Bird & Nature Adventures | Tenney Park

Yahara History Tour ~  Join Madison Historian Don Sanford to learn about the social history of Lake Mendota and the Yahara Riverway from Native Americans to the present.  Along the way enjoy other birds and nature in this beautiful park and riverway created to help preserve nature alongside human activities for future genratons to enjoy. Check out Don Sanford's book On Fourth Lake: A Social History of Lake Mendota.

See the Wild Tenney on Facebook for more info and post your pictures and comments!  Free, welcoming, healthy, fairly accessible, family and kid friendly, educational, no pets.  Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.  Nature-expert guided walks in Tenney Park along Lake Mendota and the Yahara River Parkway bike path through the Madison Isthmus are free, family-friendly and held the first Saturday of each month, from 1:30-3pm. The walk begins at the Tenney Beach parking lot, 1300 Sherman Avenue. No registration is required. No pets are allowed. Co-sponsored by Madison FUN Friends of Urban Nature, Madison Parks, Tenney-Lapham Neighborhood Association and Friends of the Yahara River Parkway.

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