Events
- Event
Meet The Mammoths!
-
Join special guest Brady Holbach from the Carthage Institute of Paleontology and the naturalist in the Ice Age Interpretive Center to learn about the park’s real mammoth fossils and see Holbach preserve them.
- Event
The Trails Of Newport Challenge Hikes
-
Challenge hikes are back! As part of the OutWiGo statewide initiative to get outside with healthy activities, we’re taking to the trails, and not going to stop until we do them all. Join the park naturalist on this weekly hike.
- Event
Wildflower Hike
-
What is more inviting than the forest floor filled with wildflowers? Join local Master Naturalists searching for spring wildflowers on this easy 1 mile hike.
- Event
Discovery Bird Walk
-
Join Master Naturalists Janet & Andy Raddatz at the Black River Trails, Lot 1, along 12th Ave, in search of birds. Age 12 and up.
- Event
Mondays at Mead: Keep Wildlife Wild
-
Join us for Mondays at Mead: Keep Wildlife Wild with Mandy Kamps, DNR Wildlife Biologist.
- Event
Hiking for beginners
-
Come out to the Scuppernong Hiking Trails and join one of our rangers on a 2.5-mile guided hike.
- Event
History of Lakeshore State Park Hike
-
Learn about the history of Lakeshore, Wisconsin’s only human-built urban state park and its surrounding area.
- Event
Spring Birding
-
Join bird expert Brian Collins on a relaxing birding hike for scarlet tanagers, warblers and more on the Silverbrook Trail.
- Event
Observe the Night Sky
-
Get the chance to look through special telescopes and binoculars at the incredible night sky.
- Event
The Great Ice Age
-
Visit the Ottawa Lake Beach Shelter to learn more about the last Ice Age, which shaped the Kettle Moraine.