DIXON, IOWA (August 20, 2024) — On Saturday, September 14, 2024, 9-11AM, there will be a Monarch Migration Fun Run held at the Wapsi River Environmental Education Center in Dixon, Iowa.
The Fourth Annual Monarch Migration Fun Run will benefit the Friends of the Wapsi Center.
This self-timed 5K Trail Run will take you through the upland and bottomland forests and the prairies of the Wapsi River Center.
There will be one wave starting at 9AM. This run goes till 11AM, giving you plenty of time to walk or run the trails!
Check-in for the run starts at 8:30AM. The check-in table and run start/finish will be on our main prairie near the observatory.
Registration costs $25 for children ages sixteen and under and $30 for everyone else (seventeen and over).
Registration includes a t-shirt and refreshments after the run. Registration closes at 7:30AM on September 14, but must be complete by August 27, 2024 to be guaranteed a t-shirt.
If trail conditions are not favorable, the run will be cancelled and your registration fee will be considered a donation to the Friends of the Wapsi Center.
Registration must be done online at getmeregistered.com/MonarchMigrationFunRun. For more details or questions, please call the Wapsi River Center at 563-328-3286.
The Wapsi River Environmental Education Center can be found six miles south of Wheatland or one mile northwest of Dixon, Iowa by taking County Road Y4E. Then turn north at 52nd Avenue and follow the signs for about one mile.
