# Event Details

- **Event Name**: City Nature Challenge Hike
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am (-05:00)
- **Event Description**: Join a global team of citizen scientists and help document the diverse flora and fauna found at Kilbuck Bluffs Forest Preserve! The group will search for spring ephemerals like spring beauties, mayapples, and bloodroot, as well as migratory birds, early insects, and signs of life in Kilbuck Creek. All data collected during this free guided hike will join the observations recorded during the 2026 Rock Valley City Nature Challenge!

👉 Register online www.winnebagoforest.org/citynaturechallengehike

📍Kilbuck Bluffs Forest Preserve, North entrance (coordinates 42.167182, -89.097813), Rockford

🌱 Find even more City Nature Challenge events! https://sites.google.com/seversondells.org/rrvcnc/events
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/rockford/city-nature-challenge-hike/200029918146126
- **Event Categories**: Contests
- **Slot details of has slots**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Rockford
- **state**: IL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Kilbuck Bluffs Forest Preserve
- **lat**: 42.16802
- **long**: -89.09523
- **full address**: Kilbuck Bluffs Forest Preserve, Kilbuck Bluffs Forest Preserve, 3020 S Bend Rd, Rockford, IL 61109, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is City Nature Challenge Hike being held?
  - **A:** City Nature Challenge Hike takes place on Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am to Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 10:00 am at Kilbuck Bluffs Forest Preserve, Kilbuck Bluffs Forest Preserve, 3020 S Bend Rd, Rockford, IL 61109, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing City Nature Challenge Hike?
  - **A:** City Nature Challenge Hike is organized by Forest Preserves of Winnebago County.

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