Waitlist Only Catch frogs, build a fort, seine for fish, walk in a stream, and squish your toes in the marsh! Enjoy outdoor summer fun along the Patuxent River at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary. Rain or shine, we’ll spend every day outside. Campers will discover nature through exploration, crafts, and games. Ages 7 to 9.…

Join longtime Jug Bay volunteer and MD Master Naturalist, Mike Quinlan, to learn skills for identifying birds by sight and sound on a guided hike. Wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. Limited to 10 participants. Please bring a COVID mask. Ages 12 and older. Fee: $6 per vehicle park entrance fee.

Join a Jug Bay volunteer naturalist on a mystery hike of the sanctuary. Topic and hike to be determined by participants. Our challenge will be to seek out the topic. Come with ideas. All ages. Be prepared to walk approximately 2 miles. Free with $6 per vehicle park admission. Click button at the top of…

Let your child’s natural born curiosity bloom through outdoor summer fun along the Patuxent River at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary. Stomp in a creek, squish through the marsh, and experience the quiet of the woods. Rain or shine, we’ll spend every day outside engaged in hands-on, nature-themed play and activities designed to encourage independent thinking,…

Discover the abundant wildlife in the Patuxent River wetlands with Dad! We’ll paddle up some of the smaller branches of the river to look for beavers, birds, and flowering wetland plants. Please arrive 15 minutes before the start time. Bring plenty of water, sunscreen, sun hat, sunglasses, a lunch, and closed toed shoes that can…

Discover Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary’s newest property, the Jug Bay Farm Preserve (JBFP). We will launch kayaks from the farm pier and paddle south approximately two miles on the Patuxent River, exploring wetlands and shoreline as we go. We will paddle the beautiful Mataponi Creek looking for beaver, otter, birds, and flowering wetland plants. Note…

It’s back! This is the camp for the adventure-seekers, the outdoor-wanderers, the adults of summer who for just one weekend, want to pretend like they never grew up. Join us at Camp Pandion – a summer camp for participants 21+ years who won’t let age stop them from SUPing the river, mucking the marsh, capturing…

Join Maryland Master Naturalist and long time Jug Bay volunteer, Mike Quilan, to walk the sanctuary looking for signs of the changing seasons, from spring to summer. Ages: 8 and older. Free with $6 per vehicle park entrance fee. To register click the button at the top of this page.

Families are welcome to join us for a fun day on the water at Wootons Landing Wetland Park!! You will have the opportunity to try kayaks, paddle boards, do some fishing, go for a hike, or play games. Water and snacks will be provided. This is a FREE event! Click the button at the top…

Tap into the serenity of our wetlands with a leisurely canoe trip on the Patuxent River. We’ll look for wildlife and wetland plants along the Patuxent and Western Branch. We will enjoy a gourmet lunch. Fee includes naturalist canoe guides, all canoe equipment, gourmet lunch and park admission. A hike/walk in the woods will be…