Nature Explorers brings hands-on learning to Legacy Point Park

Legacy Point Park will double as an outdoor classroom June 8 as Nature Explorers brings a free, 90-minute program to Millersburg for students in grades 3 through 8. The session runs from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at 6601 Township Road 326, a site the Holmes County Park District is using for both recreation and education.

The program is led by local naturalist Carrie Elvey and supported by the Holmes County Education & Community Foundation and the Holmes County Park District. The listing asks families to dress for the weather and suggests bringing a lawn chair or blankets, details that point to an easy, low-cost outing for a summer morning close to home.

Nature Explorers is built around getting kids outside and into the landscape itself. The event page says participants will explore the park, and the age range makes it a fit for elementary and middle school students who can handle a structured outdoor program without a long trip or heavy expense. For families looking for a screen-free activity during summer break, the appeal is straightforward: a morning in the park, guided by a naturalist, without the cost or logistics of a bigger day trip.

That setting matters because Legacy Point is no ordinary neighborhood green space. The Holmes County Park District says the park has more than 5 miles of primitive trails, and opening coverage described a scenic overlook and the viewing station locally known as the top of the Stairway to Heaven. The park opened to the public in 2025, after the district acquired the former county landfill property in 2020. Reporting on the site’s history said the landfill was in use until 2012.

The district’s rules page still notes the landfill’s legacy on the property, underscoring how much the site has changed since public access was added. That transformation gives Nature Explorers an added layer of value: children are not only learning about plants, wildlife and outdoor observation, they are doing it in a place where land restoration and public recreation meet.

Legacy Point is already showing up as a recurring education site in the district’s 2026 lineup, alongside Let’s Get Outside and a Nature & Birding Hike. Carrie Elvey, identified in other sources as senior naturalist and engagement coordinator at The Wilderness Center, brings added depth to the program as Holmes County continues building out the park’s identity as both a scenic destination and a place for hands-on learning. The Holmes County Park District office is at 1 Trail Drive, Suite A, Millersburg, and the phone number listed is 330-674-3353.