WILD About Winter Nights

Meet up in the park for this new all-ages community event showcasing all the fun a winter night can provide!

Guests will want to bundle up for the weather with appropriate footwear and arrive at 6 PM to enjoy everything offered before 9 PM: an EPIC bonfire in the field near Maple Grove Shelter, a naturalist-led night hike, a luminary-lit trail for self-guided hiking, various outdoor snow games, naturalist-guided astronomy with a park telescope (if skies are clear), and snowshoeing (first-come-first-served and weather dependent). Hit the shelter area, too, for hot cocoa, s’mores (made at a smaller fire nearby) and a cool Nature-based playground to explore in winter night conditions.

WILD About Winter Nights is totally free to enjoy and entirely outdoors; no registration is required. If parking is full near the Maple Grove Shelter, park in the Donald W. Meyer Center or Deep Woods Lodge lots to catch a free shuttle to the event. Or, for added adventure, park in the Meyer Center lot and let your eyes adjust to the dark as you take the Trillium Trail to the event through the woods.

Photo: Sonny Williams

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