Connecting People With Nature

Nature At The Confluence is a new urban environmental center that opened in 2017. We invite you to stop in for a visit to discover nature right in the middle of an urban area! We’re located on property surrounded by the Rock River, Turtle Creek and Kelly Creek, and you’ll find scenic beauty during every season. The campus offers a 5-acre prairie restoration, learning gardens, pollinator gardens and we have programs throughout the year for all ages and interests! Visit our calendar to see all we have to offer and come see us soon!

Upcoming Events and Programs

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January – May 2019 Jan – May 2019
January 26 (Saturday)
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Winter Walkabout – part of Beloit Winterfest
Winter Walkabout - part of Beloit Winterfest @ Nature At The Confluence Campus | South Beloit | Illinois | United States
Jan 26 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Nature At The Confluence Campus
Come explore the Confluence during our Winter Walk About during Beloit’s Winterfest! Do a Walk About with our Naturalist to see what critters are active during the winter at the confluence. Enjoy a Winter Scavenger[...]
February 19 (Tuesday)
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Coyote – The Misunderstood Trickster
Coyote - The Misunderstood Trickster @ Nature at the Confluence | South Beloit | Illinois | United States
Feb 19 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Nature at the Confluence
Cunning, social, resilient, opportunistic, faithful, adaptive, shy, successful, hated, inspirational… Coyotes have to be one of the most misunderstood species in Illinois and the U.S. They conjure up mixed feelings of fear, anger, and for[...]
March 10 (Sunday)
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The Search for Ke-Chunk Village At The Confluence with Dr. Bill Green
The Search for Ke-Chunk Village At The Confluence with Dr. Bill Green @ Nature at the Confluence | South Beloit | Illinois | United States
Mar 10 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Nature at the Confluence
The Search for Ke-Chunk Village At The Confluence  At the confluence of Turtle Creek and the Rock River there once was a very large Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) settlement called Ke-Chunk (Kečąk) or Turtle Village. The Ho-Chunk[...]
March 19 (Tuesday)
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Let’s Find Signs of Spring! Program with Welty Environmental
Let's Find Signs of Spring! Program with Welty Environmental @ Nature at the Confluence | South Beloit | Illinois | United States
Mar 19 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Nature at the Confluence
Celebrate the Spring Equinox–the 1st day of Spring is March 20th.  Come hike around Nature at the Confluence looking for signs that winter is over. A take home spring craft will also be included. All[...]
March 31 (Sunday)
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Prescribed Burn Training presented by Natural Land Institute
Prescribed Burn Training presented by Natural Land Institute @ Nature at the Confluence | South Beloit | Illinois | United States
Mar 31 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Nature at the Confluence
Prescribed Burn Training Sunday, March 31, 2019 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Cost:  $60 (Includes the 155 page Midwest Ecological Prescription Burn Manual) Preregistration is required Register with Natural Land Institute at this link Location:[...]
April 5 (Friday)
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Ho-Chunk Flute Making Workshop
Ho-Chunk Flute Making Workshop @ Nature at the Confluence | South Beloit | Illinois | United States
Apr 5 – Apr 7 all-day Nature at the Confluence
A Program Of Our 2019 Learning Series – Kečąk: We Once Lived Here | The Ho-Chunk At Ke-Chunk Village  Ho-Chunk Flute Making Workshop with Bill Quackenbush, Ho-Chunk Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, 3-day course held April 5-7. During this 3-day[...]
April 14 (Sunday)
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The Reclusive Native Cat – The Bobcat
The Reclusive Native Cat - The Bobcat @ Nature at the Confluence | South Beloit | Illinois | United States
Apr 14 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Nature at the Confluence
Bobcat photo from the IL DNR website Presented by Jennifer Kuroda, Founder of the Illinois Bobcat Foundation Bobcats, named for their short, bobbed tail, are about twice the size of a common house cat. They[...]
April 16 (Tuesday)
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April Showers! Program with Welty Environmental
April Showers! Program with Welty Environmental @ Nature at the Confluence | South Beloit | Illinois | United States
Apr 16 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Nature at the Confluence
Where does water go? Where does it all come from? Come play games that help us better understand the water cycle, I.D. cloud types, and investigate local runoff and drainage into Kelly Creek and Turtle[...]
April 27 (Saturday)
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Nature Kids: Ho-Chunk Storytelling | Celebration of National Storytelling Day – Ages 7-11
Nature Kids: Ho-Chunk Storytelling | Celebration of National Storytelling Day - Ages 7-11 @ Nature at the Confluence | South Beloit | Illinois | United States
Apr 27 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Nature at the Confluence
A Program Of Our 2019 Learning Series – Kečąk: We Once Lived Here | The Ho-Chunk At Ke-Chunk Village  Nature Kids: Ho-Chunk Storytelling | Celebration of National Storytelling Day, Saturday,  April 27, 10:00-11:00 a.m., Oral storytelling is[...]
May 4 (Saturday)
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Walk With Me Among My Homelands: Hear the Echos of My Ancestors
Walk With Me Among My Homelands: Hear the Echos of My Ancestors @ Nature at the Confluence | South Beloit | Illinois | United States
May 4 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Nature at the Confluence
A Program Of Our 2019 Learning Series – Kečąk: We Once Lived Here | The Ho-Chunk At Ke-Chunk Village Janice Rice, a member of Ho-Chunk Nation, invites you to listen and envision a walk amidst the beauty[...]
January – May 2019 Jan – May 2019

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