There are nature centers and environmental education centers throughout the state of Florida.
| Name | Location | County | Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Island Nature Center | website, operated by Amelia Island Plantation | |||
| Anne Kolb Nature Center | website, located in the municipal West Lake Park, 1,500 acres of coastal mangrove wetlands, 3,500-gallon saltwater aquarium | |||
| Apalachicola Environmental Education and Training Center | website, operated by the State, features tanks and exhibits about the river, bay and gulf habitats found in Apalachicola | |||
| South | 8 acres, operated by the County, museum features Native American artifacts | |||
| Central | 5,192.63-acre (21 km2) research institute, open to visitors, environmental education programs | |||
| Audubon Center for Birds of Prey | website, raptor rehabilitation and environmental education center, operated by the National Audubon Society | |||
| Audubon House | Central | website, an environmental education center surrounded by 444 acre Oslo Riverfront Conservation Area, operated by the Pelican Island Audubon Society | ||
| Operated by the Tampa Audubon Society in the 240-acre park | ||||
| Back to Nature Wildlife Refuge & Education Center | Central | Facebook site, wildlife rehabilitation center | ||
| South | 524 acres, Sand and Sea Nature Center features displays about local sea and shore life, including corals, shells, crabs, sea urchins, drift seeds, sea sponges and sea turtles | |||
| Central | 34 acres in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge, operated by the County, partners with Sea Turtle Conservancy for sea turtle guided walks | |||
| Bill Sadowski Park and Nature Center | South | website, operated by the County, 30 acres | ||
| 73 acres, owned by the Nature Conservancy, Hawley Education Center features rotating natural history and art exhibits | ||||
| Bonita Nature Place | website, operated by the City, 30 acres, preserve for gopher tortoises, bee house, bat house | |||
| Operated by St. Petersburg Parks & Recreation, 245 acres, features the Boyd Hill Environmental Center | ||||
| Pinellas | Tampa Bay Area | ,800 acres, operated by the County | ||
| Busch Wildlife Sanctuary | South | website, nature center and wildlife rehabilitation hospital | ||
| Includes the museum, 105 acres with three nature trails, a planetarium, butterfly and bird aviaries | ||||
| Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center | Tampa Bay Area | website, 160-acre preserve, environmental education and hands-on learning center | ||
| Castellow Hammock Preserve & Nature Center | South | website, 112 acres, operated by the County | ||
| Cedar Point Environmental Park | Southwest | website, 115 acres with pine flatwoods, salt marsh, mangrove fringe and hammock areas, environmental center | ||
| Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center | Southwest | website, provides over 20 different educational programs, manages 8 environmentally sensitive lands and provides a total of over 8 miles of hiking trail and other recreational opportunities | ||
| Chinsegut Conservation Center | Tampa Bay Area | website, cover 408 of the 850 acres comprising Chinsegut Wildlife and Environmental Area, managed by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission | ||
| Southwest | 7,271 acres of mangrove swamp, cypress swamps, salt marshes, mangrove river estuaries, and pine flatwoods, nature center | |||
| Collier | Southwest | 21 acres | ||
| Collier | Southwest | Operated by the National Audubon Society, includes the Blair Audubon Center in the 13,000 acre swamp preserve | ||
| South | 63 acres, includes the natural history museum, trails, wild bird rehabilitation center | |||
| Crowley Natural and Cultural History Center | Southwest | website, 185 acres, includes trails, pioneer museum and historic buildings, wild and farm animals | ||
| Central | 525-acre sanctuary with Magnitude 2 spring system, nature center and learning lab | |||
| Daggerwing Nature Center | South | website, 40 acres, located in South County Regional Park, operated by Palm Beach County Parks & Recreation | ||
| Deerfield Island Park | South | website, accessible by boat only, 53.3-acre nature-oriented park with guided nature walks, trails, water shuttle | ||
| Discovery Center at Tuscawilla Park | Central | Operated by the City of Ocala, environmental and science education[1] | ||
| Ed Yarborough Nature Center at Geneva Wilderness Area | Central | website, 180 acres, operated by the County | ||
| Located in the 11,500-acre Jonathan Dickinson State Park | ||||
| Enchanted Forest Sanctuary | Central | website, 471-acre nature preserve, management & education center features hands-on exhibit room, discovery room | ||
| South | website, 9-acre nature preserve, features a lake, an endangered pine rockland, hammocks, butterfly gardens, native plantings, an organic garden and a variety of animals | |||
| Environmental Learning Center | website, 64 acres, environment of the Indian River Lagoon | |||
| Brevard | Central | 54 acres, operated by the County | ||
