This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Tennessee.
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Name Location County Region Summary Bays Mountain Park Kingsport Sullivan East Tennessee nature preserve and city-owned park, features lake, a nature center with a planetarium theater, animal exhibits, and an adventure ropes course Beaman Park Nature Center Nashville Davidson Middle Tennessee website, operated by the City, over Bells Bend Outdoor Center Nashville Davidson Middle Tennessee website, , operated by the City Bowie Nature Park Fairview Williamson Middle Tennessee website, over , operated by the City, includes a nature center with exhibits and art, Monkey Treehouse playground, outdoor classroom Cedars of Lebanon State Park Lebanon Wilson Middle Tennessee , features the Merritt Nature Center Discovery Center at Murfree Spring Murfreesboro Rutherford Middle Tennessee of wetlands, children's museum with themes of the arts, culture, science, health and the environment Fall Creek Falls State Park Pikeville Bledsoe East Tennessee Over , Betty Dunn Nature Center Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont Townsend Blount East Tennessee website, residential environmental learning center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park Ijams Nature Center Knoxville Knox East Tennessee website, , partly supported by the City Lichterman Nature Center Memphis Shelby West Tennessee , certified arboretum and nature center, part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park Millington Shelby West Tennessee , features the Meeman Museum and Nature Center Owl's Hill Nature Center Brentwood Williamson Middle Tennessee , open to individuals and groups on a reservation basis Reelfoot Lake State Park Tiptonville Lake West Tennessee broken into 10 segments, features the R.C. Donaldson Memorial Museum, a natural history museum and nature center Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center Chattanooga Hamilton East Tennessee arboretum, 15 miles of trails, live animals indoor and outdoor, treehouse, formerly the Chattanooga Arboretum & Nature Center Steele Creek Park Bristol Sullivan East Tennessee website, over , operated by the City, includes a nature center, golf course, 54 acre lake, 21 miles of trails Shelby Bottoms Nature Center Nashville Davidson Middle Tennessee website, acres of Shelby Bottoms Greenway and acres of adjacent Shelby Park, operated by the CityTims Ford State ParkWinchesterFranklinMiddle Tennesseewebsite , with camping, cabins, and a visitor center T. O. Fuller State Park Memphis Shelby West Tennessee acres, seasonal nature center Warner Park Nature Center Nashville Davidson Middle Tennessee , operated by the City
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