Crawford Park District

  Lowe-Volk Park Nature Center

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The Nature Center is normally open 9 AM to 4 PM. Monday through Saturday
( However meetings can be scheduled after hours:)
 Sundays noon to 4 PM.

The Friends of the Crawford  Park District, Inc.  Would like to acknowledge artist Mickey Schilling  from Loveland, Colorado who created the murals and other art and John Hanna from the InsideOutside exhibit company, also the stained glass artist Barb  Dolch from Bucyrus and Steve Rosenthal & Bill Bloom of Route 30 Stained  Glass. Come see the 17 interpretive exhibits, see the live wildlife display, explore the Window on Wildlife, view the environmentally friendly construction, and see the Colonel Crawford mural. Enjoy shopping at our gift counter.

Since the Lowe-Volk Park Nature Center opened in December  of 2002, over 14,000 people have visited the Nature Center.

Click on any of the pictures below for a close up look at just some of the many exhibits inside the Nature Center

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Click below to see some of the special activities that take place in and around the Nature Center.

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