End 2024 on a high note and join Wind Creek State Park Naturalist Dylan Ogle at 12 p.m. for an End of the Year hike on the Speckled Snake Trail. The 4-mile loop is one of the most accessible trails at this Lake Martin wonder and traverses shoreline, woods, creeks and Ogle’s favorite area – a seasonal wetlands.

“At low water, there’s a part along the trail that turns into a wetland with shallow pools of water,” Ogle said. “It’s interesting to see how that ecosystem changes seasonally. You can usually find a great blue heron out there in the winter.”