List of nature centers in Pennsylvania

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

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Name	Location	County	Region	Summary
Abernathy Field Station	Washington	Washington	Pittsburgh Metro Area	57-acre (230,000 m2) outdoor ecology classroom serving Washington & Jefferson College
Asbury Woods	Erie	Erie	Northwest Region	website, regional nature center with over 205 acres and 4.5 miles of hiking trails
Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve	Fox Chapel	Allegheny	Pittsburgh Metro Area	134-acre (0.5 km2) protected area, headquarters of the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania
Benjamin Olewine III Nature Center	Harrisburg	Dauphin	Cumberland Valley	Located in 210-acre Wildwood Park
Boyce Park Nature Center	Monroeville	Allegheny	Pittsburgh Metro Area	Operated by the County, displays include animals, plants, rocks and fossils, live animals
Briar Bush Nature Center	Abington	Montgomery	Delaware Valley	website, 12.5 acres, includes Dede Long Nature Museum, seasonal butterfly house, bird observatory
Carbon County Environmental Education Center	Summit Hill	Carbon	Lehigh Valley	website, operated by the County, located on 70 acres within Mauch Chunk Lake Park
Churchville Nature Center	Churchville	Bucks	Delaware Valley	website, operated by the County, includes a visitor center with interpretive exhibits, 2 miles of trails, and a re-created Lenape Indian Village
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Delaware Valley	Features the Cusano Environmental Education Center at the 1,000-acre refuge
Endless Mountains Nature Center	Tunkhannock	Wyoming	Northern Tier	website, public and group programs, educational exhibits, live birds of prey, nature day camps, includes 11 miles of trails at Camp Lackawanna in Tunkhannock
Elk Country Visitor Center	Benezette	Elk	Central PA	website, educational exhibits, multimedia experiences, hands-on learning opportunities and education programs focused on elk, operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Keystone Elk Country Alliance
Fern Hollow Nature Center	Sewickley	Allegheny	Pittsburgh Metro Area	website, 33 acres
Frick Environmental Center	Pittsburgh	Allegheny	Pittsburgh Metro Area	Located in 561-acre Frick Park that includes the 151-acre Frick Woods Nature Reserve
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary	Hamburg	Berks	Pennsylvania Dutch Country	1,400 acre sanctuary, prime location for the viewing of kettling and migrating raptors
Great Valley Nature Center	Devault	Chester	Delaware Valley	10 acres, includes a Bird of Prey center, replica Native American Lenape village and a maple sugar house
Harrison Hills Park Environmental Learning Center	Natrona Heights	Allegheny	Pittsburgh Metro Area	500 acres, operated by the County
Honey Hollow Environmental Education Center	Solebury Township	Bucks	Delaware Valley	website, operated by the Bucks County Audubon Society, 700 acres
Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center	Bushkill Township	Northampton	Lehigh Valley	1,168-acre state park
Jarrett Nature Center	Horsham	Montgomery	Delaware Valley	website, operated by and for the Hatboro-Horsham School District
Jennings Environmental Education Center	Brady	Butler	Pittsburgh Metro Area	300-acre state park
John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove	Audubon	Montgomery	Delaware Valley	Historic first U.S. home of John James Audubon, museum features a combination of nature, art, and history and houses all of Audubon’s major works including “Birds of America”; 5 miles of trails
Kings Gap Environmental Education and Training Center		Cumberland	Pennsylvania Dutch Country	1,454-acre state park including Cooke, Dickinson and Penn Townships
Lacawac	Lake Ariel	Wayne	Northeastern Pennsylvania	545 acres, former summer estate, public programs, trails, house tours
Lancaster County Department of Parks and Recreation Environmental Center	Lancaster	Lancaster	Pennsylvania Dutch Country	website, operated by the County in Central Park
Latodami Nature Center at North Park	Wexford	Allegheny	Pittsburgh Metro Area	250 acres, operated by the County
Lehigh Gap Nature Center	Lehigh Gap	Carbon	Lehigh Valley	Over 750 acres with 13 miles of marked trails
McKaig Nature Education Center	Wayne	Montgomery	Delaware Valley	website, 89 acres of woods, 3 miles of well marked trails, 2 streams
