Outdoor Recreation Activities

Snowshoe Treasure Hunt

Bundle up for the ultimate winter day at Howell Nature Center’s Snowshoe Treasure Hunt. Families will love learning two great ways to spend valuable time together in the out-of-doors -snowshoeing and treasure hunting! Like geocaching, families will search for hidden treasures guided by GPS devices

Groundhog Day Celebration

Join the Howell Nature Center on Groundhog Day as Woody, Michigan’s OFFICIAL groundhog, makes her prediction LIVE! Will we have six more weeks of winter? Or will we have an early spring?

The day will start at 7:30 am with a free continental breakfast in our Pineview Lodge, some fun groundhog games

A Ducky Day at the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary

Join us for ‘a ducky day’ at the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25. Explore how ducks stay warm, how they float, and uncover other fascinating duck facts through a variety of hands-on activities. Take a stroll along our accessible, 3/4-mile Paved Path and learn even more

Cromaine by Candlelight: Love Songs Through the Ages

Join the Cromaine Library for a historic Hartland Music Hall candlelight concert. Violin and piano duo Kelly and Darryl Roenicke perform a sampling of your favorite love songs throughout time, ranging from opera arias by Puccini and Verdi and Romances by Schumann and Beethoven to standards of the