Bird & Nature Adventures | Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park

Ice Age Geology ~ Join UW Professor Luke Zoet on a free family friendly guided walk and take a look for yourself!  We will explore Hickory Island and imagine standing on the edge of an ancient deep Yahara River canyon, stop to check out a large 'erratic' rock dropped by the Ice Age glacier near a Native American Mound, follow a trail over the top of the North Hill Ice Age moraine deposited atop a bedrock remnant scraped flat by the glacier, look at ancient rock layers on a vertical hillside where quarrying was done, and cross an open flat marsh growing on ancient Lake Yahara sediment.  

Cherokee Marsh is Madison’s largest conservation park with three units - North, South, and Mendota. Each month, year-round we explore the north unit's beautiful trails through the woodlands, wetlands, and restored prairies along the Yahara ‘Catfish’ River. Co-sponsored by Madison Parks, Friends of Cherokee Marsh, and Sierra Club.  Follow North Sherman Ave. to the parking lot at the end of the gravel entrance road. Free, family-friendly guided nature walks at Cherokee Marsh Conservation Park – North are held on the 1st Sunday of each month, year-round 1:30-3pm. Free, welcoming, healthy, fairly accessible, family and kid friendly, educational, no registration required, no pets.  Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. 

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