Bird & Nature Adventures | Starkweather Creek Area

Bike the Creek ~ Join Tara Dary and Friends of Starkweather Creek for a guided bike tour along the greenways, parks and yards beside Starkweather Creek.  Bring your bike or rent a B-Cycle at a nearby station at Goodman, Blue Plate Diner or Garver Feed Mill. We'll stop at several areas with native flowers that are being restored to prairies and rain gardens with help from Friends of Starkweather Creek and other volunteers.  Don't miss the nature murals on the bridge rails and picnic tables in Landsness Legacy Lot at the east end of Commercial Avenue. Take a moment to contemplate nature on the Leopold Bench dedicated to Carl Landsness.

Meeting Location: Goodman Community Center, 149 Waubesa - at the bike path B-Cycle station

Outings in the Starkweather Creek area vary each month - be sure to check the starting location. Adventures typically at 10:00am on the 3rd Saturday of the month, year-round, and frequently start at the Goodman Community Center, unless noted otherwise. Outings include nature walks, canoe/kayak adventures, bicycling tours, and more, and are sponsored by the Madison Friends of Urban Nature, Goodman Community Center, and the Friends of Starkweather Creek. Free, welcoming, healthy, fairly accessable, family and kid friendly, educational, no registration required, no pets.  Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

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