- This is the peak of the "Aster Show" at Crossroads. Just how many shades of purple are there?
EVENTSAT CROSSROADS
There’s almost always something happening at Crossroads! Whether you are looking for a guided hike, a guest lecture, community gatherings, or the chance to volunteer, our event calendar is an excellent place to find event details and learn of any last-minute changes.
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Calendar of Events
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Family Nature Programs – Fossils from the Sea
Family Nature Programs – Fossils from the Sea
Join one of our naturalists for some free family-oriented activities and nature exploration. Suitable for all ages, program topics range from glaciers and fossils to the insects and amphibians in our wetlands. This time we look at fossils – Discover how plants and animals from an ancient sea transformed into the fossils we find at Crossroads.
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Family Nature Programs – Butterflies
Family Nature Programs – Butterflies
Join one of our naturalists for some free family-oriented activities and nature exploration. Suitable for all ages, program topics range from glaciers and fossils to the insects and amphibians in our wetlands. This time we look at butterflies – Butterflies are masters of transformation. Seek our summer butterflies in Crossroads’ gardens, meadows and fields.
Crossroads Bird Club
Crossroads Bird Club
Bird Club – a gathering of people who love birds – meets the first Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. Whether you're a life-long birder or newly interested we invite you to come learn about all things bird and birding-related. Want to help out with this event or others? Click here to find out how you…
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Family Nature Programs – Great Lakes Fish and other Creatures
Family Nature Programs – Great Lakes Fish and other Creatures
Join one of our naturalists for some free family-oriented activities and nature exploration. Suitable for all ages, program topics range from glaciers and fossils to the insects and amphibians in our wetlands. This time we look at our great lakes fish – Discover the wonders of our Lake Michigan fisheries.
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Pollinator Pals
Pollinator Pals
If you like to garden and are interested in giving our native pollinators a helping hand, Crossroads at Big Creek could use your help! On Thursday mornings from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Pollinator Pals gardening volunteers are meeting at the Collins Learning Center to work on restoring the front Pollinator Garden. We will provide instruction,…
Summer Explorers
Summer Explorers
Break out the bug nets and the boots! Come along with a Crossroads' naturalist in exploring the fascinating life living on the preserve. The whole family is welcome as we take a stroll, collecting bugs, searching for frogs, crayfish and much more. Meet at the Collins Learning Center, and dress for stream walks and the…
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First Fridays: Bear Clan Singers & Dancers
First Fridays: Bear Clan Singers & Dancers
Join us on the first Fridays of June, July and August for a fun, free, family-friendly outdoor event. This month we welcome The Bear Clan Singers and Dancers, a renowned family of Ho-Chunk performers. They will share a small part of their nation's rich history through performances passed down for generations. Following the presentation, Crossroads…
Friday Make-and-Take: Featuring Puppet Storytime
Friday Make-and-Take: Featuring Puppet Storytime
Join a Crossroads Naturalist and explore nature through artistic and creative activities. Each week, families will get to make and take home a nature-inspired craft. This week we welcome special guest, Nancy Hawkins, a local puppeteer who will be reading "the House in the Woods". Want to help out with this event or others? Click…
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Habitat Healers
Habitat Healers
Help heal the earth! Volunteers of all ages are invited to help with our land restoration efforts. Wear clothing and footgear that can get dirty and wet and bring a water bottle. Instruction, equipment, and gloves provided along with cookies and lemonade at the end! No need to register in advance and all ages are…
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Family Nature Programs
Family Nature Programs
Join one of our naturalists for some free family-oriented activities and nature exploration. Suitable for all ages, program topics range from glaciers and fossils to the insects and amphibians in our wetlands.
2 events,
Family Nature Programs
Family Nature Programs
Join one of our naturalists for some free family-oriented activities and nature exploration. Suitable for all ages, program topics range from glaciers and fossils to the insects and amphibians in our wetlands.
DPAS Monthly Meeting
DPAS Monthly Meeting
The Door Peninsula Astronomical Society (DPAS) typically meets monthly at 7:00pm on the second Tuesday of the month at the Ray and Ruthie Stonecipher Astronomy Center, 2200 Utah Street, Sturgeon Bay, WI. DPAS operates and maintains the Leif Everson Observatory. This is equipped with a PlaneWave Instruments 17 inch f/6.8 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph telescope on…
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Family Nature Programs
Family Nature Programs
Join one of our naturalists for some free family-oriented activities and nature exploration. Suitable for all ages, program topics range from glaciers and fossils to the insects and amphibians in our wetlands.
