River Discovery Center

River Discovery Center updated their business hours.

WE ARE MOVING to a new page. Please come on over to River Discovery Center to follow the crew. This page will be shut down August 31, 2022.

WE ARE MOVING to a new page. Please come on over to River Discovery Center to follow the crew. This page will be shut down August 31, 2022.

WE ARE MOVING to a new page! Please go to https://www.facebook.com/RDCPaducah to keep up with the crew.

This page will be shut down on August 31,2022.

Turtles and Birds for our field trip today to Southwest Calloway Elementary Summer School. Good job friends on our activities today. Our turtles were speedy and our birds flew high.

Today was Beaver and Otter Day! Campers learned about beaver dens and dams as well as a few things about our otter friends. Good job today friends.

We are seeing double at the waterfront today! Welcome to Paducah the American Jazz and American Queen!

We have been a little behind in our posting this week but Critter Camp 2 is well underway. Birds, turtles, snakes, and fish to name a few. Thank you to the and Ms. Amanda for teaching our kids about local fish and bringing the loaner poles to let the kids fish.

We still have a few open spots for Discovery Camp: July 25-29!
Contact RDC Education Coordinator at [email protected] for registration details.

Below is the itinerary.

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Free Paddle Event Info.!

Registration is underway for the next FREE paddling event hosted by Tennessee RiverLine/Paducah-McCracken County. This kayak adventure will be Saturday, July 16. Paddlers take off from Clarks River Landing, enjoy the Clarks River and Tennessee River, and end at the Foot of Broadway.

Register for a tandem or single kayak (limited supply) by calling Parks & Recreation at 270-444-8508 or visiting www.paducahky.gov/registration. If you have your own kayak/canoe, you can participate, but registration is required so that adequate transportation can be provided.

Those reserving a kayak from the Tennessee RiverLine fleet will meet at the foot of Broadway by 9 a.m. on July 16. Transportation will be available to take the participants to Clarks River Landing to begin the journey. Participants bringing their own kayaks/canoes should drop their boats at Clarks River Landing by 8:30 a.m. and then drive to the foot of Broadway to meet the group. Tennessee RiverLine representatives will watch the kayaks.

Annabelle the map turtle isn’t in her habitat at RDC!!! Don’t worry. She and Ms Krystal are on a field trip to for Turtle Talk. Annabelle is loving the art, the riddles, and of course being the center of attention in a new place. The next Turtle Talk is at 2pm. If you are in the Princeton area, please come join us!

Happy retirement to Julie Harris, Executive Director of River Discovery Center. Many friends and supporters gathered this afternoon to wish her the best in her next adventure and congratulate her on being honored by Mayor George Bray as a Duchess of Paducah!

Day three of Wriggly Wonders Camp included freshwater mussels, snails, stink bugs, and Assassin bugs! We made filters like our mussel friends, made slime like our snail buddies, and played what’s that smell while we learned about stink bugs. Assassin bugs were not deployed during camp.

Wriggly Wonders! Junk bug fashion
show, ant clay models, and dung beetle races!

Thanks Reidland Elementary for letting RDC participate in your summer school!

Welcome to Paducah to the American Countess and her passengers!

Thank you Kiwanis and Paducah Day Nursery for the visit on Wednesday! Awesome group of kids and teachers. Come and see us anytime!

June is flying by. Come and see us.