# Event Details - **Event Name**: Summer at Crossroads: Plants - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 17 Aug, 2026 at 09:00 am – Sun, 23 Aug, 2026 at 11:45 pm (-05:00) - **Event Description**: 🌿 Theme: Fossils 🌿 📅 Week of August 17 📍 Crossroads at Big Creek A week full of stories, exploration, and hands-on discovery—perfect for families and curious minds of all ages! 🚶 TRAIL TALES Take a self-guided hike starting at the west trailhead, where a story unfolds along the trail. This week’s featured tale is “Curious About Fossils” by Kate Waters—read as you wander and explore nature at your own pace. (The storytelling continues with a new Trail Tale every month starting in September.) 🔧 TINKERS – Drop in during open hours for ever‑changing, hands‑on, self‑led activities. 📖 TALES – Enjoy our final weekly story read aloud on Monday, August 17 at 2 PM. 🎤 TALKS – A specialist brings each weekly theme to life on Thursdays at 2 PM. On August 20, travel back hundreds of millions of years to a time when Door County was covered by a warm, shallow sea! Join Naturalist Coggin Heeringa for a fascinating program exploring the ancient Silurian seas and the fossils they left behind.. 🌼 JOURNEYS WITH JOAN – Summer nature exploration continues with Naturalist Joan Wilkie, at 1 PM on August 18, we’ll discover how plants and animals from an ancient sea transformed into the fossils we find at Crossroads. Suitable for all ages. (This is the final Journeys With Joan segment for the summer.) Free and open to the public. Drop in—registration not required. 🔗 Learn more: https://crossroadsatbigcreek.org/event/fossils/ Part of 🌞 Summer at Crossroads https://bit.ly/summeratcrossroads - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sturgeon-bay/summer-at-crossroads-plants/200030269432913 - **Event Categories**: trips-adventures, storytelling - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 9 ## Ticket Details ## Event venue details - **city**: Sturgeon Bay - **state**: WI - **country**: United States - **location**: Crossroads at Big Creek - **lat**: 44.834259599361 - **long**: -87.344929585291 - **full address**: Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-3708, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Summer at Crossroads: Plants - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/8a901db9de101884643e88a04c656d9a88379a1c7c2528f4da5ea6fb40619318-rimg-w1200-h675-dcf8c888-gmir?v=1787464375 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Summer at Crossroads: Plants being held? - **A:** Summer at Crossroads: Plants takes place on Mon, 17 Aug, 2026 at 09:00 am to Sun, 23 Aug, 2026 at 11:45 pm at Crossroads at Big Creek, 2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-3708, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Summer at Crossroads: Plants? - **A:** Summer at Crossroads: Plants is organized by Crossroads at Big Creek. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Summer at Crossroads: Plants", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/8a901db9de101884643e88a04c656d9a88379a1c7c2528f4da5ea6fb40619318-rimg-w1200-h675-dcf8c888-gmir?v=1787464375", "startDate": "2026-08-17T09:00:00-05:00", "endDate": "2026-08-23T23:45:00-05:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/sturgeon-bay/summer-at-crossroads-plants/200030269432913", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Crossroads at Big Creek", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "2041 Michigan St, Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235-3708, United States", "addressLocality": "Sturgeon Bay", "addressRegion": "WI", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "44.834259599361", "longitude": "-87.344929585291" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "🌿 Theme: Fossils 🌿\n📅 Week of August 17\n📍 Crossroads at Big Creek\n\nA week full of stories, exploration, and hands-on discovery—perfect for families and curious minds of all ages!\n\n🚶 TRAIL TALES\nTake a self-guided hike starting at the west trailhead, where a story unfolds along the trail. 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The Leif Everson Observatory, StarGarden and Stonecipher Astronomy Center are also featured and can be easily accessed via the Utah Street Entrance. \n\nA variety of lectures, learning experiences and events, both indoors and outdoors, are presented the year 'round. " } ] } ] ```