Parks

Are bats your favorite creatures or do they just give you the hiebie-giebies?  Either way, come test your knowledge in this new and interactive game! Come to the Nature Center and find the naturalist to get you started! This game is outside so bring...

Come to the Nature Center, meet the Naturalist and start a new adventure to earn your patches and pins. Discover our state park while we Challenge you to Explore our natural world and make it a better place. Location Information: Tippecanoe...

Watch for the Naturalist as she roams the campgrounds giving you information about firewood bugs, ticks, and mosquitos. Location Information: Tippecanoe River State Park (View Map) 4200 N. U.S. 35 Winamac, IN 46996 Montgomery Phone: (574) 946-3213...

Come to the Nature Center, meet the Naturalist and start a new adventure to earn your patches and pins. Discover our state park while we Challenge you to Explore our natural world and make it a better place. Location Information:Tippecanoe...

Celebrate the Fall with the Portage Parks Department's Harvest Festival from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 3, at Founders Square, 6300 South Founders Square. This pop-up festival is an extension of the department's Market on the Square. Pony...

Come on out runners to experience a 12K run that you will never forget.  The Memorial Day TRAIL RUN XTREME 12K is set for Monday, May 25th at Portage’s Imagination Glen Park East, 149 North, Outback Trail. The XTREME 12K starts at 8 am on an...

The Portage Township Parks and Recreation Department, a division of the Portage Township Trustee’s office, will hold its annual Clean Up 2 Team Up event Saturday, April 25. Each year, volunteers from the community join to beautify, clean, paint,...

The Greenways Foundation of Indiana, in partnership with the Indiana Parks and Recreation Association (IPRA), is proud to announce a series of workshops on Trail Towns. Enticing people off the trail and into adjacent communities, where they can spend...

Please join the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and the City of Hammond in kicking off the fall planting season by planting 40 native trees in Hessville Park on Saturday, September 7th! WHEN: Saturday, September 7th, 9:00 am to...

Experience the thrill of bicycling by starlight during the 8th Valpo Night Ride. This 15-mile ride begins and ends at the Butterfield Family Pavilion and allows participants to ride in and around the City at a safe pace at night. Riders will enjoy a...