Tickets, Directions & Hour Information
Ticket Prices
Buy Tickets- Adult Ticket (18-64) Online: $23 | At the Door: $24
- Senior/Military Ticket (65+) Online: $21 | At the Door: $22
- Youth Ticket (5-17) Online: $13 | At the Door: $14
- Age 4 and Under Free
- Members Free
Directions
45 Museum Drive
Tupper Lake, NY 12986
Get detailed directionsTupper Lake, NY 12986
Hours
Open Friday through Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm.
*Closed Sunday, December 24
*Closed Sunday, December 24
Outside
Outside you can walk woodland trails, head to the river to canoe with a guide, explore Wild Walk, or discover the magic of the Pines Play Area, a wild playground in the forest where children can connect to their inner Huck Finn. There are 115 acres to explore.
Wild Walk
Walk up a trail of bridges to the treetops of the Adirondack forest. Visit a four-story twig tree house, swing on bridges, clamber over a spider’s web or climb to the full-sized bald eagle’s nest at the highest point.
Stickwork
As children, we use sticks to build forts, play games—where ever our imagination would lead us. Artist Patrick Dougherty has tapped into that nostalgia to create a larger-than-life sculpture that is inspired by childhood and the natural world of the Adirondacks.
Trails
Explore the trails on the 115-acre campus on your own or on one of our guided Naturalist walks.
The Pines Wild Play Area
The Pines is a chance to play away from a manufactured experience. A tipped up tree, piles of sticks, and log drums all fill a clearing in the woods.
Coming Spring 2024
The Clothesline: Food, Fiber, Air, and Soil, an installation by artist Brenda Baker highlights the hard work done in our community by people who work in agriculture.
Inside
Inside The Wild Center explore 54,000-square-feet of exhibit halls, meet one of our many animals at an animal encounter, join us for a live show, or watch one of many amazing films.
Exhibits
In the Hall of the Adirondacks, you can spend time with a myriad fish, turtles, and other animal and plant species, and get a deeper understanding and appreciation of the inner workings of nature in this unique region.
Climate Solutions
A new exhibit that explores the encouraging stories of people from across different backgrounds, generations and sectors who are building a web of climate solutions in their lives and communities.
Planet Adirondack
Watch the Earth come to life in Planet Adirondack, an amazing display that will help you see the world with new eyes.
Animals
The Wild Center is home to more than 900 live Adirondack animals – including otters, porcupines, ravens, snakes and fresh-water fish. See them in the indoor Living River Trail or up-close during a live Animal Encounter.
