Dakota County New Year’s Eve Party

Celebrate all things winter with candlelight ice skating, walking, hiking and snowshoeing. Hang out at the A-frame, sled on the lit sledding hill, sip cocoa and warm up with crackling bonfires. Stay for the ball drop at 7:59 p.m.

Bring your own sled and ice skates. Snowshoe rental is available. S’mores and hot cocoa provided.

Dogs not permitted. Service animals are welcome.

Admission:

Cost is $8 per person. Ages 5 and under are free, no ticket required.  Pre-purchasing tickets is highly recommended. To maintain a high quality event, we limit the amount of tickets we sell. Tickets go on sale Dec. 1 at 9 a.m.

​Food ​​available

• Brick Oven Bus
• Unbakeable ​
• Youniverse Foodie
• KCM Egg R​olls

Events plan​​ned

• Wooded lake loop for hiking or snowshoeing (about a half mile).
• Wooded spur trail to the A-Frame shelter for hiking or snowshoeing (1 mile one way).
• Paved, snow-free ADA accessible lake wooded loop for walking (3/4 mile).
• Snow-free ADA accessible sidewalk loop around the Visitor Center campus (1/2 mile).
• Lit bay of Schulze Lake for skating and kicksledding (bring your own ice skates, free kicksleds provided). Weather permitting.
• Lit sledding hill for sledding. Bring your own sled.
• Ski pole and snowshoe rental available. (First-come, first-served, no reservations).
• Bonfires.
• Free cocoa available at Visitor Center and A-Frame Shelter.
• S’more stations at Schulze Beach bonfire.
• Holiday light recycling (we’re collecting old, working and non-working holiday lights for recycling).
• 7:59 p.m. ball drop.