Fort Indiantown Gap Butterfly Tour

Wildlife staff will provide guided tours of grassland habitat found at Fort Indiantown Gap (FIG), home to the only remaining population of the eastern regal fritillary butterfly. Staff will highlight a variety of animals and plants found at FIG and how the military presence on the base is vital to the persistence of these species and their ecosystems.

Registration and acquiring a free tour permit is REQUIRED for each person attending.

• The tours will be held rain or shine. No rain dates will be held.
• Permit holders only: Click here for PARKING AND DIRECTIONS
• When you arrive, please park and remain in your vehicle. FIG staff will come to your vehicle to check you in.
• Please arrive 15 minutes before your scheduled tour. Tours will depart promptly at the scheduled time.
• Attendees will caravan/convoy to the grassland habitat in their PERSONAL VEHICLES, guided by FIG vehicles.
• The tour will be a MODERATE HIKE ON FOOT over mowed (grassland) trails and gravel roads.
• The tour route has little to no shade.
• Tours will last approximately 1 hour, PLUS driving time to and from the site. 
• Tour groups must stay with their guides and be escorted back to the meeting location to check out when the tour is complete.
• Portable toilets will be available; modern restroom facilities will not be. ​​