Addiction and Recovery in Door County
Addiction and Recovery in Door County
Opioid and meth use has become an increasing concern in Door County over the past several years, as the county has caught up to addiction trends in other parts of the state and country. Local officials in law enforcement and health and human services, as well as those involved in recovery programs, say they're alarmed…
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Pollinator Pals
Pollinator Pals
If you like to garden and are interested in giving our native pollinators a helping hand, Crossroads at Big Creek could use your help! On Thursday mornings from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Pollinator Pals gardening volunteers are meeting at the Collins Learning Center to work on restoring the front Pollinator Garden. We will provide instruction,…
Summer Explorers
Summer Explorers
Break out the bug nets and the boots! Come along with a Crossroads' naturalist in exploring the fascinating life living on the preserve. The whole family is welcome as we take a stroll, collecting bugs, searching for frogs, crayfish and much more. Meet at the Collins Learning Center, and dress for stream walks and the…
2 events,
Friday Make-and-Take: Featuring Puppet Storytime
Friday Make-and-Take: Featuring Puppet Storytime
Join a Crossroads Naturalist and explore nature through artistic and creative activities. Each week, families will get to make and take home a nature-inspired craft. This week we welcome special guest, Nancy Hawkins, a local puppeteer who will be reading "The Fisherman & His Wife". Want to help out with this event or others? Click…
DPAS Meteor Shower Party
DPAS Meteor Shower Party
Pack your blankets or lawn chairs, a picnic basket or cooler full of snacks and beverages, and the whole family or group of friends, and join the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society in watching a meteor shower... more or less like watching fireworks, but far less predictable. Meet at the Stonecipher Astronomy Center. 2200 Utah St.,…
2 events,
Habitat Healers
Habitat Healers
Help heal the earth! Volunteers of all ages are invited to help with our land restoration efforts. Wear clothing and footgear that can get dirty and wet and bring a water bottle. Instruction, equipment, and gloves provided along with cookies and lemonade at the end! No need to register in advance and all ages are…
DPAS Meteor Shower Party Night 2
DPAS Meteor Shower Party Night 2
Pack your blankets or lawn chairs, a picnic basket or cooler full of snacks and beverages, and the whole family or group of friends, and join the Door Peninsula Astronomical Society in watching a meteor shower... more or less like watching fireworks, but far less predictable. Meet at the Stonecipher Astronomy Center. 2200 Utah St.,…
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Nature in the Garden
Nature in the Garden
Join our naturalist in exploring nature in our own Heritage Garden. Participants will enjoy hummingbirds, butterflies, honeybees and house wrens while learning about the natural and cultural history of herbs and flowers. Meet at the Heritage Garden Gate in the Heritage Village
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Planet Walk
Planet Walk
Learners of all ages are welcome to hike the "Planet Walk," a scale model (1:10 billion) of our own Solar System. Learn how long it takes each planet to orbit the Sun. Free and open to the public. Meet at the Collins Learning Center
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Pollinator Pals
Pollinator Pals
If you like to garden and are interested in giving our native pollinators a helping hand, Crossroads at Big Creek could use your help! On Thursday mornings from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Pollinator Pals gardening volunteers are meeting at the Collins Learning Center to work on restoring the front Pollinator Garden. We will provide instruction,…
Summer Explorers
Summer Explorers
Break out the bug nets and the boots! Come along with a Crossroads' naturalist in exploring the fascinating life living on the preserve. The whole family is welcome as we take a stroll, collecting bugs, searching for frogs, crayfish and much more. Meet at the Collins Learning Center, and dress for stream walks and the…
2 events,
Friday Make-and-Take at Crossroads
Friday Make-and-Take at Crossroads
Join a Crossroads Naturalist and explore nature through artistic and creative activities. Each week, families will get to make and take home a nature-inspired craft. This week we welcome special guest, Nancy Hawkins, a local puppeteer who will be reading “The Fearsome Beast”. Want to help out with this event or others? Click here to find…
Tours of the Hanson House
Tours of the Hanson House
Visit the pioneer home of Hans and Bertha Hanson and learn about life in the 1880s. Hands-on activities for kids. No reservations needed. The Hanson House is located at 2200 Utah across from the Cove Estuary, at 2022 Utah in Sturgeon Bay.
