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  • DATE CHANGE – Western North Carolina (River Road, Hot Springs, NC)

    Broadwing Farm 20 Berry Wills Road, Hot Springs, NC, United States
    Western NC Chapter Event

    DATE CHANGE - Due to forecasted weather, the date for this walk has been changed to Friday, March 28, 2025 (from Saturday, March 29, 2025). The Carolina Butterfly Society Western NC Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Friday, March 28, 2025, hiking on River Road along the French Broad River outside of Hot Springs, […]

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  • Fort Macon SP, Croatan NF, Holly Shelter Game Land (NC)

    Fort Macon SP Coastal Education Center 34.6977, -76.6787
    CBS Field Trip

    This full Carolina Butterfly Society 2-day field trip will be held in eastern North Carolina where we plan on visiting three different locations. Our target butterfly species varies by location and are listed below. The leader is Harry LeGrand and possibly Lori Arent. Saturday, April 12, 2025: Meet at Fort Macon State Park, at the […]

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  • Sumter NF, Enoree District (Whitmire, SC)

    Sumter National Forest, Enoree District - BP Gas Station 3536 Whitmire Hwy, Clinton, SC, United States
    Midlands Chapter Event

    The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, April 19, 2025, to the Enoree District of the Sumter National Forest in South Carolina. Possible species are the Juniper Hairstreak, Pepper and Salt Roadside Skipper, and Common Roadside Skipper, but we will also be looking for other early-season butterflies as well. […]

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  • Wateree River HP & WMA (Columbia City Nature Challenge – Eastover, SC)

    Wateree River HP & WMA 15001 Goodwill Road, Eastover, SC, United States
    Midlands Chapter Event

    The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Sunday, April 27, 2025 which will be in conjunction with the Columbia City Nature Challenge. It is our local part of City Nature Challenge, an international four-day competition where cities across the globe compete to record the biodiversity of their urban and surrounding […]

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  • CANCELLED – Sumter NF Long Cane District (Edgefield, SC)

    Lick Fork Creek Parking Lot 33.7298, -82.0407
    Midlands Chapter Event

    CANCELLED - Due to the forecast for rainy and overcast weather all weekend, this trip has been "officially" CANCELLED. The Carolina Butterfly Society will hold butterfly walks on Saturday and Sunday, May 10 and 11, 2025, at the 123,360-acre Long Cane District of the Sumter National Forest in the Lick Fork Lake and Stevens Creek […]

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  • Historic Bethabara Park (Winston-Salem, NC)

    Historic Bethabara Park 2147 Bethabara Road, Winston-Salem, NC, United States
    Triad Chapter Event

    On Saturday, May 24, 2025, the Triad Chapter of CBS (Carolina Butterfly Society) will hold a butterfly walk at the Historic Bethabara Park Butterfly Garden. The Bethabara Gardens are beautiful, historically significant places to explore. When the Moravians settled Bethabara in the early 1750s, one of the first things they established were the gardens. The […]

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  • Carolina Sandhills NWR (Hairstreaks – near McBee, SC)

    Carolina Sandhills NWR 23734 US-1, McBee, SC, United States
    Midlands Chapter Event

    The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, May 31, 2025, at the 47,850-acre Carolina Sandhills NWR (National Wildlife Refuge) in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Our target species will be all the Hairstreaks, including Banded, Coral and King’s, but we will also be looking for other late spring butterflies as […]

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  • NABA Butterfly Count (CSRV, Aiken County, SC)

    Silver Bluff Audubon Sanctuary 4542 Silver Bluff Road, Jackson, SC, United States
    NABA Butterfly Count

    On Saturday, July 12, 2025, NABA (North American Butterfly Association) will hold a butterfly count in the CSRV (Central Savannah River Valley) at the Silver Bluff Audubon Center in Jackson, South Carolina. Audubon’s Silver Bluff Sanctuary is a 3,400-acre woodland overlooking the Savannah River. Here you’ll find extensive pine forests and bottomland hardwood forests; beautiful […]

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  • Gum Swamp Road (Jackson, SC)

    Kathwood Lakes (meeting location for Gum Swamp Road) 33.33728. -81.84345
    Midlands Chapter Event

    The Carolina Butterfly Society Midlands Chapter will hold a butterfly walk on Saturday, August 9, 2025, to areas near Aiken, South Carolina.  We will drive along Gum Swamp Road and stop at various locations along the road to explore areas of interest (or wherever we see butterflies). Our target species are the Texan Crescent, Tawny […]

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  • Purchase Knob (Haywood Co, NC)

    Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center 35.58602, -83.07328
    Western NC Chapter Event

    On Saturday, August 23, 2025, the Carolina Butterfly Society Western NC Chapter has special permission to visit the Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center (AHSLC) at the Purchase off Hwy 276 in Haywood County near Waynesville, NC. GPS coordinates of the AHSLC are 35.58602, -83.07328. This gorgeous 235-acre property sits at 5086 feet and became part […]

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