Peninsula State Park – White Cedar Nature Center

Inspired by Bob Ross' love of the outdoors and our virtual race! Local runners, walkers, and hikers can complete their 5K in Peninsula State Park anytime during the designated week. Pick up Peninsula's 5K route in the park's headquarters or White Cedar Nature Center. Along your path you'll learn some fun facts about Wisconsin's resident […]

Meet “nature’s royalty” when Hannah Sjostrom, the 2019 American Honey Queen, visits the White Cedar Nature Center on Thursday, July 11. She will highlight the economic importance of honeybees because of their role as pollinators. She’ll reveal amazing ways bees survive, and how we can help them thrive in nature. All ages are welcome at […]

Celebrate Independence Day at Peninsula State Park’s nature center on Wednesday, July 3, from 10 – 11 a.m. We’ll raise the flag together then listen to a reading of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address by Charles Dickson. Afterwards, Smokey Bear, America’s firefighting bear, will arrive to “shake paws”. Kids who recite Smokey’s fire safety message will receive […]

Peninsula State Park welcomes live birds of prey (hawks and owls) from Open Door Bird Sanctuary on Tuesday, July 2, from 10 – 11 a.m. Come to the White Cedar Nature Center to see these impressive birds. Learn how they hunt and survive in the wild and discover what we can do to help them […]

Smokey Bear will be at the White Cedar Nature Center on Saturday, May 25, sharing his fire safety message as part of his 75th birthday celebration. The program begins at 10:30 a.m. with the true story of how rangers rescued Smokey as a cub from a forest fire. Smokey will arrive about 11 a.m. and […]