A weekly list of upcoming outdoors events in the Chattanooga area; to submit an event, write to sports@timesfreepress.com.
» Local Tennessee Ornithological Society meeting: Today, 7 p.m., Ascension Lutheran Church, 720 S. Germantown Road. Contact David Stone at rockyturf@epbfi.com or 413-7033.
» Soddy-Daisy chapter of Tennessee Trails Association hikes: Saturday, Board Camp Trail to Soddy Gulf trailhead, where vehicles will be staged, moderately strenuous 7 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. by ballfields on Durham Street in Soddy-Daisy; call John Politte at 304-8327); Tuesday, Chickamauga Battlefield east loop, easy 3-4 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at lower parking lot near the park visitors center; call Gloria Nelson at 645-9008); July 20, Rainbow Falls in Ocoee area, 3.3 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Food City in Ooltewah; call Tom McElhone at 805-208-4654); July 23, Elsie Holmes Nature Park, easy 3-4 miles (meet at Food City on East Brainerd Road; call Trish Appleton at 240-3443); July 27, Ocoee area, Rock Creek Trail to Dry Pond Lead & back to Hwy. 64 across from Thunder Rock Campground, moderate 7 miles (meet at 8:30 a.m. at Food City in Ooltewah; call McElhone).
» Spirit of America youth boating camp: Monday-July 19, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; orientation this Friday, 4:30 p.m., at Harrison Bay State Park recreation hall; ages 12-15, maximum participants 18; instruction in operating small boats, canoes, kayaks & sailboats; $40 plus $10 for TWRA exam permit; applications at Harrison Bay park office.
» Chattanooga Bicycle Club meeting: Monday, 6-7 p.m., Outdoor Chattanooga, Coolidge Park; for recreational cyclists.