Welty Environmental Center

Welty Environmental Center Join the fun as we foster an appreciation of nature through environmental education! Groups including schools, scouts, homeschool, 4-H and more are welcome.

The Welty Environmental Center offers environmental education for all ages in the Stateline region, from pre-K through adults. Annual festivals celebrating the natural world, along with school and public programs are offered year-round. The Welty Environmental Center is headquartered in the Big Hill Center near the entrance to Big Hill Park which is rich in natural and cultural history. Regular center hours are 8:30am-4:30pm Monday-Friday. Please call ahead as staff may be offsite with programs.

It was a fun day in Big Hill Park with 5th graders from Whitewater! We hiked, built forts in the woods and made s’mores!
06/03/2026

It was a fun day in Big Hill Park with 5th graders from Whitewater! We hiked, built forts in the woods and made s’mores!

Summer camp is just around the corner, so lets meet the team that will make summer camp such a blast. First up... our Pr...
06/02/2026

Summer camp is just around the corner, so lets meet the team that will make summer camp such a blast. First up... our Program Manager of Camps and Outreach, Maddie (and her golden, Lettie)!

Maddie has a B.S. in Biology and has a huge passion for outdoor education and unstructured nature play, especially when she gets to share this passion with children! She absolutely loves what she does and cannot envision herself doing anything else.

When Maddie isn’t playing alongside the kids or spitting out all the cool nature facts, she would most likely be found with her pets and her husband; hiking, fishing, birding, reading, gardening… the list goes on!

Can you spy Maddie's hobbies, favorite animals/plants/bugs in the picture?

Welty Weeknight Paddles are back! Come to Beloit College's Buccaneer Boathouse and take a kayak, canoe, or paddle board ...
06/01/2026

Welty Weeknight Paddles are back! Come to Beloit College's Buccaneer Boathouse and take a kayak, canoe, or paddle board out for a spin. Tues 6/9 & 23; Weds. 7/8 & 22; Thurs 8/6 & 20 from 5:30-7pm. All equipment is provided or you can bring your own.

First come, first serve for all dates except 6/23 and 7/22, and the event is free to all. There is no lifeguard on duty and participants are asked to signed a waiver. Ages 14 and up.

On 6/23 and 7/22, Nature at the Confluence staff will lead guided paddles. Stay tuned for registration details.

Welty always has so much fun when Even Start comes out to Big Hill Park! We read a book about seeds, did seed yoga, made...
05/29/2026

Welty always has so much fun when Even Start comes out to Big Hill Park! We read a book about seeds, did seed yoga, made mini greenhouses and went for a hike!

Welty loved having The Lincoln Academy for 5th graders two days for a camp stone field trip! Scholars cooked dinner over...
05/28/2026

Welty loved having The Lincoln Academy for 5th graders two days for a camp stone field trip! Scholars cooked dinner over the fire, shot archery, hiked, built forts, looked at micro invertebrates in the creek and built bridges for a STEAM competition! This trip was funded by an ARPA grant from The City of Beloit.

Mindfulness was an important part of our Big Hill Park Conservation Challenge 5th grade trips with the School District o...
05/27/2026

Mindfulness was an important part of our Big Hill Park Conservation Challenge 5th grade trips with the School District of Beloit. Our favorite mindfulness moment was the gratitude journaling! All 6 elementary schools added to these posters over the course of the trips and created something really special!

These trips were funded by the ARPA grant from The City of Beloit.

We wrapped our 6th week of the Big Hill Park Conservation Challenge with Gaston Elementary! Welty staff had such a fun w...
05/22/2026

We wrapped our 6th week of the Big Hill Park Conservation Challenge with Gaston Elementary! Welty staff had such a fun week with this awesome group of 5th graders!

School District of Beloit

05/20/2026
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1201 Big Hill Court
Beloit, WI
53511

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+16083611377

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