07/23/2026
Up close with nature
Lakewood Discovery Center
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Our mission is to develop environmentally educated citizens by providing a unique setting which nurtures curiosity and interest of nature.
Lakewood Discovery Center is a division of the City of Salina Department of Parks and Recreation dedicated to developing environmentally educated citizens. LDC is FREE to visit during business hours and hosts a wide range of creatures including snakes, owls, turtles, and fish. See our website for a list of kid and adult programs/trips offered throughout the year!
07/23/2026
07/23/2026
Lakewood Discovery Center our permaculture garden is full of life. Look at these tigerswallow tail caterpillars living large on our finnell plant.
07/21/2026
Lakewood would like to thank the Ark Church work group that spent their Saturday working at the Discovery center. Your efforts are amazing.
The end of our summer programs are coming soon. Finish your summer fun with our DARE Adventure day 🚓. We team up with the Saline Co. Sheriff's Dept. to bring a fun filled day to cap off the summer season. We really appreciate our local DARE officers that lend their time and leadership to the youth of Saline Co. Enroll today at salinaparks.com
Jr Explorers will meet at the Smoky Hill Museum this morning
06/18/2026
The power is on and we are open for visitors.
Lakewood Discovery Center is closed today, hope to be open by the end of the week.
Lakewood Discovery Center will cancel Wednesday programs including Backyard Detectives and Lakewood Greenthumbs due to no power. We will refund those programs when we are operational again.
Archery will be held at the front parking lot like last week.
Lakewood is still out of power today, I will announce if we will have Wednesday programs at 1 pm today. This would include Backyard Detectives and Lakewood Greenthumbs classes.
Lakewood is still out of power. We will open when we get up and running again. We will have Tuesday fishing as scheduled.
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1323 E. Iron
Salina, KS
67401
Opening Hours
| Monday | 8am - 4:30pm |
| Tuesday | 8am - 4:30pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 4:30pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 4:30pm |
| Friday | 8am - 4:30pm |