Sandy Creek Nature Center

06/18/2026

The visitor center at Sandy Creek Nature Center will be closed Friday, June 19 in recognition of the Juneteenth Holiday.

Our parking lot, trails, and playscape will remain open.

06/12/2026

Coming to Mud Day tomorrow? Make sure you wear shoes that stay on your feet. This glass was picked up along the trail to the mud area. It could wash into the water or cut your feet if you don't have on shoes.

06/11/2026

Sandy Creek Day Camp: One of the only camps where you can yell "snake" because you know campers and counselors will come running to see the snake and idenitfy it. We love our wildlife.

06/10/2026

Mud Day is coming up this Saturday June 13th from 10am-Noon. With all the recent rain, we have plenty of mud!

Mud play is free and open to all ages. Participants MUST wear closed toed shoes that fit tightly on their feet-no flip flops, no crocs, no bare feet.

A wash station will be provided at the Education & Visitor Center to clean up before heading home.

06/08/2026

Do your campers debate over a beaver vs. otter? We had that discussion today. We finally settled on the answer. What do you all think? Are they beavers or otters? Could they be something mythical?

05/26/2026

Good day! We are asking for help. We could use old t-shirts (clean) and old sheets (clean, solid colors) for camp. We are using the items for a special project called The Camp Wishing Tree and some amazing fort building.
If you have these items, you can make arrangements with Michelle Cash at [email protected] to drop the items off at the nature center.
For a quick story related to the wishing tree, go to this link https://www.halifaxtreeproject.com/wish-tree

05/18/2026

Starting Tuesday May 19, the Kestrel Trail will be under maintenance. Parts of the trail will be closed during the week. Please use caution and do not enter areas where heavy machinery is at work.

05/16/2026

Here's a little inspiration for you all today to go outside. The more that we enjoy nature and spend time outside, the more it should make us want to protect it. Thank you Doris (our resident gopher tortoise) for the inspiration to go outside. (and thank you Sophie Bronson for the photos)

05/08/2026

Snake Day was May 2nd. We had an outstanding number of attendees. Thank you for supporting the nature center. Thank you for coming out to learn about snakes and meet expert herpteologist (scientist that study amphibians and reptiles). We had over 600 people in attendance.

Our nature center is a special place and we do our best to encourage a love of nature. Even for the things we don't fully understand. Today as we say Happy Birthday to David Attenborough, we hope that we do you all justice in getting to experience nature. We do this in hope that you too will care about our natural world. That is why we offer events like Snake Day.
Thank you again for supporting us!

“No one will protect what they don't care about; and no one will care about what they have never experiened”
― David Attenborough

05/07/2026