Reptile Day Saturday, July 18, 2026, 10am-4pm

Burritt on the Mountain is excited to partner with The North Alabama Zoological Society (NALZS) and Beth Girard, a retired natural resource educator and Tennessee Naturalist Program Volunteer, for our Reptile Day this year. NALZS will bring their reptile ambassadors Apollo, the king snake, Million, an African Pygmy hedgehog, Twickenham, a Sulcata tortoise, and Squirtle a yellow-bellied slider turtle. Beth Girard will bring her menagerie of reptiles, including a legless lizard, a blue-tongue skink, a terrestrial non-tortoise turtle, and an aquatic turtle. Burritt will also introduce you to our education Snake Ambassador SAL.

Kids can create reptile crafts to take home, mine for gems in our sluice, and enjoy Maggie Moo’s Ice Cream on-site, too. Bring a picnic and enjoy eating lunch on the mountain. You can also explore the park and check out our “We the People” activities. It will be a perfect day of learning and family fun!

Seating for all presentations is limited and will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

Regular Burritt admission rates apply, or admission is free to Burritt members.

Schedule of events for the day:

● Create reptile crafts in the historic park throughout the day, 9 am-4 pm

● NALZS Reptile Ambassadors will be on-site from 10 am-12:30 pm

● NALZS Turtle and Snake show at 10:30 am and 11:30 am in the Church

● Beth Girard will present “Reptiles of AL” in the Folkschool Classroom at 1:30 pm

● Beth will also present “Snakes for People Who Aren’t Sure About Snakes” at 2:30 pm in the FSCR

● Meet Sal Burritt’s Snake ambassador at 9:30 am, 12:30 pm & 3:30 pm in the Pavilion

● Visit Burritt Mansion or do the We the People activities in the historic park 9 am-5 pm

● Maggie Moos Ice Cream will be on site from 11:00 am-3:00 pm.