Groundhog Day 2023 Celebrations
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Looking for a local Groundhog Day Celebration to attend this year? We've compiled a list of 68 Groundhog Day 2023 events, which you can find below. This list is still being updated, so check back again soon. If you think we've missed an event, shoot us an email!
| Name | Forecaster Type | Date | Time | Location | Address | Stream | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benny the Bass | Bass | 01/28/23 | 6:30am EST | North Shore Boat Ramp | Buckeye Lake, Ohio 43008 | ||
| Tad and Lil | Frog mascots | 01/28/23 | 10:00am - 1:00pm PST | Snohomish Aquatic Center | 516 Maple Ave, Snohomish, Washington 98290 | ||
| Tinicum Tim | Groundhog Puppet | 01/28/23 | 10:00am - 12:00pm EST | John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum | 8601 Lindbergh Blvd., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153 | ||
| Buffalo Bert | Groundhog | 01/28/23 | 12:00pm - 6:00pm EST | Flying Bison Brewery | 840 Seneca St, Buffalo, New York 14210 | Tickets are required. | |
| Punxsutawney Phil | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 3:00am - 7:20am EST | Gobbler's Knob | 1548 Woodland Ave Ext, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania 15767 | View | |
| Polk County Paula | Groundhog mascot | 02/02/23 | 6:00am CST | High Life Lounge | 200 SW 2nd St., Des Moines, Iowa 50309 | ||
| Chuckles | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 6:00am - 8:00am EST | Lutz Children's Museum | 247 S Main St, Manchester, Connecticut 06040 | Space is limited. Reservations are required. | |
| Gertie the Groundhog | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 6:00am CST | Wildlife Prairie Park | 3826 N Taylor Rd., Hanna City, Illinois 61536 | View | |
| Fred la marmotte | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 6:30am EST | Val d'Espoir | Quebec G0C 3G0 | View | |
| Harleysville Hank | Stuffed groundhog | 02/02/23 | 6:45am EST | Mennonite Heritage Center barn | 565 Yoder Road, Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 | ||
| Schnogadahl Sammi | Taxidermy Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 6:45am EST | Cherry's Diner | 593 Interchange Road, Kresgeville, Pennsylvania 18333 | ||
| Jimmy the Groundhog | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 6:50am CST | Cannery Square | 1 Cannery Square, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 53590 | ||
| Woodstock Willie | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:00am - 7:30am CST | Woodstock Square | Woodstock, Illinois 60098 | ||
| Queen City Charlie | Groundhog Mascot | 02/02/23 | 7:00am | City Hall | 57 N. Liberty St., Cumberland, Maryland 21502 | ||
| Sand Mountain Sam | Opossum | 02/02/23 | 7:00am CST | Bama Bucks | 292 Bryant Road, Sardis City, Alabama 35956 | ||
| Malverne Mel | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:00am EST | Crossroads Farm | 480 Hempstead Ave, Malverne, New York 11565 | ||
| Mount Joy Minnie | Stuffed Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:00am EST | Rotary Clock | 50 E. Main Street, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania 17552 | ||
| Cedar | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:00am CST | Randall Oaks Zoo | 1180 N Randall Rd, West Dundee, Illinois 60118 | ||
| Dover Doug | Groundhog mascot | 02/02/23 | 7:00am EST | Lehr Park | 3700 Davidsburg Road, Dover, Pennsylvania 17315 | ||
| Buckeye Chuck | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:00am - 8:00am EST | 1490 WMRN-AM | 1330 North Main Street, Marion, Ohio 43302 | View | |
| Staten Island Chuck | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:00am EST | Virtual Only | Virtual Only | View | |
| MT Parker | Stuffed Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:00am EST | Stauffer Mansion | 1241 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601 | ||
| Beardsley Bart | Stuffed Prairie Dog | 02/02/23 | 7:00am EST | Virtual Only | Virtual Only | View | |
| Poor Richard | Stuffed Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:15am EST | York Slumbering Groundhog Lodge | 223 N George St, York, Pennsylvania 17401 | ||
| Patty Pagoda | Groundhog mascot | 02/02/23 | 7:20am EST | Reading Pagoda | 98 Duryea Dr, Reading, Pennsylvania 19602 | ||
| Unadilla Billie | Stuffed groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:20am CST | Duncan Building | Unadilla, Nebraska 68454 | ||
| Holtsville Hal | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:25am EST | Holtsville Ecology Site & Animal Preserve | 249 Buckley Road, Holtsville, New York 11742 | ||
| Grover the Groundhog and Sweet Arrow Sue | Stuffed groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:30am - 10:00am EST | Sweet Arrow Lake County Park Clubhouse | 108 Clubhouse Rd, Pine Grove, Pennsylvania 17963 | ||
| General Beauregard Lee | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:30am EST | Dauset Trails Nature Center | 360 Mt Vernon Church Rd, Jackson, Georgia 30233 | ||
| Woody | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:30am - 8:30am EST | Howell Nature Center | 1005 Triangle Lake Rd, Howell, Michigan 48843 | ||
| Scramble the Duck Jr. | Duck | 02/02/23 | 7:30am EST | Ivy Glenn Memorial | Eastford, Connecticut 06242 | ||
| Dunkirk Dave | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 7:30am EST | Dunkirk Dave's residence | 5117 Farmlane Road, Dunkirk, New York 14048 | ||
| Middlemiss Mike and family | Stuffed groundhog | 02/02/23 | 8:00am - 9:30am EST | Royal Canadian Legion Branch #510 | 21884 Melbourne Rd, Strathroy-Caradoc, Ontario N0L | ||
| Woodburn Wild Charles Winchester | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 8:00am EST | Milan Center Feed & Grain | 15402 Doty Rd, New Haven, Indiana 46774 | ||
