{"id":240862,"date":"2026-03-28T14:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240862\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T14:40:18","slug":"oakland-nature-preserve-extends-hours-for-magical-firefly-viewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/240862\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland Nature Preserve extends hours for magical firefly viewing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Oakland Nature Preserve, starting March 29, will be staying open until 9 p.m. on select dates for some <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandnaturepreserve.wildapricot.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:special firefly viewing experiences;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;special firefly viewing experiences&quot;}\" class=\"link \">special firefly viewing experiences<\/a>! The enchanting seasonal event will be held along the beautiful Healthy West Orange Boardwalk in Oakland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While the preserve generally closes at sunset, these special viewing nights offer visitors the chance to explore the boardwalk during the Central Florida firefly season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A staff member will be present at the beginning of the boardwalk to answer questions throughout the evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Admission to the firefly viewing events is free. The preserve welcomes donations to help fund its educational, conservation, and restoration efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Visitors are asked to park in the grass overflow lot located outside of the main gate. Handicap parking spaces remain accessible in the regular parking lot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Scheduled viewing dates include March 29 and April 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 19, 20 and 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Updates regarding cancellations will be posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/oaklandnaturepreserve.wildapricot.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the organization\u2019s website;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the organization\u2019s website&quot;}\" class=\"link \">the organization\u2019s website<\/a> and Facebook page on the day of the scheduled event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;click here&quot;}\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"537\" height=\"108\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beda08358d6db9816e7b0d066edd22cf.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Oakland Nature Preserve, starting March 29, will be staying open until 9 p.m. on select dates for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[108314,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-240862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-firefly","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}