Jester Park Nature Center

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The Jester Park Nature Center is a significant tourist attraction, welcome center, portal to Polk County's family of parks, and Jester Park's new front porch. Tourists, students, educators, families, and others can connect through this center to the natural playscape, bison and elk exhibit, restored woodlands, Saylorville Lake, and a network of nature trails that immerse people back into nature.

Admission into Jester Park & the Nature Center is FREE. 

Take a virtual tour of the nature center.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

The Jester Park Nature Center features the following: 

• • Classrooms
  • Discovery Kids Zone
  • Displays & Exhibits
  • Entryway Information Center
  • Fireplace Gathering Area
  • Junior Naturalist Nook
  • Prairie Observation Terrace
  • The Galleries
• Jester Park Outdoor Recreation & Wellness Center
  • Petra Alward Bouldering Room
  • Equipment Rental:
    • Stand Up Paddle Boards
    • Canoes & Kayaks
    • Snowshoes
    • Cross-Country Skis
  • Hands-On Workshops
  • Air Rifle Range (Saturdays only)
  • Archery Range (Sundays only)

HOURS OF OPERATION

• Monday - Friday | 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Saturday | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
• Sunday & Open Holidays | Noon - 4 p.m.

Open Holidays (Noon - 4 p.m.):

• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
• Presidents’ Day
• Memorial Day
• Independence Day Observed
• Independence Day
• Labor Day
• Friday after Thanksgiving

Holidays Closed:

• Christmas Eve & Christmas Day
• Easter Day
• New Year's Day
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving Day

Special Events Closed to the Public

• Glow Wild Tickets Required to Event

12130 NW 128th St
Granger, IA 50109
p. (515) 323-5300