Saturday, April 26, 2025 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Cost: Free
Explore Wildwood Park’s treasured wetlands for our 25th Annual Wetlands Festival! Join us for a day of free, fun, and educational activities with special musical guests and food trucks. Enjoy wildlife exhibits, walks, and a wide variety of local and regional environmental organizations. Interact with live animals and make crafts to take home! There is something for everyone! This festival is rain or shine!
Additional parking is available nearby at HACC. Follow the signs to the designated parking area. Please walk the Capital Area Greenbelt trail to the festival (0.7 mile walk).
Shuttle: This year a shuttle will be offered throughout the day between the HACC lot #4 and the Nature Center. Please follow signs for pick-up times.
Pick up at HACC: every 30 min. starting at 10:15 am, last shuttle 3:45 pm
Pick up at Nature Center: every 30 min. starting at 10:30 am, last shuttle 4:00 pm
Miller’s Wildlife & Conservation Specialists
10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, and 3:00 pm at the Olewine Pavilion
Holly Serio 10:30-12:30 pm
Tanjo & Crow 1:30-3:30 pm
Face Painting Whitney 12:00-4:00 pm
10:30 am and 11:30 am in the Nature Center Classroom
Join local author and educator Jennifer Fetter for story time and an outdoor adventure. She will be reading from her new book, Brooke Meets a Stream Doctor, and then taking listeners on a short hike to explore the outdoors just as Brooke does in the story.
8:00 am Bird Walk with Glenn Mitzel
Join Appalachian Audubon & Wildwood Park Volunteer, Glenn Mitzel, to search for unique birds along the park’s boardwalks.
10:30 am Mega Hike with KTA
Join Keystone Trails Association Executive Director, Brook Lenker, to hike ~4 miles of trails at Wildwood, including the lesser traveled Fox Run and Tall Timbers Trails.
1:00 pm Wildflower Walk with Jane Earle
Join Wildwood Park Volunteer, Jane Earle, for a short walk to learn all about what’s blooming in the park.
2:00 pm Tree Walk with a Naturalist
Join a naturalist for a short walk to learn about tree identification and the species you can find at Wildwood Park.
Appalachian Audubon Society, Bluebird Society of PA, Capital Area Beekeepers’ Association, Capital Area Greenbelt Association, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Clarks Creek Watershed Preservation Association, Commonwealth Charter Academy, Dauphin County Conservation District, Dauphin County Department of Solid Waste Management & Recycling, Duncannon Appalachian Trail Community, Friends of Fort Hunter, Governor Pinchot Group of the Sierra Club, Harrisburg Bicycle Club, Keystone Trails Association, Lykens Valley Children’s Museum, Memorial Lake State Park (Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources), Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art, PA Department of Environmental Protection, Paxtang Cemetery, Paxton Creek Watershed & Education Association, Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Dauphin County, Recycle Bicycle Harrisburg, Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club, Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Susquehanna Township Parks and Recreation, Trout Unlimited- Doc Fritchey Chapter, and West Shore Wildlife Center.
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