This is the best time of the year to take advantage of the beautiful weather and trek down to your favorite park and recreational area. Many recreation departments have organized events and activities to help families bond, get in touch with nature, and get active.
Visit National Recreation and Park Association to show and share the love for your favorite park and recreation. It has a wealth of calendar of events scheduled nationwide and free downloadable resources.
I’ve always loved nature! My love for nature stemmed from my childhood. Nature has was always a learning resource that taught me lessons that couldn’t be seen from a different person’s perspective in a classroom, only my own. It also naturally helped foster a love for traveling, exploring, and history. This all helped me broaden my perspective, value the things that are often taken for granted, and generally taught me what textbooks could not. That’s why I instilled a love for the aforementioned with my own children. I’m happy to say that they take delight in all of these things as much as I do, especially nature!
Nature is truly a learning resource. That’s why hiking is one of my all-time favorite activities that I love to do with family. Hiking is one of the most pleasant ways to connect with nature, bond with family, and enjoy the world around you. I deem it nature’s therapy since we’re always at the most serene and peaceful state of mind when hiking. It has been proven that hiking can reduce stress and foster creativity. I can attest that nothing clears my mind more than when I’m surrounded by the beauty of nature.
Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve in Evansville, Indiana is one of my favorite destinations that my family and I can connect with nature. It’s the sister to the Wesselman Par 3 Golf Course and Wesselman Park. From its breathtaking scenery to its historic past, Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve is an ideal spot for picnicking, biking, hiking, and relaxing. It boasts more than 200 acres of bottomland hardwood forest and 6 miles of trails. It is also home to more than 150 species of birds, over 300 species of wildflowers, and a wide variety of reptiles, mammals, birds, and amphibians.
The Nature Center regularly hosts events and features a bird viewing room, library, exhibits, displays, meeting rooms, and a gift shop. Trekking through the Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve was once a free afternoon of leisure, but they now charge $5 per an adult and $3 per child for a day’s pass or $40 for a yearly pass for the whole family. The price of admission doesn’t deter us since the Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve is a true gem!
Great photos! I love going to the forest preserve and walking around. I need to check out more of the national parks 🙂
Gorgeous photos – they all make me want to go out into the woods! I am going to check into what our local nature centers will offer this summer – it will be a great time to do some exploring outdoors!
You did a great job showcasing what nature has to offer. You have to slow down and really take in what you are seeing. I hope to see this place one day!
Your photos are beautiful and make me want to go find a lush green place for a hike. Thanks so much for sharing.
I have always loved nature too there is something so serene about it! I love your photos it makes it look like a fairytale .
Looks like a beautiful place! My favorite thing to do is take a walk in the woods. $5 is a steal!
I’ve never been to Indiana so I have no real sense of what the climate and landscape are like. It’s fun to see that there are wooded areas and nature preserves to visit. Plus I love the turtle pictures.
You really got into nature with this. Great shot of the preserve!
Thanks for sharing your amazing photos of the preserve. I love spending time outdoors with nature. It is so relaxing and really helps you feel a part of something bigger.
I love the turtles! I think nature sometimes get forgotten as to how gorgeous it really is. That would be something I would enjoy!
This looks like such a fun time! My kids love when we go for walks in the woods. Not the bugs, but the rest of it they enjoy 🙂
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They have turtles there! This is so amazing!
Just like you, I also love nature and this park looks really nice!
I love all of the photos you took. I would love to go to this place with my kids. They love nature.
Oh how gorgeous! I would love to visit. The outdoors is such a great place to find inspiration and just get refreshed!
Beautiful pictures! I love the pictures of the turtles!
This looks like an incredible place to visit! I know my kids would love to go on a walk around here.
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How amazing!! I live being outside and those trees with bulges are so cute love them !!
Wow, what beauty! Nature is so amazing. It just really gets me thinking about how everything came to be. We are so blessed!
Great pics! I’m from Northwest Indiana! Evansville is beautiful, though. I love Southern Indiana!
Beautiful photos. This looks like a place my family would love to visit.
I love going to places like this – nature is so interesting and relaxing. I go in the backyard often to pinpoint the uniqueness of an ever-changing landscape.
I love nature. I feel so much like home when I go for a walk and listen to the sounds. Thank you for sharing.
Unfortunately, we haven’t been getting much beautiful weather here in NYC lately. You would think it would be warmer since it is spring but it has been the complete opposite.
This looks like a gorgeous place! I’m not usually an outdoorsy kind of person, but I do appreciate the beauty of nature.
This looks like such a peaceful place to visit, and definitely photograph. Your photos are amazing. You really captured the spirit of the place.
great photos. I remember growing up and enjoying hikes in the wood and now that I’m older, I more scared.
I love hiking and discovering new places. This looks like a place that I’d definitely like to check out!
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahmazing….so much better than sitting down here at my desk..