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Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Activities: Canoeing/kayaking, Educational Programs, Outdoor activity
Location: Devil's Lake SP
Go on an adventure at Devil's Lake by kayak! Guides will take you on a 2-hour tour of the lake exploring the geology and lake's wildlife. Space is limited, so you'll need to preregister. If you need to rent a kayak, please let us know when you register. The rental fee is $25 for a single kayak and $45 for a double. To register, please contact the Nature Center at (608) 356-8301 ext. 140. Meet at the Chateau (North Shore Concessions).
Founded in 1911, Devil's Lake is the third oldest state park in Wisconsin, the largest, and the most visited. Devil's Lake offers magnificent views from 500-foot quartzite bluffs overlooking a 360-acre lake. Enjoy lakeshore picnic areas, sandy swimming beaches, 29 miles of hiking trails, or ease into the backcountry solitude. Devil's Lake is a beautiful year-round park with an intriguing natural history along the 1,000-mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail.
Mailing Address: S5975 Park Rd., Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913-9299
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Activities: Outdoor activity, Theater production
Location: Copper Falls SP
Ancient lava flows, deep gorges, and spectacular waterfalls make Copper Falls one of Wisconsin's most scenic parks. Log buildings built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s add to the park's charm. There is plenty to do; hiking, bicycling, picnicking, fishing and swimming. The North Country National Scenic Trail passes through Copper Falls State Park.
Mailing Address: 36764 Copper Falls Road, Mellen, Wisconsin 54546
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Activities: Music, Night event, Outdoor activity
Location: Mirror Lake SP
This park is named for its centerpiece, a lake which often is so Locationcalm that not a ripple marks its surface. The lake reflects a wooded shoreline with cliffs up to 50 feet high, a swimming beach, and wetlands that are home to a variety of wildlife. The park's 2,200 acres includes several picnic areas, wooded campsites, summer rentals, and a cabin for people with disabilities.
Mailing Address: E10320 Fern Dell Rd., Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Activities: Educational Programs, Indoor activity, Outdoor skills
Location: Kettle Moraine SF - Northern Unit
Location Map: Map of event location
Wisconsin has been a historic home for gray wolves. With Emily and Larry Scheunemann from Timber Wolf Alliance delve into the amazing lives these astonishing animals lead. Learn how they are recovering after being extirpated from the state and what the next steps will be in sustaining a healthy population of gray wolves in the Great Lakes region. This program is best for people over 8 years old. Location: Ice Age Visitor Center (located off Hwy 67 half mile west of Dundee)
The Kettle Moraine Northern Unit is comprised of about 30,000 acres stretching 30 miles across Sheboygan, Fond du Lac and Washington Counties. The forest is managed for multiple use, including recreation management, sustainable forest products, water quality and soil protection, terrestrial and aquatic wildlife, native biological diversity and aesthetics.
Mailing Address: N1765 Highway G , Campbellsport, Wisconsin 53010
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Activity: Birding
Location: Devil's Lake SP
Although widely recognized for his book, A Sand County Almanac, and for his contributions to modern conservation, Aldo Leopold was also a life-long birder. A well-worn pair of birding binoculars was often around his neck whenever he was in the field. Leopold not only enjoyed bird watching, he also wrote some of his most poignant essays about birds and their conservation. He faithfully recorded many of his bird observations, providing important historical records that allow us to understand how birds are responding to such environmental factors as climate change. Stan Temple will review Leopold's love of birds and birding and explain why his writings are so important for bird conservation efforts today. Meet at the Northern Lights Amphitheater.
Founded in 1911, Devil's Lake is the third oldest state park in Wisconsin, the largest, and the most visited. Devil's Lake offers magnificent views from 500-foot quartzite bluffs overlooking a 360-acre lake. Enjoy lakeshore picnic areas, sandy swimming beaches, 29 miles of hiking trails, or ease into the backcountry solitude. Devil's Lake is a beautiful year-round park with an intriguing natural history along the 1,000-mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail.
Mailing Address: S5975 Park Rd., Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913-9299
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Activities: Educational Programs, Wildlife study
Location: Blue Mound SP
Enjoy an informative slideshow presented by naturalist, Al Swain. Meet at the Friends Shelter next to the swimming pool.
Perched atop the highest point in southern Wisconsin, Blue Mound State Park offers spectacular views and unique geological features. A swimming pool is available in during summer. Over 20 miles of scenic hiking, off-road biking, and cross-country ski trails, as well as a family campground, access to the Military Ridge State Trail with bike-in campsites, and a rustic cabin for people with disabilities make Blue Mound a popular destination year-round.
Mailing Address: 4350 Mounds Park Rd., Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Time: 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Activities: Hike, Night event, Outdoor activity, Walk
Location: Kettle Moraine SF - Southern Unit
Location Map: Map of event location
Join the naturalists for a guided night hike and listen to Wisconsin's nocturnal creatures. Bug spray highly recommended! Meet at the Ottawa Lake Contact Station (S59 W36630 Cty Rd ZZ).
More than 22,000 acres of glacial hills, kettles, lakes, prairie restoration sites, pine woods and hardwood forests can be found in the Southern Unit, making this a popular area for a wide variety of visitors. The Forest is 30 miles long, extending from the village of Dousman, almost to the city of Whitewater. The forest headquarters is 3 miles west of the village of Eagle on State Highway 59.
Mailing Address: S59 W36530 County ZZ, Dousman, Wisconsin 53118
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Activities: Hike, Night event, Outdoor activity
Location: Interstate SP
Take a hike around the Lake 'O the Dalles in a search for nocturnal animals (actual photos will be hidden along the trail). Bring a flashlight and meet at the Beach House by Lake 'O the Dalles.
