The Learning Center Barn is CLOSED on Friday, July 4, 2025 for the Fourth of July holiday.
Enjoy our trails and grounds that are open daily dawn to dusk - year round.
Enjoy our trails and grounds that are open daily dawn to dusk - year round.
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TOP 5 FUN SUMMER ACTIVITIES
Simple yet powerful activities you can do at home, at a park, or at a special spot, like Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve, can connect the whole family to the natural landscape. Here are 5 of our favorite summer nature adventures to spark anyone’s curiosity of the world around them.
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Our programs offer families and children wonderful ways to become connected with nature.
Favorite WPNR summer spots
PALMER POND
Meet the frogs, dragonflies, salamanders, ducks, carp and more that call it home. Bring and net to gently explore. Be sure to be kind and respectful of nature at all times. No fishing or swimming please.
WETLAND BOARDWALK
Native marshes reside on the Reserve grounds. You can find red-winged blackbirds feeding and perching among the cattails and see the show of the jewelweed in bloom this summer.
HONEY BEE YARD
The wild honey bees that call the Reserve its home can be spotted easily in the Pollinator Gardens and the Bug Hotel. Observe their activity all summer long!
GARDENS
Interesting heirloom vegetables, native flowers and more show all summer long at the reserve. Stop to see and smell summer’s goodness.
Meet the frogs, dragonflies, salamanders, ducks, carp and more that call it home. Bring and net to gently explore. Be sure to be kind and respectful of nature at all times. No fishing or swimming please.
WETLAND BOARDWALK
Native marshes reside on the Reserve grounds. You can find red-winged blackbirds feeding and perching among the cattails and see the show of the jewelweed in bloom this summer.
HONEY BEE YARD
The wild honey bees that call the Reserve its home can be spotted easily in the Pollinator Gardens and the Bug Hotel. Observe their activity all summer long!
GARDENS
Interesting heirloom vegetables, native flowers and more show all summer long at the reserve. Stop to see and smell summer’s goodness.
NATURE EXPLORE CLASSROOM
IS PERFECT FOR SUMMER
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Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve has created their Nature Explore Classroom, Nature Playspaces, to allow children to create positive bonds with nature for long hours of unstructured play in areas including: Messy Materials, Music and Movement, Garden, Dirt Digging, Water, Action, Climbing, Sand, and Gathering. Each space offers a real experience with texture, shape, sound, or life that is found within the “walls” of the Reserve grounds.
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The Adventure Begins
Borrow a Pond Pail or Allagash Trail Pack at your next visit to explore!
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explore the seasons
There are so many ways to connect with nature all year-round.
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SUMMER Wisdom
"You shall see wonders."
~ William Shakespeare
~ William Shakespeare