McKeever Environmental Learning Center	Sandy Lake	Mercer	Northwestern PA	website, administered by Slippery Rock University, 205 acres, residential and non-residential programs for schools
Millbrook Marsh Nature Center	State College	Centre	Central PA	website, operated by Centre Region Parks & Recreation, 62-acre site consisting of a 12-acre farmstead area and an adjacent 50-acre wetland area
Monocacy Nature Center	Bethlehem	Northampton	Lehigh Valley	website, operated by the Monocacy Watershed Association in Monocacy Creek Park
Monroe County Conservation District Environmental Education Center	Tannersville	Monroe	Northeastern Pennsylvania	website, located in the 166-acre Kettle Creek Wildlife Sanctuary
Mount Pisgah State Park	Troy	Bradford	Northeastern Pennsylvania	Environmental interpretive center houses artifacts and displays about area wildlife and early farm life, nature programs
Myrick Conservation Center	West Chester	Chester	Delaware Valley	website, 318 acres, operated by the Brandywine Valley Association and the Red Clay Valley Association, focus is watershed conservation
Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art	Millersburg	Dauphin	Cumberland Valley	website, includes collection of works by wildlife artist Ned Smith, changing exhibits of contemporary artists and photographers, over 500 acres, research program about northern saw-whet owls
Nescopeck State Park	Butler	Luzerne	Northeastern Pennsylvania	3,550-acre state park with seasonal education center
Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center	Cumru	Berks	Pennsylvania Dutch Country	665-acre state park
Nurture Nature Center	Easton	Northampton	Lehigh Valley	website, combines science, art and community dialogue about community environmental issues, features Science On a Sphere exhibit
Peace Valley Nature Center	Doylestown	Bucks	Delaware Valley	1,500-acre park and nature center, operated by the County
Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust	Huntingdon Valley	Montgomery	Delaware Valley	website, 809 acres with a visitor center
Pocono Environmental Education Center	Dingmans Ferry	Pike	Northeastern Pennsylvania	website, located within the 77,000 acre Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Pool Wildlife Sanctuary	Emmaus	Lehigh	Lehigh Valley	website, 77.5 acres, Wildlands Conservancy's main office, features the Air Products Environmental Education Center
Powdermill Nature Reserve	Rector	Westmoreland	Pittsburgh Metro Area	website, environmental research center of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, over 2,200 acres
Richard Nixon Park Nature Center	York	York	Pennsylvania Dutch Country	website, operated by the County on 187 acres, displays include local wildlife and mounted specimens from the Arctic, African savanna and Northwest Territories of the United States
Riverbend Environmental Education Center	Gladwyne	Montgomery	Delaware Valley	website, 30 acres
Shaver's Creek Environmental Center	Petersburg	Huntingdon	Central PA	Located in the 700-acre Stone Valley Recreation Area
Silver Lake Nature Center	Bristol	Bucks	Delaware Valley	website, 235 acres with over 4 miles of trails, operated by the County
South Park Nature Center	South Park	Allegheny	Pittsburgh Metro Area	2,013-acre park, operated by the County
Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve	Fairfield	Adams	Pennsylvania Dutch Country	609 acres with over 10 miles of trails
The Schuylkill Center	Philadelphia	Philadelphia	Delaware Valley	website, 340 acres with over 3 miles of trails, exhibits, art gallery, wildlife rehabilitation clinic
Tom Ridge Environmental Center	Erie	Erie	Northwest Region	Located in 3,112-acre Presque Isle State Park
Trexler Environmental Center	Schnecksville	Lehigh	Lehigh Valley	1,108 acres in the Trexler Nature Preserve, operated by the County
Tyler Arboretum	Media	Delaware	Delaware Valley	650 acres, 20 miles of hiking trails through woodlands, wetlands, and meadows, environmental education programs
Welkinweir	Pottstown	Chester	Delaware Valley	197-acre arboretum, garden, mansion, and conservation area, education programs, home of the Green Valleys Association
Whites' Woods Nature Center	White	Indiana	Pittsburgh Metro Area	250 acres of mature forest
Wildlife Center at Sinnemahoning State Park	Grove Township	Cameron	Central PA	1,910-acre park visitor center with natural history exhibits, wildlife viewing area, programs
Woodcock Creek Nature Center	Meadville	Crawford	Northwest Region	website, operated by the Crawford County Conservation District

