List of nature centers in Maine

This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Maine.

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Name	Location	County	Summary
Augusta Nature Education Center	Augusta	Kennebec	175 acres with 5 miles of trails, operated by the Augusta Nature Club^[1]
Beachcombers’ Rest Nature Center	Bristol	Lincoln	website, operated seasonally by the Pemaquid Watershed Association at Pemaquid Beach Park
Birdsacre: Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary	Ellsworth	Hancock	200-acre preserve, 19th-century historic house museum and modern nature center
Borestone Mountain Audubon Sanctuary	Monson	Piscataquis	website, over 1,600 acres, center open seasonally, operated by Maine Audubon
The Ecology School	Saco	York	Residential and traveling environmental education programs
Ferry Beach State Park	Saco	York	website, 127 acres^[2]
Fields Pond Audubon Center	Holden	Penobscot	website, 192 acres, operated by Maine Audubon
Gilsland Farm Audubon Center	Falmouth	Cumberland	website, 65 acres, operated by Maine Audubon
Hidden Valley Nature Center	Jefferson	Lincoln	website, over 1,000 acres with 25 miles of trails, operated by the Midcoast Conservancy
Hog Island	Bremen	Lincoln	330 acres, plus a 30-acre mainland parcel to comprise Todd Wildlife Sanctuary, features Audubon Camp in Maine operated by the National Audubon Society
Maine Wildlife Park	Gray	Cumberland	website, 65 acres, state-operated zoo of native wildlife, trails, environmental education programs
Merryspring Nature Center	Camden	Knox	website, 66-acre park, garden and education center in Camden and Rockport
Mount Blue State Park Nature Center	Weld	Franklin	About 8,000 acres in two sections separated by Webb Lake
Project Puffin Visitor Center	Rockland	Knox	Seabird conservation work of the National Audubon Society, live video feed from Seal Island National Wildlife Refuge
Scarborough Marsh Audubon Center	Scarborough	Cumberland	website, operated by Maine Audubon, programs and access to the state-owned 3,100-acre Scarborough Marsh
Sebago Lake Ecology Center	Standish	Cumberland	website, operated by the Portland Water District, 1,700-acre Sebago Lake Land Reserve
Viles Arboretum	Augusta	Kennebec	224 acres, botanical garden and arboretum, visitor center and environmental education programs
Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve	Wells	York	2,250 acres, operated by the Wells Reserve and the Laudholm Trust

References

↑ "Augusta Nature Center Trails". Augusta Trails. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
↑ http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=DOC+News&id=409903&v=Article Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: New Nature Center at Ferry Beach State Park to Hold Grand Opening, July 9, 2012

Maine Environmental Education Association

External links

Map of nature centers and environmental education centers in Maine

Protected areas of Maine

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Acadia National Park Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

National Wildlife Refuges	Aroostook Carlton Pond Waterfowl Production Area Cross Island Franklin Island Moosehorn Petit Manan Pond Island Rachel Carson Seal Island Sunkhaze Meadows

National Forests	White Mountain

National Trails	Appalachian Trail

National Estuarine Research Reserves	Wells

State

State Parks	Allagash Wilderness Waterway Aroostook Baxter Birch Point Bradbury Mountain Camden Hills Cobscook Bay Crescent Beach Damariscotta Lake Ferry Beach Fort Point Grafton Notch Holbrook Island Sanctuary Lake St. George Lamoine Lilly Bay Moose Point Mount Blue Peacock Beach Peaks-Kenny Penobscot River Corridor Popham Beach Quoddy Head Range Ponds Rangeley Lake Reid Roque Bluffs Shackford Head Sebago Lake Swans Falls Campground Swan Lake Two Lights Vaughan Woods Warren Island Wolfe's Neck Woods

State Historic Sites	Bible Point Colburn House Colonial Pemaquid Eagle Island Fort Baldwin Fort Edgecomb Fort Halifax Fort Kent Fort Knox Fort McClary Fort O'Brien John Paul Jones Katahdin Iron Works Mayall Mills Whaleback Shell Midden

State Forests	Durham State Forest

Maine Department of Conservation (web)

Nature centers in the United States

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