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Community Honey Harvest
Community Honey Harvest
The Door County Beekeepers Club will share the fascinating world of honeybees through hands-on activities and demonstrations for all ages, expanding people’s understanding of honeybees, their role in our environment, and the importance of protecting them. Honey extraction demonstrations will take place from 9:30-10:00am and 10:30-11:00am.
Habitat Healers
Habitat Healers
Help heal the earth! Volunteers of all ages are invited to help with our land restoration efforts. Wear clothing and footgear that can get dirty and wet and bring a water bottle. Instruction, equipment, and gloves provided along with cookies and lemonade at the end! No need to register in advance and all ages are…
Tours of the Hanson House
Tours of the Hanson House
Visit the pioneer home of Hans and Bertha Hanson and learn about life in the 1880s. Hands-on activities for kids. No reservations needed. The Hanson House is located at 2200 Utah across from the Cove Estuary, at 2022 Utah in Sturgeon Bay.
1 event,
Tours of the Hanson House
Tours of the Hanson House
Visit the pioneer home of Hans and Bertha Hanson and learn about life in the 1880s. Hands-on activities for kids. No reservations needed. The Hanson House is located at 2200 Utah across from the Cove Estuary, at 2022 Utah in Sturgeon Bay.
0 events,
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Pollinator Pals
Pollinator Pals
If you like to garden and are interested in giving our native pollinators a helping hand, Crossroads at Big Creek could use your help! On Thursday mornings from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Pollinator Pals gardening volunteers are meeting at the Collins Learning Center to work on restoring the front Pollinator Garden. We will provide instruction,…
1 event,
Tours of the Hanson House
Tours of the Hanson House
Visit the pioneer home of Hans and Bertha Hanson and learn about life in the 1880s. Hands-on activities for kids. No reservations needed. The Hanson House is located at 2200 Utah across from the Cove Estuary, at 2022 Utah in Sturgeon Bay.
2 events,
Habitat Healers
Habitat Healers
Help heal the earth! Volunteers of all ages are invited to help with our land restoration efforts. Wear clothing and footgear that can get dirty and wet and bring a water bottle. Instruction, equipment, and gloves provided along with cookies and lemonade at the end! No need to register in advance and all ages are…
Tours of the Hanson House
Tours of the Hanson House
Visit the pioneer home of Hans and Bertha Hanson and learn about life in the 1880s. Hands-on activities for kids. No reservations needed. The Hanson House is located at 2200 Utah across from the Cove Estuary, at 2022 Utah in Sturgeon Bay.
1 event,
Monarch Tagging Day
Monarch Tagging Day
Join Wild Ones and Karen Newbern as she describes the monarch life cycle and migration, then help to capture and tag butterflies at the Crossroads preserve. Instructions and equipment are provided. Want to help out with this event or others? Click here to find out how you can volunteer.
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Jumping Worms: Biology, Impact & Control of a New Soil Invader
Jumping Worms: Biology, Impact & Control of a New Soil Invader
The DCMGA is hosting a jumping worms presentation by Brad Herrick. This lecture will discuss biology, ID, and control of jumping worms. Brad Herrick holds a B.A. in Biology from Luther College and an M.S. in Ecosystems Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. He is the ecologist and research program manager at the University…
Pollinator Pals
Pollinator Pals
If you like to garden and are interested in giving our native pollinators a helping hand, Crossroads at Big Creek could use your help! On Thursday mornings from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. Pollinator Pals gardening volunteers are meeting at the Collins Learning Center to work on restoring the front Pollinator Garden. We will provide instruction,…
1 event,
Labor Day Reminiscences
Labor Day Reminiscences
During Labor Day Weekend ---Friday, Saturday , and Sunday afternoon from 1:00 to 3:30. the Hanson House (2200 Utah Street) will be open for an activity we are calling “Labor Day Reminiscences.” If local legend serves, for generations, on holiday weekends, family and neighbors gathered at the Homestead. We can’t imagine that folks did not sometimes sit…
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No Habitat Healers this weekend
No Habitat Healers this weekend
No Habitat Healers Labor Day Weekend. We'll meet again on September 9. Happy Labor Day!
Labor Day Reminiscences
Labor Day Reminiscences
During Labor Day Weekend ---Friday, Saturday , and Sunday afternoon from 1:00 to 3:30. the Hanson House (2200 Utah Street) will be open for an activity we are calling “Labor Day Reminiscences.” If local legend serves, for generations, on holiday weekends, family and neighbors gathered at the Homestead. We can’t imagine that folks did not sometimes sit…
Tours of the Hanson House