Play just like Candy Land, but with a natural twist
On a life-sized game board, discover the many “natural” flavors that nature gives us as you play along and travel through the seasons in our indoor wonderland. Draw a card, move from space to space, and explore nature through the year.
Continue your adventure with hands-on activities both indoors and out.
Indoor and outdoor scavenger hunts that explore nature.
Coloring pages and activity sheets
Make a s’more-nament” craft to take home.
Try your hand at feeding a live chickadee outdoors – with our Bird in Hand program.
Watch and listen for wildlife at the many bird feeders in the Nature Center’s Window on Wildlife.
Explore the many Nature Center exhibits.
Sit, Relax and Enjoy refreshments in Snowshoe Lodge.
Shop in The Nature Store for great nature- and wildlife- inspired holiday gift ideas. Refreshments also available.
Go for an adventurous walk on the Peppermint Trail on snowshoes (rentals available through the season as weather permits).
Adults ($3/hr. or $12/day)
Children ($1.50/hr. or $6/day)
Explore more than 8.5 miles of hiking trails open year round.
Visit the Kevin P. Clinton Wildlife Center animal rehabilitation facility to learn about and meet native Ohio wildlife up close. View a red fox, a bald eagle and many other birds of prey. Make this year’s gift a wild one! The “Adopt an Animal” program provides a unique, thoughtful gift idea that helps to cover the cost of animal care! Ask at The Wildlife Center for more information.
Saturday Specials
Join us on Saturday afternoons from 1 to 3 pm for special, free activities.
Take I-90 to Rt. 306 south for about one mile. Turn left onto Rt. 615. Turn right (east) onto Kirtland-Chardon Road and continue for two miles. Penitentiary Glen Reservation is located on the right (south) side of the road.
