Visitor Center - Black River Center

at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park

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exterior of the visitor center

The Black River Center is a great place to stop on your way into the park. Here, you can watch videos the "A Billion and a Half Years in a Nutshell," "The Power of Water" and "Rebuilding Johnson's Shut-Ins." You can also view programs on prescribed burns and feral hogs. Exhibits include "Songs of the Shut-Ins Song Birds" and "The Johnston Family History," both of which are interactive, as well as "Water Life of the River," "How the Shut-Ins was Formed," "Glade Life" and "Landscape of Voices."

A conference room within the visitor center can be rented for $150 for a full day or $75 for a half day.

Photos of The Black River Center at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park
interior exhibits inside the visitor center
interior exhibits inside the visitor center
interior exhibits inside the visitor center

 

April through October (on-season)

  • April
    10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday
  • May through Wednesday before Memorial Day
    10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday
  • Thursday before Memorial Day through Labor Day
    10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday
  • Tuesday after Labor Day through September
    10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday
  • October
    10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday and Sunday

November through March (off-season)

  • Closed
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