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  • Members Only Hike at Belknap Woods

    Feb 14, 2025 10:00AM—12:00PM

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    Join TWC’s Director of Conservation on a Valentine’s Day hike at Belknap Woods near Atwood Lake. This preserve will be opened to the public soon, but you will get a sneak peek and private tour of the site before anyone else. We will discuss the process of opening a new trail and preserve, while learning…

  • Presentation: Dark-Sky Friendly Lighting

    Feb 15, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

    The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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    A dark sky is an important part of our environment and must be preserved through appropriate conservation practices.  Outdoor lighting disrupts wildlife, impacts human health, wastes money and energy, contributes to climate change, and blocks our view of the universe.  In this Presentation/demonstration, learn what the different types of light pollution are, the differences between…

  • Coyote Howl Prowl Night Hike

    Feb 21, 2025 7:00PM

    The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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    Coyote mating season is at its peak in mid-February. Join us for a night hike as we explore the trails listening for the yips and howls of the song dog at its most active time of year. Bring your red-light flashlight – white lights are not allowed on the trails at night. Don’t have a…

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Winter Mindfulness

Jan 18, 2025 1:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Stillness, Resilience, and maybe even, Joy! Explore how the deep winter months can be nourishing times of self-reflection, creativity, and restorative rest. Learn simple mindfulness techniques to thrive in late winter through outdoor nature immersion, mindful tea drinking, and stillness meditation. Instructor: Caryl Church-Jesseph, M.A. Caryl Church-Jesseph (she/her) has a Masters Degree in Art Education…

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Planetarium Show: Arcs to Auroras

Feb 22, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Astronomy Education Building at TWC 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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No pencil can draw it, no colors can paint it, no words can describe it in all its magnificence – Julius von Payer, Austrian Explorer.  We’ve all been captivated by the dancing northern lights we call auroras.  Join us as we learn how Earth’s magnetic field creates auroras and how this magnetic field protects our…

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Planetarium Show: Tonight’s Sky

Jan 18, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Astronomy Education Building at TWC 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Take a tour of the winter night sky with Robin, our Astronomy Education Specialist. Learn what constellations and bright stars are in the night sky this time of year and what planets we can see. Experience some of the incredible deep sky objects this sky has to offer including galaxies, star clusters, and more. And…

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Planetarium Show: Tonight’s Sky

Nov 16, 2024 11:00AM—12:00PM

Astronomy Education Building at TWC 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

FREE! Take a tour of the fall night sky with Robin, our Astronomy Education Specialist. Learn what constellations and bright stars are in the night sky this time of year and what planets we can see. Experience some of the incredible deep sky objects this sky has to offer including galaxies, star clusters, and more.…

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Planetarium Show: The Cowboy Astronomer

May 03, 2024 8:00PM—9:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave Wilmot, OH 44689

  Learn about the night sky from the unique perspective of a Cowboy Astronomer.  Students will learn about stars, their properties, their motion, and seasonal changes in the sky.  They’ll learn about constellations and some of the other objects in the night sky like the Pleiades star cluster, the Andromeda Galaxy, nebulae, and supernovas to…

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Astronomy Club Meeting

Apr 28, 2023 7:30PM—9:30PM

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

Come join members of the Wilderness Center Astronomy Club for our monthly meeting. We will start at 7:30pm with an hour long talk or presentation followed by refreshments and our business meeting. Observing after if clear. Everyone is welcome.

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Planetarium Show: Tonight’s Sky

Apr 15, 2023 1:00PM—2:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

  Take a tour of the winter night sky with Robin, our Astronomy Education Specialist.  Learn what constellations and bright stars are in the night sky this time of year and what planets we can see.  Experience some of the incredible deep sky objects this sky has to offer including galaxies, star clusters, and more. …

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Planetarium Show: Two Small Pieces of Glass

Mar 18, 2023 1:00PM—2:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave Wilmot, OH 44689

Follow two students to a local star party and learn with them how the telescope has helped us understand our place in space and how telescopes continue to expand our understanding of the universe.  Tag along as a local astronomer enlightens them on the history of the telescope and the discoveries these incredible tools have…

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Planetarium Show: 3000 Years of Stargazing

Feb 03, 2023 7:00PM—8:00PM

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

Learn about our first and oldest science – Astronomy! From our earliest ancestors and throughout time, humans have been fascinated by the sky, and it has inspired wonder and curiosity. Be amazed by what the earliest astronomers learned about the Sun, Moon, planets, and the motion of the stars using only observation and mathematics. Learn…

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Star Watch with the Astronomy Club

Jan 06, 2023 8:00PM—10:00PM

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

The night sky is a place of wonders! Be inspired by constellations, craters on the Moon, the rings of Saturn, stellar nurseries, galaxies filled with stars, and more! Come to our monthly, first Friday Star Watch hosted by the Wilderness Center’s Astronomy Club. Star Watch is free and fun for the whole family.  Explore our…

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Past | Archive

Storytime Sprouts: Snowflakes

Jan 21, 2025 10:00AM—11:00AM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Planetarium Show: Tonight’s Sky

Jan 18, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

Astronomy Education Building at TWC 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Winter Mindfulness

Jan 18, 2025 1:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Night Hike at Foxfield with Dark Skies Presentation

Jan 17, 2025 6:30PM—8:30PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Backpackers’ and Dayhikers’ Club Meeting

Jan 17, 2025 7:00PM—8:30PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave Wilmot, OH 44689

Winter Brush Blitz at Brewster Bog

Jan 17, 2025 11:00AM

Brewster Bog 40.70594, -81.61311 ,