Pasque Flower Hike

Pasque Flower Hike

Friday, April 21^st

5:00-6:30 PM

Aldo Leopold once said, “the chance to find a pasque flower is as inalienable as the right to free speech.” Come and exercise your right with a guided hike to see one of Iowa’s earliest-blooming and most beloved wildflowers at the Motor Mill Historic Site.

Pasque flowers indicate high-quality natural areas, particularly prairie areas including a thin-soiled “goat prairie” overlooking the Turkey River Valley. To nature lovers, their emergence marks the start of the wildflower season.

The hike will be a short but rugged off-trail hike, so participants should be confident in their mobility and wear appropriate footwear. The group will meet at the campground at Motor Mill for the roughly 1-mile round-trip hike.

Motor Mill is located at 23002 Grain Road, Elkader, IA 52043.

To sign up or ask questions please contact the Osborne Nature Center at 563-245-1516 or sign up at claytoncountyconservation.org .