The beers were cold and the sun was hot this past Friday at our annual Brews by the Bridge event at Turtle Bay! We'd like to extend our gratitude to everyone who celebrated the solstice with us while also supporting Turtle Bay's educational programs and exhibits.

Turtle Bay Exploration Park invites you to Brews by the Bridge on the Quarry Patio, near the north end of the Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay in Redding on Friday, June 23, 2017, from 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm.

Have you ever wanted to learn more about the Sundial Bridge and its history, construction and design? Ever wonder why it’s here and what it has to offer? Well now can by joining one of our FREE Sundial Bridge Tours.

Saturday, April 12, 1997, Turtle Bay Exploration Park (Then Turtle Bay Museums and Arboretum on the River) opened its first new, post-merger attraction, Paul Bunyan’s Forest Camp. The free event launched the beginning of the Turtle Bay build-out and was the first public physical manifestation of the hard work of The Forest Museum, founded 14 years earlier. The camp also provided a gateway for public access to the Interpretive Forest planted in 1992/1993.

Here at Turtle Bay, we are perfectly poised to watch the Sacramento River as it rises and falls with each controlled change in the release level and with every rainstorm. The plaza under the Sundial Bridge is underwater, but that has happened a few times since it was completed in 2004.