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  • World Snake Day

    Jul 16, 2025 1:30PM—2:30PM

    The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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    Celebrate World Snake Day at TWC! Meet Zea, our corn snake animal ambassador, and learn more about her and our native snakes.

  • Exploring Senses Night Hike

    Jul 18, 2025 9:00PM—10:00PM

    The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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    Bats can hear shapes, raccoons’ sense of touch is 4-5 times better than humans, and you make your own night vision. Join us at The Wilderness Center for a nighttime program exploring the unique senses of nocturnal creatures. We’ll practice some tricks to mimic these adaptations and sense the nighttime world in a whole new way.…

  • Animal Keeper for a Day

    Jul 30, 2025 10:30AM—12:00PM

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

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    Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be an animal keeper? This program offers the experience of caring for our ambassador reptiles! Participants will learn about our Eastern box turtles and corn snake and will be trained how to safely handle them. Activities will include animal care and husbandry tasks such as diet preparation…

  • 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

Planetarium Show: Exoplanets: Discovering New Worlds

May 05, 2023 8:00PM—9:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Discovering alien worlds is no longer science fiction!  Join teams of astronomers around the world who are searching for exoplanets.  Learn the methods they use to detect these worlds, such as  studying the minute “wobbles” of stars and detecting flickers in a star’s brightness.  Thousands of extrasolar planets have now been discovered ranging from hot…

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Planetarium Show: Habitat Earth

Apr 22, 2023 11:00AM—11:30AM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

  Living networks connect and support life forms large and small — from colonies of tiny microbes and populations of massive whales to ever-expanding human societies. Discover what it means to live in today’s connected world.  Through stunning visualizations of the natural world, dive below the ocean’s surface to explore the dynamic relationships found in…

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Planetarium Show: Habitat Earth

Apr 22, 2023 1:00PM—1:30PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

  Living networks connect and support life forms large and small — from colonies of tiny microbes and populations of massive whales to ever-expanding human societies. Discover what it means to live in today’s connected world.  Through stunning visualizations of the natural world, dive below the ocean’s surface to explore the dynamic relationships found in…

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Past | Archive

Falcon Flats Reborn: A Wetland Restoration Reveal

Jun 30, 2025 10:00AM—12:00PM

Fairless Elementary School 12000 Navarre Rd SW Navarre, OH 44662

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Native Plant Pop Up Shop

Jun 28, 2025 10:00AM—4:00PM

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Firefly Festival

Jun 28, 2025 7:00PM—10:30PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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Junior Naturalist: Woodland Wonder

Jun 25, 2025 9:30AM—1:30PM

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

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Storytime Sprouts: Finding Fish

Jun 24, 2025 10:00AM—11:00AM

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

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Dark Skies Matter

Jun 21, 2025 1:00PM—2:00PM

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

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