Programs & Special Events

The Nature Center offers a variety of adult/child, family or child only nature programming throughout the year including stargazing and butterfly gardening in the summer, to snow shoeing in the winter. For specific programs, download the current Park District Brochure and view the Nature Center pages.

Family Evening Adventure

Come out to the Bartlett Nature Center for an evening of fun!  We will have hands on activity and storytelling.  It will be a FUN FAMILY TIME!!

Click Here - Summer 2010 Family Evening Adventure Flyer

Click Here - Fall 2010 Family Evening Adventure Flyer

Kid's Fishing Derby

The Bartlett Nature Center hosted our annual free youth fishing derby on Saturday, August 7th. Over 400 youth registered to fish in the derby held at Beaver Pond. We would like to thank our partners, the Bartlett Parks Foundation, and the Fox River Valley River Muskies for helping us make this event possible.

We would also like to thank our donors/sponsors for the prizes, awards and donations- Cabela’s-Hoffman Estates, Patti Hanson-Re/Max Central, Bass Pro Shop-Gurnee Mills, Coleman, The Dogfather and all the volunteers who helped make this event fun and successful.

Click Here - 2010 Fishing Derby Pictures

Over 500 fish were caught, however, the biggest catch of the day belonged to Lintaro Kajiwara with a 17 ½ “ Catfish/Carp.

Other winners in their age group included: Amanda Natali, Taryn Stompolis, Olivia Perrino, Brianna Fanncke, Trevor Delporte, Joe Alderson, Gavin Burseth, Holli Wood, Alli Rys, Haley Erjavac and Jessica Flack in the Catfish/Carp category.

Derek Michael, Kailey Dryer, Michael Mascari, Daniel McDonald, Emily Fagan, Arianna Stompolis, Bianca Natali, Taylor Ferrandino, Tessa Lachowcz, Sammy Atkins, Nick Atkan and Vincent B. in the Bluegill/Croppie category.

Holli Wood, Isiah Robles, Shawn VanHosen, Anthony Giacobbe, Eric Deguzman, Dylan Wright, Gage Phillips, Kyle Loader, Alyson Nglman, Paige Pala, Austin Wright and Julie Trerno in the Bass category.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the fishing derby, we hope to see you again next year! For more information about the fishing derby please call The Bartlett Nature Center at 847-608-3100.