OTTAWA COUNTY, MI — Howl at the moon this week on two guided nighttime tours as a Super Moon lights up the sky.

You can choose to see this month’s entire Hunter’s Moon from the water or through the woods through Ottawa County Parks and Recreation.

According to NASA, the full moon will rise late Wednesday, October 16, and will be visible until early Friday.

This is the third of four consecutive supermoons and the closest supermoon yet. After October 17, the last supermoon of the year is on November 15.

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Ottawa County is guiding tours of its newest park, Ottawa Sands, which will hold its grand reopening celebration on Thursday, Oct. 17 at 18280 North Shore Dr., Ferrysburg.

The 353-acre park stretches along the Grand River canal known as “the Sag.”

On Wednesday, October 16, a paddle tour will depart at 7 p.m. for a two-hour kayak trip on the Sag.

The canal has minimal current, but some kayaking experience is required for this tour.

This weekend is also the last Colors by Kayak trip during the day on Saturday.

Advance registration is required and includes a kayak and life jacket. The price is $25 for residents and $30 for non-residents. Registration closes on Tuesday, October 15 at 12 noon.

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If you prefer to look at the sky while on land, join this week’s night walk.

Friday, October 18 at 8 p.m., a moonlit tour will take hikers through Ottawa Sands for a two-hour stroll. Admission is $5 for residents and $6 for non-residents.

Registration and more information can be found at www.miottawa.org.

The full moon after the Harvest Moon is the Hunter’s Moon. The first written use of the term “Hunter’s Moon” was in the Oxford English Dictionary in 1710.

The Farmer’s Almanac described the Hunter’s Moon as symbolizing the season when the leaves have fallen and the deer has fattened, meaning it is time to hunt.

Native people called the moon for similar reasons, indicating that plants have been cleared, birds have migrated and it’s time to store meat for the winter.

Algonquin tribes, who were prominent around the Great Lakes, called October’s moon the Journey Moon, the Dying Grass Moon, or the Sanguine or Blood Moon.