| Shubenacadie Sam | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 8:00am AST | Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park | 149 Creighton Rd, Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia | ||
| Yonah the Groundhog | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 8:00am EST | Virtual Only | Virtual Only | View | |
| Lucy the Lobster | Lobster | 02/02/23 | 8:00am AST | Cape Sable Island Causeway | Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia | ||
| Hope the Groundhog | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 8:00am EST | Hope Town Square | Hope, Indiana 47246 | ||
| Lady Edwina of Essex | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 8:00am EST | Turtle Back Zoo | 560 Northfield Ave, West Orange, New Jersey 07052 | View | |
| Balzac Billy | Gopher mascot | 02/02/23 | 8:00am MST | Blue Grass Garden Centre Calgary | 260130B Writing Creek Cres, Rocky View County, Alberta T4A 0M9 | View | |
| Octoraro Orphie | Taxidermy mount Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 8:00am EST | Chateau at White Rock of the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge of Quarryville | 248 White Rock Road, Kirkwood, Pennsylvania 17536 | ||
| Uni | Taxidermy mount Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 8:00am - 8:15am | Myerstown Recreation Park | corner of Railroad Street and Route 501, Myerstown, Pennsylvania 17067 | ||
| Wiarton Willie | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 8:07am EST | Wiarton Arena | 526 Taylor St, Wiarton, Ontario | ||
| Chilly Charlie | Groundhog mascot | 02/02/23 | 8:10am EST | South Gate Centre | 191 Old Wellington St S, Woodstock, Ontario | There will also be a $5 pancake breakfast from 0730-0900. | |
| Potomac Phil | Taxidermy Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 8:30am EST | Dupont Circle | Dupont Circle, District of Columbia 20009 | ||
| Walnut | Hedgehog | 02/02/23 | 9:00am - 10:00am EST | Boonshoft Museum of Discovery | 2600 DeWeese Pkwy, Dayton, Ohio 45414 | ||
| French Creek Freddie | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 9:00am EST | West Virginia Wildlife Center | 163 Wildlife Rd, French Creek, West Virginia 26218 | ||
| Gordy the Groundhog | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 9:00am EST | Virtual Only | Virtual Only | View | |
| Tiva | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 9:30am EST | Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds | 890 West Main Street, Berryville, Virginia 22611 | ||
| Snerd | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 10:00am - 12:15pm EST | White Deer Park | 2400 Aversboro Rd, Garner, North Carolina 27529 | ||
| Allen McButterpants | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 10:00am EST | Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center | 228 W Montauk Highway, Hampton Bays, New York 11946 | View | |
| Poppy the Groundhog | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 10:00am EST | Hempfield Apothetique | 100 W Walnut Street, Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603 | ||
| Oklahoma City Zoo Bears | Grizzly bear | 02/02/23 | 10:00am - 1:00pm CST | Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden | 2101 NE 50th St, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111 | ||
| Ms. G | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 10:00am - 12:00am EST | Mass Audubon Drumlin Farm | 208 S Great Rd, Lincoln, Massachusetts 01773 | ||
| Pisgah Penny | White Squirrel | 02/02/23 | 10:00am EST | Brevard Railroad Depot | 390 Railroad Ave., Brevard, North Carolina 28712 | ||
| Cluxatawney Henrietta | Chicken | 02/02/23 | 10:00am EST | Muscoot Farm | 51 NY-100, Katonah, New York 10536 | View | |
| Pumpkin | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 10:00am - 11:00am EST | Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park | 431 Main St, Highway 64/74A, Chimney Rock, North Carolina 28720 | ||
| Potawatomi Poppy | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 10:00am EST | Virtual Only | Virtual Only | View | |
| Wildwood Willie | Stuffed Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 10:00am - 11:30am EST | Pearson's Metropark | 761 S Lallendorf Rd., Oregon, Ohio 43616 | ||
| Okanagan Okie | Stuffed Yellow-bellied marmot | 02/02/23 | 10:15am PST | Allan Brooks Nature Centre | 250 Allan Brooks Way, Vernon, British Columbia V1H 1G2 | ||
| Two Rivers Tunnel | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 11:15am AST | Two Rivers Wildlife Park | 4581 Grand Mira North Road, Mira, Nova Scotia | View | |
| Chesapeake Chuck | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 11:30am - 12:00pm EST | The Virginia Living Museum | 524 J Clyde Morris Blvd, Newport News, Virginia 23601 | ||
| Sam Champion | Groundhog | 02/02/23 | 3:30pm - 5:00pm EST | Quogue Library | 90 Quogue Street, Quogue, New York 11959 | ||
| Concord Charlie | Unseen Groundhog | 02/03/23 | 8:00am EST | Concord University | 1000 Vermillion St, Athens, West Virginia 24712 | ||
| Mt. Gretna Grady | Stuffed Groundhog | 02/04/23 | 8:00am - 10:30am EST | Mt. Gretna Volunteer Fire Department | 41 Boulevard Ave, Mt Gretna, Pennsylvania 17064 | A pancake breakfast will be held, followed by Mt. Gretna Grady's prediction at 10:15. | |
| Bowman Bill | Groundhog Puppet | 02/04/23 | 11:00am - 12:00pm | Bowman Library | 871 Tasker Rd, Stephens City, Virginia 22655 | ||
| Sir Desmond of Algiers | Dog dressed as a bear pretending to be a groundhog | 02/04/23 | 11:00am CST | Crown & Anchor English Pub | 200 Pelican Ave, New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 | ||
| Chuck Wood | Animatronic groundhog puppet | 02/04/23 | 1:00pm - 5:00pm PST | Plumas County Courthouse | 520 Main Street, Quincy, California 95971 |
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