Interstate is Wisconsin's oldest state park, established in 1900. Located along the picturesque St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, the park provides scenic views of the river and the steep-sided gorge known as the Dalles of the St. Croix. The Ice Age Interpretive Center features a film, photographs, murals and information
Mailing Address: State Highway 35, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024
Time: 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Activities: Astronomy, Candlelight events, Festivals, Food, Hike, Night event, Outdoor activity
Location: Kohler-Andrae SP
Kohler-Andrae State Park in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, is the home of majestic sand dunes, miles of golden beach, shimmering blue Lake Michigan water, whispering pines, an abundance of wildlife, and recreational activities for everyone. Kohler-Andrae State Park is one of the last natural preserves along the Lake Michigan shore, and is open for everyone to explore and enjoy.
Mailing Address: 1020 Beach Park Lane, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 53081
Time: 8:45 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Activities: Astronomy, Educational Programs, Night event, Outdoor activity
Location: Lake Wissota SP
This park northeast of Chippewa Falls has more than 1,000 acres of forest and open prairie on a 6,300-acre man-made lake. Lake Wissota State Park offers secluded campsites, hiking, biking and horseback riding trails, picnic and playground areas, and a 285-foot swimming beach. Boating, canoeing, kayaking, and water skiing are popular summer activities on Lake Wissota.
Mailing Address: 18127 County , Highway O, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin 54729
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Activities: Birding, Nature study, Walk
Location: Peninsula SP
Meet at Weborg Shelter Building. Park at Weborg day-use lot, adjacent to campground. Bring binoculars if you have them (limited binoculars will be available). We'll look for waterfowl like mergansers as well as nesting songbirds.
Considered Wisconsin's most complete park, Peninsula offers 468 campsites, three group camps, a summer theater, an 18-hole golf course, sand beach, bike trails, a lighthouse and eight miles of Door County shoreline. The rollicking waves that skip towards Peninsula's sky high bluffs are part of the Niagara Escarpment.
Mailing Address: 9462 Shore Rd., Fish Creek, Wisconsin 54212
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Activities: Hike, Nature study, Outdoor activity
Location: Blue Mound SP
Enjoy a guided morning hike with park naturalist Reed Cockrell. Meet at the north end of the pool parking lot by the Friends Shelter.
Morning hikes are held most Saturdays and Sundays from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. Check with the park office to confirm dates and times and to see what topic will be covered.
Perched atop the highest point in southern Wisconsin, Blue Mound State Park offers spectacular views and unique geological features. A swimming pool is available in during summer. Over 20 miles of scenic hiking, off-road biking, and cross-country ski trails, as well as a family campground, access to the Military Ridge State Trail with bike-in campsites, and a rustic cabin for people with disabilities make Blue Mound a popular destination year-round.
Mailing Address: 4350 Mounds Park Rd., Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Activities: Astronomy, Drop-in Program, Night event, Outdoor activity
Location: Devil's Lake SP
Enjoy the night sky during the day! Drop in and learn about the constellations, make a star chart and much more! Activities will happen outside the Nature Center.
Founded in 1911, Devil's Lake is the third oldest state park in Wisconsin, the largest, and the most visited. Devil's Lake offers magnificent views from 500-foot quartzite bluffs overlooking a 360-acre lake. Enjoy lakeshore picnic areas, sandy swimming beaches, 29 miles of hiking trails, or ease into the backcountry solitude. Devil's Lake is a beautiful year-round park with an intriguing natural history along the 1,000-mile Ice Age National Scenic Trail.
Mailing Address: S5975 Park Rd., Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913-9299
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Activities: Educational Programs, Festivals, Outdoor activity, Outdoor skills
Location: Kettle Moraine SF - Pike Lake Unit
The Pike Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest is in the middle of the Kettle Moraine, a strip of glacial landforms which extends through southeastern Wisconsin to Lake Winnebago. The forest is named after the 522-acre, spring-fed kettle: Pike Lake. Powder Hill, a large glacial kame, provides the opportunity for a great hike and view. Visitors can enjoy camping, swimming, hiking, fishing, picnicking, and much more within the forest.
Mailing Address: 3544 Kettle Moraine Road, Hartford, Wisconsin 53027
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Activities: Nature study, Outdoor activity, Walk
Location: Potawatomi SP
Join the Park Naturalist at the amphitheater for some fun filled activities that will teach you how to identify trees by touch, the different parts of trees, and the life cycle of trees. Activities include some movement but are appropriate for all ages!
Potawatomi State Park on the shore of Sturgeon Bay in southern Door County, has 1,200 acres of gently rolling upland terrain bordered by steep slopes and rugged limestone cliffs. The park is named in honor of the tribe that inhabited Green Bay's shores and islands when Europeans first settled the area. The tribe called themselves Bo-De-Wad-Me which means "keeper of the fire." Eventually the spelling and pronunciation were changed to Potawatomi.
Mailing Address: 3740 County Road PD, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin 54235
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Activities: Drop-in Program, Educational Programs
Location: Interstate SP
How well do you know the WI state symbols? Flip over a card to find out anything from our state dog, to our state dance. Check it out at the Ice Age Center.
Interstate is Wisconsin's oldest state park, established in 1900. Located along the picturesque St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, the park provides scenic views of the river and the steep-sided gorge known as the Dalles of the St. Croix. The Ice Age Interpretive Center features a film, photographs, murals and information
Mailing Address: State Highway 35, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin 54024
Note: Event dates and times are subject to change or cancellation. Please verify event status, dates and times prior to attendance. Some events, such as candlelight skis/hikes are very popular, and access to these events may be restricted at times when parking capacity has been reached.
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