Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve

Woodland Dunes Nature Center and Preserve Woodland Dunes is a 1,500 acre nature preserve based on globally significant habitat, including an environmental education center located in Two Rivers, WI.

Woodland Dunes offers beautiful nature trails, educational exhibits, and family programs while protecting our globally significant habitat through effective land management practices. We offer hiking trails, educational exhibits, and hands-on learning for both children and adults. Our beautiful trails are open from sunrise to sunset each day. Come and share the wild, free and unique wonders of our Dunes.

The goslings have hatched! 🐣Goslings on Cattail Trail - images by Kennedy Zittel, Naturalist
06/02/2026

The goslings have hatched! 🐣

Goslings on Cattail Trail - images by Kennedy Zittel, Naturalist

06/01/2026

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Check out our new Summer Program Series:Families on the Move 🥾Lace up your shoes and bring the whole family out for a gu...
06/01/2026

Check out our new Summer Program Series:

Families on the Move 🥾

Lace up your shoes and bring the whole family out for a guided hike on one of our trails. Enjoy trail activities and explore different areas of the preserve. Bring a backpack with a water bottle, hat, and bug spray. Please note the register by dates. Sponsored by the Packers Foundation.

Cost: Free

Forest Hike:
Wednesday, June 17th 10:00am. Trail TBD. Register by Monday, June 15th.

Prairie Hike:
Wednesday, August 5th 9:00am. Trail TBD. Register by Monday, August 3rd.

To register: call 920-793-4007 or email [email protected]

Two Trillium Species that were seen on the preserve this Spring: - White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) & Nodding Tril...
05/31/2026

Two Trillium Species that were seen on the preserve this Spring:
- White Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) & Nodding Trillium (Trillium cernuum)

White Trillium has large flowers that face upwards or outwards while Nodding Trillium has smaller flowers that hang beneath the leaves

Images of White Trillium & Nodding Trillium by Kennedy Zittel, Naturalist

Happy ssssSaturday everyone! 🐍Image of Garter Snake by Kennedy Zittel, Naturalist
05/30/2026

Happy ssssSaturday everyone! 🐍

Image of Garter Snake by Kennedy Zittel, Naturalist

05/29/2026

Now that May's "Staff's Favorite" series has ended, we want to know what is YOUR favorite flower?

Staff's pick summary: Bunchberry, Starflower, Marigold, Bottle Gentian, Rattlesnake Master

Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming Adult Learning Series Program: Wolves in Wisconsin: Perceptions, Perspectives, ...
05/29/2026

Don't forget to sign up for our upcoming Adult Learning Series Program: Wolves in Wisconsin: Perceptions, Perspectives, and Ecology

🐾Register by Monday, June 1st

Program: Wednesday, June 3 from 6:00 - 7:00 PM

Join David Slezewski for this interactive presentation about wolves in Wisconsin and a year in the life of a wolf pack. David will address misconceptions, human perceptions, and explain how wolves are part of Wisconsin’s ecosystem. David is a volunteer carnivore tracker for the Wisconsin DNR focusing on wolves, completed training with the Timber Wolf Alliance, and regularly attends wolf education talks and webinars

Sliding scale fee of $3-$10 per person (collected at check-in, cash is preferred).

Register by Monday, June 1st. To register: email [email protected] or call the nature center at 920-793-4007

"... the unmistakable “killdeer killdeer killdeer” call stopped us in our tracks"Click the link below to read this week'...
05/28/2026

"... the unmistakable “killdeer killdeer killdeer” call stopped us in our tracks"

Click the link below to read this week's Ripples Article: The Killdeer Diary and learn about how a killdeer's nest evolves over the spring and more facts about the plover!

https://www.woodlanddunes.org/ripples-5-28-26/

We have even more puppets available for purchase in our gift shop Groundhogs, foxes, eagles, bats, frogs, fish, oh my! T...
05/27/2026

We have even more puppets available for purchase in our gift shop

Groundhogs, foxes, eagles, bats, frogs, fish, oh my!

The nature center building (and gift shop) is open:
Monday - Friday 9 AM - 4 PM
Saturdays 9 AM - Noon

Our staff’s favorite series for the month of May is… Flowers! 🌼Kennedy (Naturalist): Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccif...
05/26/2026

Our staff’s favorite series for the month of May is… Flowers! 🌼

Kennedy (Naturalist): Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)

“I remember the first time I stumbled upon this plant in a prairie at Woodland Dunes. I had never seen one before, and had to immediately figure out what that strange looking plant was! I love the unique looking flowers and leaves that this plant has and it always makes me smile seeing it in our prairies and gardens here.”

Facts:
🌼Blooms Mid-Summer
🌼According to the Xerces society, one flower stalk can have 10 - 40 flowerheads, with each head having around 106 individual flowers. This means a single plant has between 1,060 - 4,240 flowers!
🌼The name “rattlesnake master” came from European settlers thinking that Native Americans used this plant to heal snake bites, however, though this plant is/was used for medicinal purposes, it was not for snake bites.

Image of Rattlesnake Master by Kennedy Zittel

Address

3000 Hawthorne Avenue (Hwy 310), PO Box 486
Two Rivers, WI
54241

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

+19207934007

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