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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 |
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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 |
Delaware |
Delaware Valley |
website, 89 acres, operated by the Upper Merion Park and Historic Foundation |
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 |