This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Ohio.
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Name Location County Region Summary Adell Durbin Park Stow Summit Northeast website, 34 acres, includes the Harold Welch Nature Center Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm Dayton Montgomery Southwest Over 200 acre natural area and educational farm. Operating as an environmental education, sustainable agriculture, and Audubon Center of the National Audubon Society in western Ohio. Avon Woods Nature Center and Preserve Cincinnati Hamilton Southwest Owned and operated by the Cincinnati Park Board Barkcamp State Park Belmont Belmont Southeast 1,005-acre park, nature center offers programs during the summer months Battelle Darby Creek Galloway Franklin Central 14,000 sq-foot nature center featuring a living stream and interactive exhibits, 7,060-acre park, operated by Columbus Metroparks Beaver Creek State Park East Liverpool Columbiana Northeast 2,722-acre park, includes the Pioneer Village and the Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center with small live animals, natural history dioramas, displays of insects, arrowheads and nature photography Beech Creek Gardens Alliance Stark Northeast website, a sensory garden for the visually and non-visually impaired is provided and maintained at this location. Blacklick Woods Reynoldsburg Franklin Central 643-acre park with nature center, operated by Columbus Metroparks Blendon Woods Westerville Franklin Central 653 acres, nature center, operated by Columbus Metroparks Brecksville Nature Center Brecksville Cuyahoga Northeast website, operated by Cleveland Metroparks in 3,494-acre Brecksville Reservation Brown Family Environmental Center Gambier Knox Central website, part of Kenyon College, about 380 acres, gardens, outdoor recreation, programs Brukner Nature Center Troy Miami Southwest website, 165 acres, hands-on exhibits, live native animals, art exhibits, wildlife rehabilitation Huston-Brumbaugh Nature Center Alliance Stark Northeast website, operated by University of Mount Union, displays on natural history, bird observatory, trails Caesar Creek State Park Waynesville Warren Southwest Includes pioneer village of over 15 log cabins and other structures and the Caesar Creek Nature Center Caldwell Preserve Cincinnati Hamilton Southwest website, nature center, operated by the Cincinnati Park Board in Carthage, Cincinnati California Woods Nature Preserve Cincinnati Hamilton Southwest website, nature center, 113 acres, operated by the Cincinnati Park Board CanalWay Center Cuyahoga Heights Cuyahoga Northeast website, operated by Cleveland Metroparks in 306-acre Ohio & Erie Canal Reservation, live small animals, exhibits on nature, industry and the canal Children's Schoolhouse Nature Park Kirtland Lake Northeast website, operated by Lake Metroparks, open for programs or by appointment Cincinnati Nature Center Milford Clermont Southwest Protects over 1,600 acres in two locations Dawes Arboretum Newark Licking Central Over 1,800 acres, 8 miles of hiking trails and a four-mile auto tour, Discovery Center, education programs Deer Creek State Park (Ohio) Mt. Sterling Madison Southwest website, 2,337-acre resort park, nature center offers nature programs during the summer months Dillon State Park Nashport Muskingum Southeast website, 3,845 acres, programs offered in the summer Donald W. Meyer Center at Big Creek Park Chardon Geauga Northeast website, operated by the County, 642-acre park Farbach-Werner Nature Preserve Colerain Hamilton Southwest website, operated by the Hamilton County Park District, 22 acres, paved trail, gardens, Ellenwood Nature barn for programs and a gift shop Ford Nature Center Youngstown Mahoning Northeast Located in Mill Creek Park, displays of plants and animals of four local habitats, live animals, discovery room French Creek Nature & Arts Center Sheffield Village Lorain Northeast website, operated by Lorain County Metro Parks, nature programs and exhibits, wildlife observation area, indoor playground Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center Yellow Springs Greene Southwest Operated by Antioch College in 1,000-acre Glen Helen Nature Preserve Grand Lake St. Marys State Park St. Marys Auglaize Northwest Programs offered in the summer, 591-acre park Grange Insurance Audubon Center Columbus Franklin Central website, operated by Audubon Ohio, located within the 120-acre Scioto Audubon Metro Park on the Scioto River Harrison Lake State Park Wauseon Fulton Northwest 147 acres with 105-acre lake, camping and trails Highbanks Nature Center Lewis Center Delaware Central website, 1,159 acres, operated by Columbus Metroparks Hocking Woods Nature Center Nelsonville Athens Southeast website, part of Hocking College, features an interpretive building, wildlife habitats, ponds, walkways, feed stations and seasonal programming Hueston Woods State Park College Corner Preble Southwest 625-acre Acton Lake Imago Earth Center Cincinnati Hamilton Southwest website, located in Price Hill, Cincinnati, 16 acre urban nature preserve and education facility at the Earth Center Indian Lake State Park (Ohio) Lakeview Logan Northwest website, programs in the summer, 800-acre multi-use park Kiser Lake State Park St. Paris Champaign Southwest website, 531 acres with 396-acre lake, nature center La Boiteaux Woods Cincinnati Hamilton Southwest website, nature center, operated by the Cincinnati Park Board, over 2 miles of trails, nature displays, animal mounts, live animals Lake Alma State Park Wellston Jackson