Outdoor Activity
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The 1st Annual Mead Kite Festival
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Celebrate the wind at the Mead, marvel at the acrobatics and engineering of magical kites, bring your own or make one on-site. Learn from expert flyers, play and relax.
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Treasure Hunt
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Pop into the nature center to get started on a treasure hunt that will take you all over Potawatomi State Park solving clues and looking for treasure.
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Explore Horseshoe Island
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Make your own way to Horseshoe Island and join Ranger Johnson and Peninsula State Park's natural resources educator for a 1-mile hike and learn. Together they will share the ecology and history of Horseshoe Island.
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Summer Fields Guided Hike
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Join local naturalists as they get out and enjoy a hike in the meadow. Learn about how it has evolved and how it is changing. Meet at Lot 1.
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Saturday Morning Nature Sleuths
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Get on those detective hats and join us every Saturday from June through August as we solve and look for clues in the Wisconsin Explorer books.
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Shakespeare in the Park: Macbeth
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See the classic Shakespeare play, Macbeth, at Wisconsin State Parks!
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Summer Is Fun At The Mead
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Summer is Fun at the Mead, Fridays 10-11:15am, June 16th-Aug 18th. Free fun for the whole family; no registration required.
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Solving the Wisconsin Explorer Books
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Pull out your magnifying glasses and let us solve the mysteries that lie within our Wisconsin Explorer books.
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Places Of The Park: Skyline Trail
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Join our Naturalist for an abbreviated hike on Skyline Trail. This one-mile moderate hike climbs through rolling terrain. Watch for remnants of the past, open meadows, and our incredible hemlock trees.
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Tree ID at Newport
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Hike along Europe Bay Trail and learn about the trees that make Newport State Park such a special place. Join Dr. Bill Scheckler, past president of Newport Wilderness Society, as he shares his knowledge of 30 plus years hiking Newport’s 26 miles of…