Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center

04/09/2025

Registration is open!
https://www.birdandnaturefest.com/

04/09/2025

Thursday, April 10th

04/05/2025

The Friends of the Center volunteers are busy running concessions. Stop by the bazaar for some shopping, coffee and home baked items!

04/04/2025

While at the bazaar Saturday be sure to stop in the gift shop for some great Easter gifts along with 10% off the entire store.

04/02/2025

03/29/2025

Due to an unforeseen maintenance issue, the Northern Great Lakes Visitor center will be CLOSED today. We are sorry for the inconvenience and we will see you on Tuesday!

03/25/2025

🔈 UPDATED OPEN HOUSE FLIER 🔈

03/22/2025

Bus Money Available for Field Trips at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center!

📣ATTENTION TEACHERS📣

We are thrilled to offer field trips at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor with no expense to the schools. Our programs are always free but through grant funding; we are also able to cover the full cost of busing for every trip.

Field trips at the center are variable and adjustable according to classroom needs. Our most popular trips are:

•Habitat Hunting (Grades K-3): What are habitats? What are wetland habitats? What animals live in these habitats? Students will use dip nets to explore our pond life. Kindergarteners will do a lite version of this.
•Wetland Wonders (Graders 4-5): What are wetlands and why are they important? What animals live in wetlands? How can the animals in wetlands tell us about water quality? Students will use dip nets to explore our pond life.
Self-guided field trips are also an option, and we can cover bus costs for those programs.

If you would like to schedule a field trip with us, please contact our educator, Ariana London, [email protected] or call 715-685-2645.

*Please note due to staffing shortages- we are unable to accommodate large groups of children at once. Groups larger than 45 students will need to visit on separate days, but again, busing is covered.

Thank you,
Ariana London
Park Ranger, Visitor Services Manager

03/21/2025

Join Ranger Ariana FOR THE LAST READ WITH A RANGER FOR THE SEASON! We will be reading stories about spring, followed by a craft! Hope to see you there!

Read with a Ranger returns to the visitor center! Join a Park Ranger for story time followed by a craft. Geared for ages 3 to 7 but all are welcome! Every other Saturday at 10am. See you there!

03/20/2025

Sports are a popular topic for researchers in the History Center and Archives located on our second floor. When one of the recent archive visitors was looking up basketball articles from the Ashland Daily Press, we brought up March Madness. Read the post below to see his enthusiasm!
It's time to get excited! Go Wisconsin! 🏀

🏀 A researcher in our Ashland Area Research Center has recently been scanning 1980’s newspapers for high school basketball highlights. We asked him about March Madness, and he responded;

“Whenever March comes around, basketball fans start getting excited. Whether the first robins have been spotted or not, the anticipation builds. As fans cheer and reminisce about years past and all the great games that that have witnessed and great players. Who could forget Dick Bennett and the 2000 Badgers Team that was seeded 8th and ended up in the final four? Or the back-to-back teams of 2014 and 2015 led by Frank Kaminsky and company. The surprise in 2015 of upsetting the #1 and undefeated Kentucky team, only to feel heartbreak nights later as Duke would beat the Badgers for the national title. Yes, March madness is here, and it’s once again time to cheer.”

Thanks, Researcher Gabe, for getting us excited and ready to cheer!

Read an oral history of the Wisconsin’s 2014 and 2015 Final Four teams: https://wihist.org/3Fxd9OD

Let's cheer on Wisconsin as they play in the first round of the NCAA tournament this afternoon. Wisconsin Badgers take on Montana Grizzlies at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday in Denver.

📸: Wisconsin Men's Basketball

03/20/2025

Ashland/Bayfield County Master Gardeners Association presents Geology for Gardeners - Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 6 pm via Zoom
Free but registration is required for non-ABCMG members at

03/19/2025

🍪Join the Cookie Crawl this Saturday in Ashland!🍪

COOKIE CRAWL THIS SATURDAY
MARCH 22, 10AM-4PM
PURCHASE YOUR COOKIE BOX TODAY!!
$15 - 19 YUMMY COOKIES FROM 19 BUSINESSES!!
Order your box online https://shop.visitashland.net/chamber-store/176-2000-cookie-crawl.html
Pick up your box at Gowey Title between 10am-12pm on Saturday.

03/18/2025

Monday at 7pm at SOEI/Northland College

03/18/2025

The Mashkiiziibii Youth Singers continue the tradition of cultural preservation by learning the singing and drumming skills that allow them to celebrate impactful moments and connect with Tribal Nations from across the country.