The Montour Preserve offers a wide range of year-round opportunities for free, family-friendly, outdoor activities. With a variety of fields, forests, and streams and features like the sugar shack, fossil pit, boat launch, fishing pier, wildlife observation blinds, visitors’ center / environmental education center, pavilions, children’s play areas, more than seven miles of trails, and more, all centered around the Preserve’s signature feature – the 165-acre Lake Chillisquaque – the Montour Preserve offers something for everyone. Enjoy ice fishing, cross-country skiing, maple sugaring, birding, nature study, photography, fishing, boating, picnicking, hiking, trail running, fossil collecting, quiet reflection … the possibilities are nearly endless!

— HOLIDAY VISITORS’ CENTER CLOSURES —

The Montour Preserve Visitors’ Center building will be closed December 24, 25, and 26 and December 31 / January 1 for the holidays. All outdoor facilities will remain open dawn to dark on these days. MARC wishes everyone a safe and happy holiday season.