Raptor Run for Kids
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Explore more at KNC with 15+ miles of hiking trails, programs and special events, and rotating exhibits in the Visitor Center.
On view in KNC’s Exhibits Hall: Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge, Shared Science
Programs for all ages
From calligraphy to canning, there’s a program for every age and interest! See the Calendar here >
KNC’s scientific and land management activities include bird banding, community science, conservation work for endangered species, and managing wildlife habitat.
KNC membership gives you access to our Visitor Center, trails, exhibits, programs, and events with free admission for one year.
Our goal is to inspire everyone to experience nature everyday. You can help.
Saturday, April 27
New name, same great fun run! Join in the 5K Raptor Run or 1K Kids Run and head out on some of KNC’s most beautiful trails.
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Early Bird Registration now open!
KNC Campers enjoy weekly themes, take on new adventures, make new friends, and learn to have a positive impact on the natural world.
Now open in KNC’s Exhibits Hall!
This interactive exhibition for all ages explores how traditional knowledge and Western science can be unified to improve our relationship with the natural world. Includes a regional feature on Mnomen (wild rice) in collaboration with the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians, Gun Lake Tribe.
Whether your business operates locally, nationally, or globally, a sponsorship places you in front of our 5,600+ membership base and the greater Kalamazoo community. Coming up:
Started in 1973, this survey covers the entire spring migration period and, over the years, has documented 209 species. Check back for weekly updates from April -May each year, and check out upcoming spring birding programs at KNC!
Here’s what’s coming up in the next few weeks at KNC! Visit the Calendar >
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
Kalamazoo Nature Center, Kalamazoo Nature Center
The Kalamazoo Nature Center holds responsibility for over 1,500 acres of land. These properties embody a history of deep historical injustices that have produced inequity in access to nature that continues today. KNC occupies the traditional, ancestral, and contemporary lands of the first peoples, the Anishinaabek. Also known as the Council of the Three Fires, the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Bodewadmi people ceded land in the 1821 Treaty of Chicago and lost lands through forced removal in 1833. Additionally, we acknowledge the complex racial inequity contributing to steep disparities in land access and ownership for Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities. This gives weight to KNC’s charge to our community. We are committed to becoming a KNC led by and in service to all of our community and to honoring our complex history in all we do. We are committed to healing these relationships between people and land in our work.
Please note: KNC is a non-profit nature preserve.
Dogs, camping, drones, and firearms are not permitted. Bicycles and motorized vehicles are not permitted on the trails.
KNC does not accept injured or orphaned animals and is not a licensed wildlife rehabilitator.
If you are concerned about an animal, please seek guidance before moving or touching the animal. Learn more >