the Ecologist School
- Mindfulness Minute: Birdwatching & Breathing
- Mindfulness Minute: Tree Meditation
- Nature Walk Guide
- Seek App Tutorial
- Sign the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights
- Texas Arbor Day Tree Scavenger Hunt
- Trees of The Trail Scavenger Hunt
- Wildland Self Guided Hikes
Get creative.
Tap into your creativity with nature-based arts & crafts.
- A Guide to Austin's Forest Coloring Book
- APF's Tree and Pollinator Coloring Pages
- Butterfly Craft!
- Color Your Own Butterfly
- Create a Butterfly Imprint
- Create a Nature Mask
- Deer Park Prairie: Pressing Wildflowers
- Draw and Tell: Butterflies!
- Making Earth Art
- Night Crafters: Paper Quilling
- Playtime Crafts: Nature Bracelets
- Write a Letter to a Tree
Learn something new.
Learn about stewardship, equity, inclusion, and the history of Austin's outdoor spaces.
- CiNCA Equity in the Outdoors Recommended Reading
- Learn about Indigenous People and Read the Roots & Wings Festival Land Acknowledgment
- Parks For All: Promoting Equity in Austin's Parks
- Savvy Stewardship: Volunteerism as Critical Parks Care
- Tiffany Washington: Austin’s Black Farming Heritage
- Vibrant Social Diversity Leads to Vibrant Biodiversity
Meet local pollinators.
Get up close and personal with some local pollinators, including bees, butterflies, and bats!
- All About Arthropods
- Austin Bees
- Become a Monarch Watcher and Learn More About the Monarch Migration
- Bug Collection
- Fall Blooming Plants for Beneficial Insects
- Fall Native Pollinators
- Literature Live: The Singing Zoologist
- Meet an Animal: Gone Batty
- Pollinators at Discovery Hill!
- Stellaluna Reading
- Webinar: Native Bees of Texas with NWF
- Webinar: Pollinators & Pollinator Conservation with NWF
- Wild Neighbors: Backyard Bugs
Play a game.
Explore games and activities for the indoors and out from our Roots & Wings Festival partners.
Read a nature book.
Browse the following reading lists offered through the Austin Public Library.