Join us for the magic of the full moon for a hike and campfire on each Friday nearest to the full moon. Feel free to bring your own food to warm over the fire and we'll provide marshmallows. The hike will be about a half mile on a natural surface trail. Ages 5 and up. All attendees must register.

Join us in the park after dark to celebrate National Moth Week! We’ll set up a mothing station designed to attract these beautiful yet secretive nocturnal animals. Our insect enthusiasts will be on hand to help us identify what we find as we collect data for an ongoing study. Bring a lawn chair and extra layers, as well as a headlamp or flashlight. The mothing station will be set up a short walk from the parking lot. You must be comfortable walking in the woods at night on natural surface trails. Bring your own snacks and drinks to keep your stamina! Participants may leave at any time and do not have to stay for the duration of the program. In the event of rain, we cancel.

Think you have what it takes? In this action-packed adventure that closely follows a storyline, you and your friends must work together to survive in the wilderness. You'll build your confidence outdoors by meeting daily challenges to find food, water and shelter. Can you identify wild edible plants? Build a solar still to purify drinking water? Start a fire without matches? We'll learn together through fiercely fun games and collaborative activities.

A camp just for our younger explorers to play and learn alongside our animal neighbors, such as chipmunks, frogs, turtles, birds and more! Campers will be introduced to our Nature Center's resident animal ambassadors and engage in nature based play and exploration. Campers must be fully toilet trained and able to dress themselves.

Summer Campers don't have to "age-out" anymore- now they can start learning responsibility and the skills necessary to become a confident and competent camp counselor. Camper Assistants will work with Naturalists and Counselors to develop leadership and group management skills. They will spend most of the day with younger campers, gaining experience with different activities from arts and crafts to nature exploration.
This is restricted to former LGNC campers and only two spots are available for each session so contact the nature center to apply now at [email protected]

Get wet and go wild this summer with Creek Explorer's Camp ! This water world camp will explore the cool things happening near and in our local stream. Learn through games, demonstrations, experiments and play about the unique aspects of stream life and how to keep our streams healthy. Water shoes, a towel, and a change of clothes are required! Warning: You will get wet!

Hike a mile in a Naturalist's shoes! Spend a week learning what it's like to care for our live animal ambassadors, steward our gardens and stream, be a community scientist and an advocate for wildlife. Each day we'll learn through wildly fun games, imaginative play, and activities that give back to nature.