Enjoy 4,900 acres of outdoor fun and get in touch with nature on miles of hiking and biking trails at Elm Creek Park Reserve. Bring your family and friends along and cool down in the swimming pond, or improve your aim on the archery range or at the disc golf course. Whatever you decide to do for the day, we guarantee that you will have loads of fun in the sun.
Visit the Eastman Nature Center
This is the best place to start the day’s outdoor experiences. The center is alive with fun-filled activities for the whole family. You can watch birds, slithery reptiles, glistening amphibians, and even puppet shows presented by your kids.
Experience Indoor Birding
Here you have the unique experience to do birdwatching indoors through massive windows. Bird checklists and guides are available for you to record your sightings.
Watch Your Children’s Puppet Show
Bring your kids to the center to play dress-up in a wide variety of colorful costumes, and they can even present a puppet show in the puppet tree.
Meet the Reptiles and Amphibians
Throughout the center, there are rotating, interpretive displays where you can see all kinds of reptiles and amphibians.
Enjoy Group Activities
The center offers a variety of outdoor educational programs for organized groups presented by professional naturalists. Learn more about birds, insects, reptiles, animal tracks, and so much more from the experts. The programs can even be customized to suit your interests.
Spot Furry or Feathered Friends
Nestled in among tall maples and carpeted with wildflowers, the reserve is a haven for an abundance of wildlife and a paradise for nature lovers and birdwatchers. Be on the lookout for trumpeter swans, wild turkey, sandhill cranes, bluebirds, loons, hawks, and eagles. If you are quiet, you may even spot deer and beavers.
Explore the Reserve on Foot or Bike
A singletrack 12,7-mile trail for hikers, runners, and bikers, dotted with interpretive signs, snakes through the trees. To intensify this outdoor adventure, cell phone audio stops, trail guide sheets, and exploration kits are available.
Let the Kids Run Wild
The park offers kids an area where they can explore nature, run wild, climb, dig and build a fort or a dam.
Shoot Some Arrows
The scenic 30-acre Carver Archery Range is on a grassy course surrounded by tall trees. The targets, set at different distances, is a fun challenge for the whole family.
Play Disc Golf
Test your aim and accuracy on the reserve’s 18-hole disc golf course. The course has two par-4 holes and also championship-caliber holes.
Swim in the Pond
Cool down at the big swimming pond or relax on the beach sand surrounding the pond. There are changing shelters and restrooms.
A Play Area for Your Pooch
Don’t forget Fido at home, because the reserve even thought of your four-legged friend. The 29-acre, off-leash area is fenced and has a separate park for old or small dogs and a fenced in wetland pond.
Leave your troubles behind and escape into nature and experience the outdoors with your friends and family. Contact Lupient Nissan today.
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