Hannibal Parks & Recreation Recent News
Spring Festival of Country Music May 17
A night of toe-tapping country tunes and talent is on its way to Hannibal. The Spring Festival of Country Music will be 6 p.m. May 17 at the Admiral Coontz Recreation Center. The show will feature music performed by Memory Lane, which includes Martin…
Tree of the Month for May
The Tree of the Month for May is a pin oak at 601 Country Club Drive, at the home of Joe and Sharon Welch. The Tree Board established a Tree of the Month Award to celebrate Hannibal’s beautiful urban forest and its stewards. The…
Night Hike to focus on momma bats and baby bats
There will be a Night Hike through Sodalis Nature Preserve at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 10 called “Momma Bats and Baby Bats.” Mother bats bear young from mid-May through mid-June, said Gale Rublee, interpreter guide at Hannibal Parks & Recreation, and most bats have…
Storybook Trail goes up in May
The Hannibal Parks & Recreation Department is providing a Storybook Trail in Central Park specially geared to young children. The Storybook Trail will be May 1-16. The book is “Are We There Yeti?” written by Ashlyn Anstee, which is a picture book about Bigfoot…
Arbor Day Tree-Planting rescheduled
Due to inclement weather in the forecast, the Arbor Day Tree-planting has been rescheduled to Friday, May 3. The Hannibal Tree Board and Hannibal Parks & Recreation will plant a tree at 1:30 p.m. at Norfolk & Southern Multi-Sports Complex with the help of…
Arbor Day Tree planting to be Friday
The city of Hannibal is celebrating the designation of Tree City USA for 25 years. The Hannibal Tree Board and Hannibal Parks & Recreation will kick off the commemoration on Arbor Day by planting a tree at 1:30 p.m. Friday April 26 at Norfolk…
Birds topic of walk at Sodalis Nature Preserve
Bird watchers have to get up early for the best opportunities to see and hear the most species. There will be a Bird Walk at Sodalis Nature Preserve at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 27 called Early Bird Catches the Worm. Participants are encouraged to…
Central Park Farmers Market opening soon
Opening Day of Central Park Farmers Market will be April 27. This will be the third year that several of the vendors are eligible to take SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits for payment, through a program with Douglass Community Services. Also, Hannibal Parks…
Spring Cleanup Day planned
Spring Cleanup Day will be April 20 in Hannibal, in preparation for Earth Day April 22. Volunteers should meet anytime from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Y’Men’s Pavilion, 105 Hill St. The Cleanup is sponsored by US Cellular, Hannibal Board of Public Works,…
Tree of the Month for April
The Tree of the Month for April is a flowering cherry tree at 2304 Bird St., in the yard of Makayla Mann and Cale Logan. The Tree Board established a Tree of the Month Award to celebrate Hannibal’s beautiful urban forest and its stewards….
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