Fall Fest

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Stephanie Briand/Aldo Leopold Nature Center

People in costumes in a fall landscape.

A past Fall Fest event.

(2022 Isthmus pick: This Halloween-themed event focusing on “Creatures of the Night” returns for the first time since 2019. Spooky-not-scary activities for families include a costume parade, torch-lit trail walks, storytelling, science activities, a bonfire, and more. It's free to attend. Find more info below and updates at aldoleopoldnaturecenter.org.

media release: When the dusky autumn sky turns from red to gray, “Creatures of the Night” come out to play! Join us at Fall Fest – the Aldo Leopold Nature Center’s annual fun-filled night of spooky activities in not-so-scary style. With activities indoors and out, there is plenty of fun for the whole family to enjoy. This event is FREE and features a FREE shuttle from Ahuska Park. Never been to the nature center before? Join us to see what ALNC is all about!

• Come dressed in costume and participate in a COSTUME PARADE
• Conduct ‘sweet’ SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS
• Hear not-so-spooky stories in THE HAUNTED SHACK
• Discover what’s hiding in THE BONE YARD
• Hike torch-lit trails to the A-MAZE-ING BASSWOOD TREE
• Roast marshmallows over a FALL CAMPFIRE
• Solve a MURDER MYSTERY
• Meet real live CREEPY CRAWLIES (Thank you MAHS!)
• Participate in the COSTUME PARADE
• Take a hike through the prairie and participate in NIGHT-TIME NATURE BINGO
• Join the HOOT AND HOWL UNDER THE MOON, and much more

If you have a flashlight or two, bring them along! Otherwise, we will have a limited quantity for use on the trails.

This event is FREE and open to the PUBLIC! $5 suggested donation per person. Getting to Fall Fest is also super easy with a free shuttle from Ahuska Park! A photographer may be onsite to document this event. If you would not like your photo taken, please advise the photographer.