Paddle with a Ranger City Route (Heron Rookery)

Kayak down the Mississippi River with a National Park Service ranger as your guide. Participants start their four-mile paddle from the Carl W. Kroening Nature Center (North Mississippi Regional Park), 4900 N Mississippi Dr. Along the route, you’ll view the site of the future Upper Harbor Terminal Redevelopment Project and may see great blue herons nesting on their island rookery before landing at Graco Park. (Herons begin to leave their nests around late July.) You must manage your own transportation between parks. 5:30 pm, Wednesday, Sept. 2. Arrive 15-20 minutes early.  Free, but register at https://parkconnection.org/events/2026/8/19/paddle-city