Backpacks & Binoculars

Explore the park!

​Bill Powell photos

After a long time coming, we are so excited to announce our new Governor Dick Park Junior Naturalist program! We have put together activity backpacks that can be checked out for free in the office by parents for kids to use while spending time in the park, and then returned at the end of the day. Each backpack contains a junior naturalist booklet to be completed, complete all 5 booklets and your child will be an official junior naturalist! Backpacks also contain informational guides, books, tools and more!

Topics include:
Birds (one backpack for big kids, and one for little kids)
Trees
Navigation
Insects
Mammals

With 16 miles of forested trails, you are sure to lose yourself in nature's beauty.  Take a short walk or an all-day excursion.  Explore the boulders,

climb the tower, or relax on a quiet bench.  Enjoy birds, big trees, wildflowers, and mammals (if you're quiet), and go home refreshed and rejuvenated! 

Respect all trails by not using them when they are wet.  Be courteous to other folks out on the trails.  Keep your dog on a leash!  And VERY important - check yourself for ticks after your time in the woods!

The Environmental Center is open Wednesday through Saturday 8 am to 4 pm and Sunday 12 to 4 pm.

The entire park is open from dawn to dusk, only the Environmental Center closes at 4!

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NOTE:  Electric unicycles, and electric skateboards are PROHIBITED on our trails. Class 1 electric bikes are allowed on bike trails.