Chippewa Nature Center (Midland)

Business Information

Address: 400 S Badour Rd., Midland, MI 48640

Phone: (989)631-0830

Chippewa Nature Center is a non-profit environmental education organization, open year-round with FREE daily admission. Our 1,500 acres is comprised of woodlands, wetlands, fields and rivers with 19 miles of trails to explore dawn-to-dark daily. Facilities include a state-of-the art Visitor Center and reconstructed 1870s Homestead Farm, complete with log cabin, barns and outbuildings, log schoolhouse and maple sugarhouse.

OFFERS:

  • 15+ miles of trails, including 7+ miles of groomed cross-country ski trails, and 1,200 acres to explore dawn-to-dark 365 days a year.
  • Membership and rental opportunities are also available.
  • CNC offers events, field trips and workshops – Story Time, STEM Programs
  • Nature Day Camp
    • Spring Break 2022
    • Summer Camp 2022 – Half & Full Day Camps + Before & After Camp Care
      • Special Needs (Autism)
        • Exploring NatureTogether (Ages 8-12) on July 11-15 9:30 am-3:30 pm
      • Mini Camps June 8-10
        • Budding Naturalist (ages 5-6)
        • Hop, Slitter & Crawl (ages 6-7)
        • Aquatic Adventures (Ages 6-7)
        • Hurray for Herps! (ages 7-9)
        • STEM into Nature (ages 7-9)
        • That’s Gross! (ages 8-10)
        • Nature Games (ages 10-12)
        • Adventure Blitz (ages 11-14)
        • Paddling Camp (ages 13-15)
      • Half Day Camps
        • NatureTots (ages 3-4)
        • TinyTrailblazers (ages 3-4)
        • Let’s Explore Nature (ages 4-5)
        • Budding Naturalist: Nature Builders (ages 4-5)
        • Budding Naturalist: Nature Artists (ages 4-5)
        • Budding Naturalist: Nature Chefs (ages 4-5)
      • Full-Day Camps – 1 Week
        • Habitat Hunters (ages 5-6)
        • Critter Encounter (ages 6-7)
        • The Nature of STEM (ages 6-7)
        • Nature Detectives (ages 6-7)
        • Nature Art (ages 7-9)
        • Nature Explorers (ages 7-9)
        • Village (ages 7-9)
        • Exploring NatureTogether (ages 8-12)
        • Advanced Village: A FurTrade Adventure (ages 9-11)
        • Creature Camp (ages 9-11)
        • Naturalists-in-Training: Scientist (ages 9-12)
        • Naturalists-in-Training: Historian (ages 9-12)
        • Naturalists-in-Training: Conservationist (ages 9-12)
        • Nature Art II (ages 10-13)
        • Survival and Outdoor Skills (ages 10-12)
        • Survival Village (ages 10-12)
        • Adventure Camp (ages 11-14)
        • Leaders-in-Training (LIT) (ages 12-14)
      • Full-Day Camp – 2 Weeks
        • Chippewa Rangers (ages 8-10)
        • Advanced Chippewa Rangers (ages 9-11)
        • Eco Adventures (ages 10-12)
      • Adventure Trips
        • Adventures with Fishing (ages 12-15)
        • Tip-Of-The-Mitt Adventures (ages 11-13)
        • South Manitou Island Adventure (ages 11-13)
        • Canoeing the Big Manistee (ages 12-14)
        • North Manitou Island Backpacking (ages 12-14)
        • Backpacking Pictured Rocks (ages 14-16)
  • Nature Preschool
  • Birthday Parties

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