Events Calendar

If you are considering hiking, paced walks or would like to be more active; this is the hike for you. Join Naturalist Lauren Cole for this beginners hike to get started on the right foot! Learn basic hiking, outdoor safety and Leave No Trace principles. This is an easy hike on the gas well road.... View Article

Join us for some old fashioned live Christmas Music at the cabin porch in the Chief Logan State Park on Friday, December 18 and Monday, December 21, 2020!  Music will feature songs from Brayden Williamson’s Christmas Album!

Even in 2020, which has been a tough year, there is still a way to make holiday memories from the comfort of your own home!  We are pleased to present America’s Got Talent winner and Columbia recording artist LANDAU EUGENE MURPHY JR'S 10th “Home for the Holidays” virtual performance on December 22nd, 2020   December... View Article

Take your first step into the New Year with a hike at Chief Logan State Park on January 1, 2021. We will depart from Museum in the Park at 10:00 a.m for our wintry walk. The Cliffside Trail is an easy hike but some parts of the trail may have rocks, roots, or be close... View Article

If you didn’t step out on January 1, this is a second chance hike on January 2, 2021. Departing from the Chief Logan park office/Museum-in-the-Park, the wintry walk begins at 10:00 a.m. on the Woodpecker Trail. This hike is approximately 3 miles. Some parts of the trail may be steep, have rocks, roots, or be... View Article

If you didn’t step out on January 1 or 2, 2021, this is a third opportunity to take a hike on New Year’s Weekend. Departing from Chief Logan Lodge, the wintry walk begins at 10:00 a.m. and will be on the gas well road. Please meet at the flag pole. It is an easy hike... View Article

Join us for a Green Day Hike starting at 11:00 am from Chief Logan Museum/Gift Shop.  A great activity for a Saturday morning and an opportunity to get outdoors. This hike is about shamrocks and spring greening, the Green Day Hike includes a little information about natural history at Chief Logan and setting foot on... View Article

Join Naturalist Lauren Cole for a 3 mile nature hike on the Woodpecker Trail in the Chief Logan State Park beginning at 11:00 am from the Museum/Gift Shop.  The Woodpecker Trail is a challenging trail but there will be stops along the way to identify vegetation or leaves.  Wear comfortable and closed-toe walking or hiking... View Article

Join park Naturalist Lauren Cole on a beginner birding experience at 9:00 am in the main lobby of  Chief Logan State Lodge & Conference Center.  Learn binocular use, basic birding techniques, easy bird identification, and more, as we take a gentle hike up the hill around the cabins.  Bring your binoculars!  We will also have... View Article

The 2021 Little Lecture series kicks off Sunday, March 28, at 2 p.m. with historian and author Charles B. "Chuck" Keeney speaking on his newest book The Road to Blair Mountain: Saving a Mine Wars Battlefield from King Coal. If COVID-19 conditions allow, lectures will be held at the historic MacFarland-Hubbard house in Charleston with videos... View Article