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Our facility will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, and Friday, July 5th in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.
Our building will reopen to the public at 10am on Saturday, July 6th.

As always, our grounds and trails featuring self-guided tours are free and open daily from dawn until dusk.

Our facility is open on weekdays from 9am to 4pm and on weekends from 10am to 2pm.

As always, our grounds and trails featuring self-guided tours are free and open daily from dawn until dusk.

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Fall Fest

October 18 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Free

Join us for our spooky-ish celebration featuring Creatures of the Night!

Fall Fest returns with a fun-filled night of spooky nature activities in not-so-scary style! With activity stations indoors and out, there is plenty of FREE fall fun for everyone to enjoy.

Park your car at Ahuska Park and ride a FREE Shuttle to ALNC.

Hungry? Banzo, MexSal, and Wonder Cookie food carts will be onsite.

Exciting activities include:

  • Conduct “Sweet” SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
  • Discover what’s hiding in the BONE YARD
  • Hike torch-lit trails through the A-MAZE-ING BASSWOOD FOREST
  • Hear spooky stories in THE HAUNTED SHACK
  • Solve a MURDER MYSTERY
  • Meet real live CREEPY CRAWLIES (Thank you MAHS!)
  • Participate in the COSTUME PARADE
  • Take a hike through the prairie and play NIGHT TIME NATURE BINGO
  • Discover the STEM-FILLED CURIOSITY CUBE
  • MEET & GREET with Maynard the Mallard, mascot of the Madison Mallards
  • Roast marshmallows over a FALL CAMPFIRE (for a small fee) and more

If you have a flashlight or two, bring them along! Otherwise, we will have a limited quantity for use on the trails.

 

 

This event is FREE and open to the PUBLIC! $5 suggested donation per person.
Haven’t been to ALNC before? Join us to see what we’re all about!

No registration required; walk-ins welcome!

FREE Shuttle from Ahuska Park!

A photographer may be onsite to document this event. If you would not like your photo taken, please advise the photographer. Thank you!
 
 
 
 
 

With appreciation to our 2024 partners who make programs like this possible!

If you are interested in partnering with us, please contact Kelley Van Egeren at kelley@aldoleopoldnaturecenter.org.

 

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Details

Date:
October 18
Time:
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Categories:
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Venue

Aldo Leopold Nature Center | Monona Campus
330 Femrite Drive
Monona, 53716 United States
Phone:
(608) 221-0404

Organizer

Aldo Leopold Nature Center
Phone:
(608) 221-0404
Email:
alnc@aldoleopoldnaturecenter.org
Website:
aldoleopoldnaturecenter.org

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Day
Friday

Aldo Leopold Nature Center