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Monday 8am - 4:30pm Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm Thursday 8am - 4:30pm Friday 8am - 4:30pm

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!

10/21/2026

Attention, anglers! Trout season opens on December 1st. Be sure to purchase your trout stamp if you plan to take your catch home. Remember, the daily limit at Lakewood is two trout per person. Happy fishing!

10/20/2026

Culture Crawl takes place this week. The Salina Educators group will host sixth-grade students from Salina South and Salina Central for a fun, educational downtown event. Students will visit local cultural and educational sites, where they can explore available programs, resources, and future opportunities. Lakewood will be at the Salina Fieldhouse teaching students about point-source and nonpoint-source pollution in local watersheds. Please note that we will be closed for the remainder of the week to support these major events.

09/09/2026

Lakewood recently assisted Friends of the River in sampling the Smoky Hill River and helping high school students experience real scientific measures to evaluate the environment. We took samples, flow rates, turbidity measures and discovered key indicator species. What did our efforts find? We found that the river water was pretty healthy and supports many indicators of clean water.

08/31/2026

Join us on Wednesday, September 9, at 6:00 p.m. at Lakewood for a hands-on Prairie Bombs program.

We’ll learn about prairie seeds and the plants that grow on the Kansas prairie. Participants will also make seed “bombs” to toss into their own gardens, helping plant seeds and support pollinator-friendly growth.

08/21/2026

Lakewood staff have been working on conservation projects at Indian Rock this week, removing cedar trees and invasive vegetation from the hillside. During this work, we noticed a mountain bike with a locking cable that had been left at the site for three days. The bike has been brought to Lakewood for safekeeping. If you are missing a mountain bike, please call us at 785-826-7335.

07/23/2026

Up close with nature

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.

07/15/2026

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

07/06/2026

Jr Explorers will meet at the Smoky Hill Museum this morning

Address

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

Telephone

+17858267335

Website

http://www.salina-ks.gov/content/18394/18534/19102/default.aspx

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