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  • Picture of The Snow Thief book cover featuring a squirrel in the wintery woods

    StoryWalk® - The Snow Thief by Alice Hemming and Illustrated by Nicola Slater

    Spend time outdoors this fall at beautiful Detweiler Park enjoying The Snow Thief by Alice Hemming, illustrated by Nicola Slater.
  • Colorful logo for Wildwood Summer Day Camps featuring a drawn sun, tree, flags hanging from a branch spelling out CAMP and a picture of two young children looking at a bug

    2026 Day Camp Registration Opens

    Registration will open Monday, January 5, 2026, at 6:00AM and close as the camps sell out
  • A group of people walking on a paved trail at Wildwood Park in jackets and hats

    Weekly Wellness Walks

    , Harrisburg
    Enjoy a moderately paced walk around Wildwood Lake while enjoying the trees and animals at the park. This will be a walk on paved, gravel, and dirt surfaces. You can choose to walk only a portion, then turn around at any point if you would like to customize the length of your walk to your individual fitness goals.
  • Person working on Fly Tying

    Intermediate Fly-Tying Course, “Tying the Dry Fly” with Trout Unlimited

    The Doc Fritchey Chapter of Trout Unlimited will hold a 6-week evening course on intermediate fly-tying at the Olewine Nature Center. The class will be conducted on 6 consecutive Thursday evenings beginning on February 12 and ending on March 19.
  • Instructor helping a participant with tying a fly

    Beginner Fly-Tying Course with Trout Unlimited

    This is a beginner course open to anyone interested in learning to tie flies. The class will be conducted on 6 consecutive Thursday evenings beginning on February 12 and ending on March 19. Everyone must provide their own tools.
  • Several images of trees in the snow with taps and buckets attached for collecting sap

    Maple Tree Tapping and Historic Harvesting Methods

    Join a history educator to learn how maple sap was harvested in years past and see how maple trees are tapped today using modern equipment. This event will take place outdoors so please dress appropriately for the weather.
  • Pictures from Shale Hollow Farmstead including their logo, eggs, soap, goats, a peacock in the back of a pick-up truck and a patio scene

    Friends of Wildwood Winter Lecture Series Homesteading:  Food Preservation

    Diane Kovach from Shale Hollow Farmstead, will teach you about various food preservation methods including dehydrating, freeze drying, water bath, and pressure canning methods.
  • DCHMRT - Norfolk Southern

    , Dauphin
    Topic: ERK and MagnaSeals
  • DCHMRT - MERRTT Course

    MERRTT (Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training) Course hosted by Dauphin County Department of Public Safety
  • Empty glass containers

    Winter Candle-Making Class

    Join Moonrise Candle Co. for a Winter Candle Making class, where you will get to make a 7.5 oz soy candle in the container of your choosing.