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Backyard Nature Walk
Take this opportunity for self-care with a guided walk and learn about what nature is doing in your backyard, while you enjoy the nature trail at Mount Rainier Nature Center.

Backyard Nature Walk
Take this opportunity for self-care with a guided walk and learn about what nature is doing in your backyard, while you enjoy the nature trail at Mount Rainier Nature Center.

Undergrove Launch Party
It’s game night at Mount Rainier Nature Center! Celebrate National Mushroom Month and join us for the Undergrove Launch Party! From the creator of Wingspan we get Undergrove, a game about mushrooms.

Nature Makers Space
Join us for a variety of projects and activities utilizing materials from the natural world. Every Monday we will embark on a new creative endeavor to make anything from color changing lemonade to weaving baskets out of invasive species. Come explore what your hands can create using natural materials!

Animal Encounters at Mount Rainier Nature Center
You don't need to be Dr. Dolittle to speak to the animals! Meet the nature center's live animals including reptiles, amphibians, and birds of prey!

Nature Makers Space
Join us for a variety of projects and activities utilizing materials from the natural world. Every Monday we will embark on a new creative endeavor to make anything from color changing lemonade to weaving baskets out of invasive species. Come explore what your hands can create using natural materials!

Nature Makers Space
Join us for a variety of projects and activities utilizing materials from the natural world. Every Monday we will embark on a new creative endeavor to make anything from color changing lemonade to weaving baskets out of invasive species. Come explore what your hands can create using natural materials!

Nature Makers Space
Join us for a variety of projects and activities utilizing materials from the natural world. Every Monday we will embark on a new creative endeavor to make anything from color changing lemonade to weaving baskets out of invasive species. Come explore what your hands can create using natural materials!

Nature Makers Space
Join us for a variety of projects and activities utilizing materials from the natural world. Every Monday we will embark on a new creative endeavor to make anything from color changing lemonade to weaving baskets out of invasive species. Come explore what your hands can create using natural materials!

Nature Makers Space
Join us for a variety of projects and activities utilizing materials from the natural world. Every Monday we will embark on a new creative endeavor to make anything from color changing lemonade to weaving baskets out of invasive species. Come explore what your hands can create using natural materials!

Animal Encounters at Mount Rainier Nature Center
You don't need to be Dr. Dolittle to speak to the animals! Meet the nature center's live animals including reptiles, amphibians, and birds of prey!

Movie Night: "Light on Earth" by David Attenborough
It’s Movie Night at Mount Rainier Nature Center! Learn about the "Light on Earth" phenomenon of bioluminescence and ask our naturalist your questions after.

Movie Night: “Wild Hope: The Frog Ark” Documentary
It’s Movie Night at Mount Rainier Nature Center! Experience a Wild Hope for amphibians! Discover the threat of the chytrid fungus killing frogs and how you can help! Watch the movie and enjoy a Q&A session after.

Nature Makers Space
Join us for a variety of projects and activities utilizing materials from the natural world. Every Monday we will embark on a new creative endeavor to make anything from color changing lemonade to weaving baskets out of invasive species. Come explore what your hands can create using natural materials!

Nature Makers Space
Join us for a variety of projects and activities utilizing materials from the natural world. Every Monday we will embark on a new creative endeavor to make anything from color changing lemonade to weaving baskets out of invasive species. Come explore what your hands can create using natural materials!

Nature Makers Space
Join us for a variety of projects and activities utilizing materials from the natural world. Every Monday we will embark on a new creative endeavor to make anything from color changing lemonade to weaving baskets out of invasive species. Come explore what your hands can create using natural materials!

Ask a Fun-Gal
Mushrooms for DNA? Learn about or bring mushrooms to our experts. Free, drop-in event

Animal Encounters at Mount Rainier Nature Center
You don't need to be Dr. Dolittle to speak to the animals! Meet the nature center's live animals including reptiles, amphibians, and birds of prey!