Lakewood Discovery Center

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!

06/18/2026

The power is on and we are open for visitors.

06/17/2026

Lakewood Discovery Center is closed today, hope to be open by the end of the week.

06/16/2026

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.

06/16/2026

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.

06/15/2026

Lakewood is still out of power. We will open when we get up and running again. We will have Tuesday fishing as scheduled.

06/10/2026

With the approaching storm this evening family Canoe night has been cancelled. Our next evening will be Wed June 24.

06/10/2026

Lakewood will post the status of our programs here until we get power back. Our phones are out also. If you need information please post it here and I can let you know asap. Thanks.

06/10/2026

Backyard Detectives and Lakewood Greenthumbs programs for today are cancelled. We will hope to have power for the next week's editions.

06/09/2026

News from Lakewood!

Due to a power outage, the Lakewood programs Backyard Detectives and Lakewood Greenthumbs are canceled.

Archery will still be held and will meet in the front parking lot of the main park.

05/29/2026

Join us on June 6 for the Cops and Bobbers Fishing Derby!

Registration begins at 7:15 a.m. at the North Shore Shelter, and fishing runs from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Prize drawings will follow the derby, and the fun continues with bounce houses and food trucks until 5:00 p.m.

Be sure to register to be eligible for the prize drawing. The first 50 pre-registered participants in each age group will receive a prize. Walk-up registrations are welcome.

Bring the family and come enjoy a great day of fishing and fun. 🎣

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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