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  • Nature Fest 2025

    Jun 07, 2025 9:00AM—4:00PM

    The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave Wilmot, OH 44689

    Mark your calendar now for Nature Fest  Saturday June 7, 2025 9 am – 3 pm Nature Fest is a one-day only, rain or shine event that happens each summer at TWC. TWC hosts numerous local makers of nature-inspired items. The TWC Photo Club hosts their FotoFest at the same time, and displays hundreds of…

  • Firefly Festival

    Jun 28, 2025 7:00PM—10:30PM

    The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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    Mark your calendars now for The Wilderness Center’s 2nd Annual Firefly Festival! This family-friendly, summer evening event celebrates our shining friends, fireflies! Explore the magical world of fireflies and other nightly creatures, combining education, hands-on activities, and flashes of fun! We are excited for Firefly Festival to become a new annual tradition for families and…

  • Moths of the Night

    Aug 23, 2025 10:00AM—2:00PM

    Trillium Room, Interpretive Building, The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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    Join us for “Moths of the Night” as we explore Ohio’s nocturnal moths.  Moths are incredible creatures!  Of Ohio’s more than 3000 moth species, most are nocturnal.  Some special guest speakers will share their knowledge and love of moths with us.  We’ll learn about the value of moths as pollinators, food for other animals and…

Current & Upcoming

TWC Readers’ Group Book Chat

Jan 07, 2023 2:00PM—3:30PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave. SW Wilmot, OH 44689

We’ll be discussing An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us by Ed Yong.  The author encourages us to move beyond our human senses to explore the experience of non-human perception.  This book is likely to be mind-opening as well as eye-opening.  Yong is a Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist.  Guests are…

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Past | Archive

Ales for Trails

May 31, 2025 1:00PM—4:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave. SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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Volunteer at Ales for Trails

May 31, 2025 12:30PM

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Hike Our Trails Volunteer Series: Pond Trail

May 30, 2025 12:00PM—2:30PM

The Wilderness Center, 9877 Alabama Ave SW, Wilmot, OH 44689

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Guided Hike

May 29, 2025 10:00AM—11:00AM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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Pond Dipping

May 29, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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Planetarium Show: Tonight’s Sky

May 29, 2025 1:00PM—2:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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