External links

Map of nature centers and environmental education centers in Pennsylvania

Protected areas of Pennsylvania

Federal

NPS National Historical Parks & National Historic Sites	Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS Edgar Allan Poe NHS Eisenhower NHS Friendship Hill NHS Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church NHS Hopewell Furnace NHS Independence NHP Steamtown NHS Valley Forge NHP

National Memorials	Benjamin Franklin Flight 93 Johnstown Flood Thaddeus Kosciuszko

National Battlefields and National Military Parks	Fort Necessity NB Gettysburg NMP

National Trails	Appalachian Trail

Other protected areas	Allegheny National Recreation Area Blue Marsh National Recreation Area Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Lackawanna Heritage Valley National and State Heritage Area Middle Delaware National Scenic River Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River

National Forests	Allegheny

USFS National Historic Sites	Grey Towers

National Wildlife Refuges	Cherry Valley Erie John Heinz Ohio River Islands

State

State Parks	Allegheny Islands Archbald Pothole Bald Eagle Beltzville Bendigo Benjamin Rush Big Pocono Big Spring Black Moshannon Blue Knob Boyd Big Tree Buchanan's Birthplace Bucktail Caledonia Canoe Creek Chapman Cherry Springs Clear Creek Codorus Colonel Denning Colton Point Cook Forest Cowans Gap Delaware Canal Denton Hill Elk Erie Bluffs Evansburg Fort Washington Fowlers Hollow Frances Slocum French Creek Gifford Pinchot Gouldsboro Greenwood Furnace Hickory Run Hillman Hills Creek Hyner Run Hyner View Jacobsburg Jennings Joseph E. Ibberson Kettle Creek Keystone Kings Gap Kinzua Bridge Kooser Lackawanna Laurel Hill Laurel Mountain Laurel Ridge Laurel Summit Lehigh Gorge Leonard Harrison Linn Run Little Buffalo Little Pine Locust Lake Lyman Run Marsh Creek Maurice K. Goddard McCalls Dam McConnells Mill Memorial Lake Milton Mont Alto Moraine Mt. Pisgah Nescopeck Neshaminy Nockamixon Nolde Forest Norristown Farm Ohiopyle Oil Creek Ole Bull Parker Dam Patterson Penn-Roosevelt Pine Grove Furnace Poe Paddy Poe Valley Point Presque Isle Prince Gallitzin Promised Land Prompton Prouty Place Pymatuning R. B. Winter Raccoon Creek Ralph Stover Ravensburg Reeds Gap Ricketts Glen Ridley Creek Ryerson Station S. B. Elliott Salt Springs Samuel S. Lewis Sand Bridge Shawnee Shikellamy Sinnemahoning Sizerville Susquehanna Susquehannock Swatara Tobyhanna Trough Creek Tuscarora Tyler Upper Pine Bottom Varden Warriors Path Washington Crossing Whipple Dam White Clay Creek Worlds End Yellow Creek

State Forests	Bald Eagle Buchanan Clear Creek Cornplanter Delaware Elk Forbes Gallitzin Lackawanna Loyalsock Michaux Moshannon Rothrock Sproul Susquehannock Tiadaghton Tioga Tuscarora Weiser William Penn (Wild areas)

Scenic Rivers	Bear Run French Creek Lehigh River LeTort Spring Run Lick Run Lower Brandywine Octoraro Creek Pine Creek Schuylkill River Stony Creek Tucquan Creek Tulpehocken Creek Yellow Breeches Creek

Other

Other	Anders Run Natural Area Forrest H. Duttlinger Natural Area Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry Natural Area Johnson Run Natural Area Stone Valley Recreation Area Trexler Nature Preserve Wykoff Run Natural Area

Hiking trails	Appalachian Baker Black Forest Central Mountains Shared Use Darlington Eastern Continental Five Star Glacier Ridge Great Eastern Greene River Horse-Shoe Indian Creek Valley Loyalsock Mid State Standing Stone Mason-Dixon North Country Ohio River Old Loggers Path Pinchot Potomac Heritage Quehanna Rachel Carson Sheepskin Susquehannock Thunder Swamp Tuscarora Valley Forge Historical West Rim Wissahickon Youghiogheny River

Rail trails	Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike Beaver River East Coast Greenway Five Star Ghost Town Great Allegheny Passage Great Shamokin Path Greene River Indian Creek Valley Lebanon Valley Lehigh Gorge Liberty Bell Lower Montour Ohio River Palmer Bikeway Panhandle Perkiomen Pine Creek Plainfield Township Schuylkill River Sheepskin Struble Susquehanna Warrior Switchback Three Rivers Heritage York Country Heritage Youghiogheny River

Nature centers	List of nature centers in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Nature centers in the United States

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