There’s many ways to learn, explore, experience nature and have fun at the Confluence Learning Center!
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Hit the gravel-packed trails each week for the Wednesday Walkabout at the Confluence Campus, from 10am-12pm (summer hours). Come when you want, go as far as you like! Bring a friend, your kids, or your pup (on a leash). Stop in the Learning Center afterwards for free coffee, water and a “Confluence Critters” organic animal cracker snack.
- Free and open to the public.
- All ages welcome. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- No registration needed.
If you walk all three loops of our gravel trails it equals 1/2 mile.
Learn about the mighty monarch “super generation”. While other generations of monarchs live about 2-4 weeks, the super generation will live 8 times longer! These monarchs are the last generation for the season, and will fly up to 80 miles a day on a 2000 mile journey to a massive monarch over-wintering location in Mexico.
In this program you’ll learn about this amazing journey and find out how we’re tagging monarchs to help track them. You’ll also learn how easy it is for you to get involved in helping increase the monarch population, which is down 80% since the 1990’s.
The highlight of the program is the opportunity to watch a visually stunning 42 minute documentary about the remarkable Monarch butterfly migration, called the most incredible migration on Earth, and the determined scientist who spent 40 years trying to discover exactly where the butterflies mysteriously disappeared when they flew south for winter.
Registration is not required. $5 suggested donation per individual or family
Hit the gravel-packed trails each week for the Wednesday Walkabout at the Confluence Campus, from 10am-12pm (summer hours). Come when you want, go as far as you like! Bring a friend, your kids, or your pup (on a leash). Stop in the Learning Center afterwards for free coffee, water and a “Confluence Critters” organic animal cracker snack.
- Free and open to the public.
- All ages welcome. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- No registration needed.
If you walk all three loops of our gravel trails it equals 1/2 mile.
Hit the gravel-packed trails each week for the Wednesday Walkabout at the Confluence Campus, from 10am-12pm (summer hours). Come when you want, go as far as you like! Bring a friend, your kids, or your pup (on a leash). Stop in the Learning Center afterwards for free coffee, water and a “Confluence Critters” organic animal cracker snack.
- Free and open to the public.
- All ages welcome. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- No registration needed.
If you walk all three loops of our gravel trails it equals 1/2 mile.
Hit the gravel-packed trails each week for the Wednesday Walkabout at the Confluence Campus, from 10am-12pm (summer hours). Come when you want, go as far as you like! Bring a friend, your kids, or your pup (on a leash). Stop in the Learning Center afterwards for free coffee, water and a “Confluence Critters” organic animal cracker snack.
- Free and open to the public.
- All ages welcome. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- No registration needed.
If you walk all three loops of our gravel trails it equals 1/2 mile.
Hit the gravel-packed trails each week for the Wednesday Walkabout at the Confluence Campus, from 10am-12pm (summer hours). Come when you want, go as far as you like! Bring a friend, your kids, or your pup (on a leash). Stop in the Learning Center afterwards for free coffee, water and a “Confluence Critters” organic animal cracker snack.
- Free and open to the public.
- All ages welcome. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- No registration needed.
If you walk all three loops of our gravel trails it equals 1/2 mile.
Community Fire and Drum & Percussion Circle
Join in the fun each month on the 3rd Thursday, May-Oct, 6:30-8:00pm. Whether you’re a seasoned drummer, or have never picked up a drum, you are invited to participate! We have all kinds of fun percussion instruments for you to try!
- Different themes each month.
- Free S’mores are always part of the fun.
- No registration, Free event!
- Click here for more upcoming Earth, Wind & Fire Programs
Hit the gravel-packed trails each week for the Wednesday Walkabout at the Confluence Campus, from 10am-12pm (summer hours). Come when you want, go as far as you like! Bring a friend, your kids, or your pup (on a leash). Stop in the Learning Center afterwards for free coffee, water and a “Confluence Critters” organic animal cracker snack.
- Free and open to the public.
- All ages welcome. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- No registration needed.
If you walk all three loops of our gravel trails it equals 1/2 mile.
Presented by Natural Land Institute In Partnership with Nature at the Confluence
Be inspired by literary works featuring poetry and prose about nature as you listen to the writers read their creative compositions that celebrate time in nature and commemorate their experiences with and observations of the natural world. This event will also be a book launch for an anthology of poetry and prose works from past participating writers. Please join us for this exciting fall evening event at Nature at the Confluence.
Cost: FREE for NLI members, $5 for non-members
Registration requested by Thursday, September 27: call 815/964-6666 – Click Here to Register
Hit the gravel-packed trails each week for the Wednesday Walkabout at the Confluence Campus, from 10am-12pm (summer hours). Come when you want, go as far as you like! Bring a friend, your kids, or your pup (on a leash). Stop in the Learning Center afterwards for free coffee, water and a “Confluence Critters” organic animal cracker snack.
- Free and open to the public.
- All ages welcome. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- No registration needed.
If you walk all three loops of our gravel trails it equals 1/2 mile.
Hit the gravel-packed trails each week for the Wednesday Walkabout at the Confluence Campus, from 10am-12pm (summer hours). Come when you want, go as far as you like! Bring a friend, your kids, or your pup (on a leash). Stop in the Learning Center afterwards for free coffee, water and a “Confluence Critters” organic animal cracker snack.
- Free and open to the public.
- All ages welcome. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- No registration needed.
If you walk all three loops of our gravel trails it equals 1/2 mile.
Hit the gravel-packed trails each week for the Wednesday Walkabout at the Confluence Campus, from 10am-12pm (summer hours). Come when you want, go as far as you like! Bring a friend, your kids, or your pup (on a leash). Stop in the Learning Center afterwards for free coffee, water and a “Confluence Critters” organic animal cracker snack.
- Free and open to the public.
- All ages welcome. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
- No registration needed.
If you walk all three loops of our gravel trails it equals 1/2 mile.
