Escape Into Nature
Indian Creek Nature Center welcomes visitors to nature-inspired events, educational programs and seven miles of trails across wetlands, prairies and woodlands.
Where to Begin Your Escape
Trails
Whether your escape involves hikes in the woods, watching the kids chase frogs, or settling onto a bench in the middle of a prairie, Indian Creek Nature Center has a space for you.
Amazing Space
Amazing Space provides endless opportunities for exploration and discovery, and serves as your gateway to the beautiful natural world outside its doors.
Creekside Shop
At Indian Creek Nature Center’s Creekside Shop, located in the front lobby of Amazing Space, you’ll find a variety of items including sustainable gifts, notecards, jewelry, hiking poles, jars of ICNC’s honey, real handcrafted maple syrup, organic pasture-raised eggs and seasonal produce from Etzel Sugar Grove Farm, recipe books, clothing, children’s toys, and much more.
Looking for a good deal? Become a member and receive discounts on items from our Creekside Shop as well as other benefits.
By shopping at our Creekside Shop, not only are you supporting a local business and local makers, you’re also supporting our nonprofit mission to create a more sustainable future.
Ways to Explore
Golf Cart Tours
See Indian Creek property in a whole new way! Have a seat in our quiet, electric golf cart as we tour prairies east of the nature center in style.
All-Terrain Wheelchairs
All-terrain wheelchairs can be reserved at Indian Creek Nature Center at no cost to users. Thanks to the support of generous donors, the Nature Center is able to offer this amenity to the public for outdoor recreation.
Benefits of Escaping into Nature
Time spent in nature has been shown to provide a variety of health benefits, and the exciting part is that it doesn’t require a weeklong escape into the mountains. Even as little as twenty minutes in nature can make a difference for your physical and mental wellbeing.
A study published in Frontiers in Psychology shows that spending twenty minutes in nature during the daytime is enough to effectively lower levels of cortisol, a stress hormone. This can improve an individual’s mood and stress, although the limited scope of the study doesn’t prove it works for everyone.