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Wetlands Festival

Saturday, April 25, 2026 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Cost: Free

 

 

Explore Wildwood Park’s treasured wetlands for our 26th 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!

Parking:

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

2026 Information

Live Animals:

Miller’s Wildlife and Conservation Specialists

11:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 2:30 pm

Music Schedule:

TBD

10:00 am – 12:00 pm

TBD

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Food Vendors:

TBD

Guided Walk Schedule: meet in front of the Nature Center

11:00 am        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. 

Environmental Exhibitors:

TBD- Last year’s Exhibitors listed below.

Appalachian Audubon Society, Capital Area Beekeepers’ Association, Capital Area Greenbelt Association, Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Student Leadership Program), Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Dauphin County Conservation District, Dauphin County Department of Solid Waste Management & RecyclingFriends of Detweiler, Friends of Fort Hunter, Get-N-Wet Scuba, Governor Pinchot Group of the Sierra ClubLittle Buffalo State Park (Pennsylvania Department of Natural Resources), Manada Conservancy, PA Department of Environmental ProtectionPaxton Creek Watershed & Education Association, Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Dauphin County, Pheasants Forever, Recycle Bicycle HarrisburgSusquehanna River Basin CommissionSusquehanna Township Parks and Recreation, Trout Unlimited- Doc Fritchey Chapter, and West Shore Wildlife Center.

Vendors:

TBD

Event Sponsor:

 

Supporting Sponsor:

Visit Hershey Harrisburg Adventure Trail

Media Sponsors: