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Eastman Nature Center

13351 Elm Creek Road
Dayton, MN 55369 United States Get Directions
763-694-7700
https://www.threeriversparks.org/eastman
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Maple Syrup Festival

Eastman Nature Center 13351 Elm Creek Road, Dayton, MN

Enjoy the sweetest part of spring by visiting the Eastman Nature Center sugar bush, collecting fresh sap, and exploring the history and science of maple syrup. Learn how sap becomes syrup by warming up by a steaming cauldron and watching sap transform into syrup (weather permitting). Taste maple syrup, learn how to make maple sugar, and enjoy a syrup sundae. Cost: $6/person  Drop-in anytime, but reservations are recommended at threeriversparks.org

$6

Eastman: Bird Banding

Eastman Nature Center 13351 Elm Creek Road, Dayton, MN

See wild songbirds safely trapped, studied and tagged with numbered rings. No registration required, drop in anytime. Participants ages 11 years and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Free

Eastman: Sugarbush Journey

Eastman Nature Center 13351 Elm Creek Road, Dayton, MN

Visit the sugarbush with an Eastman Nature Center naturalist and explore the world of a maple tree in the spring. Learn how to tap a maple tree, experience the art of sugaring, and discover how sap is turned into syrup. Taste both maple sugar and maple syrup to celebrate the changing season! This program is entirely outdoors. Reservations required by 24 hours prior, several 75-minute time slots available. Everyone attending this program must register and pay. Participants ages 11 years and younger must be accompanied by a registered adult.

$5

Free Play Snow Day

Eastman Nature Center 13351 Elm Creek Road, Dayton, MN

Check out Free Play Snow Day at Three Rivers Parks to enjoy free or discounted winter activities! Elm Creek Park: Free cross-country skiing, Free archery, $5 off snow tubing, Discounted ski lift tickets Eastman Nature Center: Free snowshoe rentals, Free s'mores and birding event 10am-3pm Other parks will feature activities as well. See full info at https://www.threeriversparks.org/freeplaysnowday

Family Valentine Trail Adventure

Eastman Nature Center 13351 Elm Creek Road, Dayton, MN

Celebrate Valentine's Day with your family outdoors at Eastman Nature Center! Visit Valentine’s-themed stations along a trail with your family. Search for heart clues, follow a story trail and more to earn a Valentine’s craft kit. Enjoy a short visit at a bonfire with a sweet treat. Program will last approximately one hour. Please register for a trail start time two days prior to the event. Everyone attending this program must register and pay. (Cost: $5/person)  Participants ages 11 years and younger must be accompanied by a registered adult.

$5

Spring Birding Hike

Eastman Nature Center 13351 Elm Creek Road, Dayton, MN

Birds are returning to Minnesota! Enjoy an evening hike as you look for migratory birds as well as the birds that have been with us during the winter. Cost $5, or free for Young Birders Club members. Reservations required by two days prior. Three Rivers Parks' "Young Birders Club" is for participants ages 9-12, helping kids discover the wonder of birds and join with other kids that are interested in them too.

$5

Beginning Birding

Eastman Nature Center 13351 Elm Creek Road, Dayton, MN

Come learn the skills you need to find and identify birds. Kids 8+ and their parents will practice using binoculars, identifying birds by sight and by their calls, and practice with phone apps that help identify what we see and hear. Bring your own binoculars or borrow theirs. This program is entirely outdoors. Reservations required, cost $5/person. To ensure small group sizes in compliance with Minnesota Department of Health guidelines, everyone attending this program must register and pay. Participants ages 13 years and younger must be accompanied by a registered adult from the same household.

$5