DePauw University Nature Park

04/10/2026

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Join the Earth Day 5K run at the nature park and when you're done pot up a free succulent plant!

11/08/2025

Greencastle Urban Fossil Tour events at the Nature Park this week! Get information at the Welcome Center and Learn about fossils in the Quarry Bottom.

08/15/2025

On June 6th in the late morning, one of our trail cameras caught a bobcat carrying a freshly killed gray squirrel. There's always a lot of nature happening in the Nature Park!

06/24/2025

Alert - Vulture Vista Ultramarathon at the Nature Park this Saturday (6/28)

09/29/2024

Opened to the public in September 2004, for 20 years the Nature Park has been the place to go for nature education, field research, outdoor recreation and quiet reflection. Happy Anniversary, Nature Park!

04/18/2024

Come out and celebrate Earth week with a fun run in the Nature Park!

04/18/2024

Come help remove invasive plants in the Nature Park!

12/02/2023

Special thanks to all the groups and individuals who helped with invasive shrub removals this fall, including the Stone Scholars (photo, with Dean Tony Hillman) and the students from Indy Met High School, who came with the help of Camptown (https://www.facebook.com/camptownindy/posts/pfbid025gKJ9DALcT4f32QNBBqbAaCRMj9AwBuNsNwhuY2rcwTXafp29cJAD6ZtipX7cPuxl).

11/09/2023

These two juvenile raccoons must have been born late in the summer, as they're still pretty small on the first of October.