Southeast website, 292-acre park, nature programs in the summer Lake Erie Nature & Science Center Bay Village Cuyahoga Northeast website, indoor and outdoor live animal displays, planetarium, wildlife rehabilitation, located in 103-acre Huntington ReservationLake Erie Islands Nature & Wildlife CenterPut-in-BayOttawaNorthwestwebsite Indoor and outdoor turtle ponds, live reptiles & amphibians, observation beehive, bird watching window, geology display including animation on how the Lake Erie Islands were formed, large taxidermy wildlife collection of North American wildlife with interactive displays. Free programs every Tuesday in the summer Lake Hope State Park McArthur Vinton Southeast 2,983-acre park, includes a nature center Lake Loramie State Park Minster Shelby Southwest Programs offered year round, 407 acres Lowe-Volk Park Nature Center Crestline Crawford Northwest website, operated by Crawford Park District, interpretive displays, discovery area, live animals Maumee Bay State Park Oregon Lucas Northwest 1,336 acres, Trautman Nature Center open year round, features interactive displays, an auditorium, research laboratory and viewing windows Mentor Marsh State Nature Preserve Mentor Lake Northeast website, nature center, 673-acre preserve, features the Carol H. Sweet Mentor Marsh Nature Center, operated by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Metzger Nature Center Stone Creek Tuscarawas Northeast website, operated by Ohio Northern University, 70-acre field station for the biological sciences Miami Whitewater Forest Cincinnati Hamilton Southwest 4,345 acres, operated by the Hamilton County Park District, visitor center features nature displays and a gift shop Narrows Reserve & Nature Center Xenia Greene Southwest website, operated by Greene County Parks, 162 acres, features native plant and animal exhibits, raptor aviary and an apiary Nature Center at Shaker Lakes Shaker Heights Cuyahoga Northeast 20 acres Norma Johnson Center Dover Tuscarawas Northeast website, 303-acre preserve, picnic shelter, over 6 miles of trails, environmental education programs North Chagrin Nature Center Mayfield Village Cuyahoga Northeast website, operated by Cleveland Metroparks in North Chagrin Reservation, features educational displays, resource library, auditorium and nature shop Paint Creek State Park Bainbridge Ross Southwest 5,652-acre park, nature center programs offered in the summer Penitentiary Glen Reservation and Nature Center Kirtland Lake Northeast website, operated by Lake Metroparks, 424 acres, over 7.5 miles of hiking trails, interactive Nature Calls exhibit, wildlife center with native animal ambassadors Pike Lake State Park (Ohio) Bainbridge Ross Southwest 13 acres, programs offered in the summer Pymatuning State Park (Ohio) Andover Ashtabula Northeast 3,512 acres, programs offered in the summer Quail Hollow State Park Hartville Stark Northeast 703 acres, Carriage House Nature Center open on weekends from May through October Rocky Fork State Park Hillsboro Highland Southwest 2,080-acre lake, nature programs offered in the summer at the campgrounds Rocky River Nature Center North Olmsted Cuyahoga Northeast website, operated by Cleveland Metroparks, over 5 miles of trails along the river, nature exhibits, aquariums Rotary Nature Center Bowling Green Wood Northwest website, operated by the city in 100-acre Wintergarden/St. John’s Nature Preserve Salt Fork State Park Lore City Guernsey Southeast Nature center programs offered in the summer, 17,229 acres of land and 2,952 acres of water Sharon Woods Centre Sharonville Hamilton Southwest website, 730 acres, operated by the Hamilton County Park District, features educational nature displays and Adventure Station indoor play areaShawnee Prairie Preserve and Nature Center Greenville Darke Southwest website, 118 acres, operated by the County Shawnee State Park Portsmouth Scioto Southwest 1,095 acres, nature center open from Memorial Day through Labor Day, live animals Trailside Nature Center in Burnet Woods Cincinnati Hamilton Southwest website, nature center, 90 acres, nature library, crafts room, meeting space, exhibits and the Wolff Planetarium, operated by the Cincinnati Park Board Twin Valley Welcome Center Germantown Montgomery Southwest website, operated by Five Rivers MetroParks, 1,665-acre Germantown Park Van Buren State Park Van Buren Hancock Northwest Programs offered in the summer Watershed Stewardship Center Parma Cuyahoga Northeast website, operated by Cleveland Metroparks in 324-acre West Creek Reservation, citizen science education programs The West Woods Novelty Geauga Northeast website, 902-acre park, nature center open daily, hands-on exhibits about the geology and hydrology of Geauga County Wilderness Center Wilmot Stark Northeast 619-acre main site with 10 miles of trails, interpretive building, astronomy education building, an observation tower, pier and picnic shelters William C. Kraner Nature Center Newark Licking Central operated by Ohio Nature Education, educational displays about Licking County cultural and natural history Winton Centre at Winton Wood Springfield Township Hamilton Southwest website, 2,555 acres, operated by the Hamilton County Park District, displays on pond life, animal characteristics and the water cycle Woodland Mound Anderson Township Hamilton Southwest website, 1,066 acres, operated by the Hamilton County Park District, includes the Seasongood Nature Center with nature exhibits, outdoor observation deck and wild bird viewing area
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