Current & Upcoming

Animal Keeper for a Day

Nov 20, 2025 10:30AM—12:00PM

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…

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Animal Keeper for a Day

Nov 01, 2025 10:30AM—12:00PM

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…

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Animal Keeper for a Day

Sep 18, 2025 10:30AM—12:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

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…

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Nature Explorers: Amazing Animals

Aug 21, 2025 10:00AM—11:00AM

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

In this session of Nature Explorers, we will learn all about our local wildlife! Animals come in all kinds of shapes, colors, and sizes. Each with unique features and behaviors for us to investigate. We’ll meet some of TWC’s ambassador animals and hit the trails to see who else we can find! Nature Explorers is…

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Nature Explorers: Amazing Animals

Aug 16, 2025 1:00PM—2:00PM

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

In this session of Nature Explorers, we will learn all about our local wildlife! Animals come in all kinds of shapes, colors, and sizes. Each with unique features and behaviors for us to investigate. We’ll meet some of TWC’s ambassador animals and hit the trails to see who else we can find! Nature Explorers is…

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Animal Keeper for a Day

Aug 14, 2025 10:30AM—12:00PM

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

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…

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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

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…

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Junior Naturalist: Scales & Tales

Jul 09, 2025 9:30AM—1:30PM

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

Join us this summer for our 6-part Jr. Naturalist series! This program is a 4-hour day camp for children ages 7-12. We’ll be exploring different aspects of TWC during each one, however, it is not required to attend all the sessions. In this session we will explore herpetology, the study of reptiles and amphibians. We…

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Animal Keeper for a Day

Jun 05, 2025 10:30AM—12:00PM

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

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…

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Creature Feature

May 29, 2025 2:00PM—3:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

All ages. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. The Wilderness Center is home to several animal ambassadors! Join us for a free Creature Feature program to learn all about their natural history and how we care for them.

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Past | Archive

Pop-Up Speaker: Dave Hanna from Pacific Rim Conservation in Hawaii

Oct 22, 2025 6:00PM

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

TWC Homeschool Series: The Nature of Science

Oct 22, 2025 9:30AM—12:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Planetarium Show: Halloween: Celestial Origins

Oct 18, 2025 11:00AM—12:00PM

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

The Physics of Pumpkin Chuckin’

Oct 18, 2025 1:00PM—3:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Foxfield Preserve Guided Group Tour

Oct 18, 2025 1:00PM—2:30PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689

Backpackers and Dayhikers Club Meeting

Oct 17, 2025 7:00PM

The Wilderness Center 9877 Alabama Ave SW Wilmot, OH 44689