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Sign Up Now, Folks!
Call 608-698-0104 to Reserve Your Spot
Click Here to Register
The Dining Hall balcony overlooking the lake
is a popular birding spot - even during dinner!
"Is that a Little Green Heron on the snag?"
What's Included?
- 2 Nights and 6 Meals - $168 per person
Family of 4 - $125 per person
Family of 5 - $100 per person
Children under 3 are free
Optional Friday Night - $52 per person
Day Guests - $5 plus meal charge if joining for meals
- Meals are provided Saturday evening through Monday noon
Vegetarian meals can be requested
- If arriving early, meals are on your own or in nearby towns,
bring your own plates/pans if you use the cabin kitchenettes
- The group cabins are simple but quite comfortable.
Bedrooms have two single beds, blankets, sheets and towels provided,
shared bathrooms, cabin kitchens for snacks,
and large family rooms, some with fireplaces. Two cabins have
showers in the cabin, overflow cabins have showers next door.
- Requests for a single room, cabins with showers, 'the quieter cabin', and
special diets will be honored to the extent possible
but cannot be guaranteed
What Do I Need to Bring?
- Meals will be served to you
in the dining hall Sat eve thru Mon noon. You may want to bring snacks and drinks (no alcohol please). The cabin kitchen, stove, and refrigerator is available for use for storing beverages and snacks, and for making meals if arriving on Friday. The
cabin kitchen does not include plates, utinsels, or pans, so bring along a few paper plates and cups,
plastic utinsels, and a pan if you want to cook a meal or make popcorn in the cabin.
- Bring casual clothing, something warm for evenings, hiking shoes, and rain gear.
- Access to swimming may be limited based on lifeguard availability
(and the water's usually pretty cold yet). Canoes are available on request and you can swim
from canoes.
- Blankets, sheets and towels are provided, just bring your toothbrush.
You may want to bring an extra pillow, snuggle blanket, towel and snacks.
- Folks really enjoy bringing bikes to ride the camp trails and quiet roads!
Some canoes are provided, bring your own canoe or kayak if you wish, and it's always fun to bring
indoor and outdoor games to share. And if you're into birding,
bring your binoculars, and a spotting scope if you have one!
(sorry, no pets or grumpy people :)
- Contact Paul_Noeldner@hotmail.com or call 608-698-0104 to reserve your spot!
Click here for a SlideShow with more pictures and information
Click here for information about Camp Lake Lucerne facilities and services in general
Scroll down for a map showing the location
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A Relaxing Time - and
Opportunties for Great Birding!
Join Audubon members, friends, and families at this annual relaxing and
memorable weekend birding retreat. Just over an hour north of Madison, Camp
Lake Lucerne provides comfortable group cabins with several bedrooms,
indoor family rooms, and outdoor play areas and campfire pits.
Enjoy being served hot cooked meals in the modern dining hall while looking out at
the beautiful spring-fed lake. Take one of the easy hiking and biking trails through the
acres of woodlands - can you spot the orchids? - past the restored prairie -
watch for bluebirds! - and down to the quiet lake
and beach to enjoy turtles, herons, hawks, and orioles, take a camp canoe for a paddle,
or just kick back and relax.
You may want to bring your own bike, canoe or kayak, snacks, and a good book (sorry, no pets and no alchohol), and don’t forget your binoculars! There is no strict schedule and plenty of opportunities for fun, exercise, and a bit of education! Each day features group bird walks 'out the door' and carpools to nearby wildlife areas where the more expert birders share their tips, scopes and birdcall recognition skills with novices. Enjoy evening campfires with S'moors, and games, a computer projected birding DVD and other activities indoors. Volunteers will lead nature walks to identify trees and find ladyslippers, listen for the evening Whip-Poor-Will and other bird calls, and - if lucky - you might spot the resident Pileated Woodpecker and Red Shouldered Hawk!
Here are some of the activities folks are planning for 2010 for your enjoyment!
- Lake Lucerne Bird Walks to see Hawks, Orioles, Bluebirds, Towhees, Poccoons, Lady Slippers
- Birding Carpools to Germania Marsh and other nearby natural areas to see Herons, Black Terns, and many other species
- Buena Vista Marsh - Optional Sunday Field Trip to see Prairie and Farmland Birds - and maybe a Badger or an elusive Prairie Chicken if lucky!
- Canoing for Turtles - Anytime, self-guided, camp canoes are available on request
- Nature Walk for Kids and a Tree Identification Walk (bring field guides if you have em)
- Evening Space Astronomy (bring a scope if you have one)
- Learn Mexican Railroad. Mah Jong and other games
- Evening Bonfires with Smores - bring fixin's and share campfire chats
- Share Travel Pictures and Educational Bird and Nature DVD's
- Introduction to Tai Chi Moves - meditative exercise in the great outdoors
- Digital Photography - Folks share daily pix of natural things they found interesting
- Birding By Ear - Learn a bit more about the birds you are hearing and seeing
- Citizen Science - Report what you see and help build the Total Species and Total Bird Count - Let's Break the Record!
"Join us for a bird walk?" - right out the door!
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