| Fern Forest Nature Center | South | website, operated by the County, 247-acre Designated Urban Wilderness Area | ||
| South | Native plants and animals of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, both on land and underwater | |||
| Florida Keys Wild Bird Rehabilitation Center | South | website, wild bird rehabilitation center, boardwalk trail past aviaries of rescued but unreleasable birds | ||
| Florida Museum of Natural History | Exhibits include fossils, butterfly rainforest, recreated southwest Florida mangrove forest and sea grass estuary, area Native Americans, Northwest Florida ecosystems, outdoor wildflower and butterfly garden, trails through 60-acre Natural Area Teaching Lab | |||
| 57 acres, focus is Florida's coastal ecosystems | ||||
| George C. McGough Nature Park | website, operated by the City, nature center houses live animal exhibits and hands-on activities for children, outdoor birds of prey | |||
| South | website, operated by the City of West Palm Beach, 23 square mile wetlands ecosystem with nature center | |||
| South | 100 acres, operated by the County | |||
| South | Operated by the County, 249 acres | |||
| Exhibits and education about the ecosystem of the Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve | ||||
| South | 20 acres of protected barrier island, operated by the City, includes saltwater tanks displaying different South Florida marine habitats, sea turtle rehabilitation center | |||
| Exhibits about marine environments and the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University | ||||
| Provides support for the 1,035-acre Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge's volunteer, environmental education, interpretation and visitor services programs | ||||
| Homer Powell Nature Center | Brevard | Central | website, operated by the County in 25-acre Wuesthoff Park | |
| Park features manatee observation area | ||||
| 385 acres, Rotary Centennial Nature Center features exhibits about the natural and cultural history of Honeymoon and Caladesi Islands and an elevated observation deck | ||||
| 5,200 acres, education center features interactive exhibits on refuge ecosystems, the work of "Ding" Darling, migratory flyways, the National Wildlife Refuge System and a hands-on area for children | ||||
| Johnnie Johnson Nature Center at Lori Wilson Park | Brevard | Central | website, 32 acres, operated by the County | |
| Ladell Brothers Outdoor Environmental Center | North Florida | website, 20 acres, located on the campus of North Florida Community College | ||
| 210-acre nature-based County park, black mangrove forest, mangrove fringe along the shoreline, pine and scrubby flatwoods, educational classes, guided nature and bird walks | ||||
| South | Education center and sea turtle hospital, features live sea turtles, aquaria, displays of local wildlife, educational displays about South Florida's marine environment | |||
| Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center | South | website, operated by the County, 164.8 acres, exhibits on natural history and area Native Americans, elevated oak hammock, 14-acre orange grove, restored wetland marshes, man-made ponds and canals | ||
| Lyonia Environmental Center | Central | website, located in the Deltona Regional Library complex, adjacent to the 360-acre Lyonia Preserve, operated by the County | ||
| Manatee Observation and Education Center | website, waterfront environmental education and wildlife viewing center, touch tank, aquaria | |||
| Brevard | Central | Located in over 100-acre Turkey Creek Sanctuary, operated by the City | ||
| South | Located in the 808-acre Crandon Park, cooperative project of three partners: Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation Department and the not-for-profit community support group | |||
| Volusia | Central | Operated by the County, includes marine environment exhibits, sea bird and sea turtle rehabilitation | ||
| South | 225 acres, includes William T. Kirby Nature Center | |||
| Moccasin Lake Nature Park | 51 acres, operated by the City | |||
| Morningside Nature Center | North Central | Operated by the City, 278 acres, includes living history farm | ||
| Oakland Nature Preserve | Central | website, 128 acres on Lake Apopka, environmental education center | ||
| Okeeheelee Nature Center | South | website, 90 acres, operated by the County | ||
| 1,400 acres | ||||
| Oxbow Eco-Center | website, operated by the County, environmental learning center located on a 225-acre preserve | |||
| Alachua | North Central | 22,000 acres, exhibits in the visitor center, nature programs | ||
| PEAR Park | Central | website, 268 acres, operated by the County, park includes nature center with a geology lab, trails. demonstration gardens, observation pavilions, viewing blind | ||
| South | 150 acres, a unit of the College of Education of Florida Atlantic University | |||
| Tampa Bay Area | Operated by the County on the 1,267-acre Circle B Bar Reserve | |||
| Ridge Audubon Center | Tampa Bay Area | website, 3 acres, owned by the National Audubon Society, home to the Ridge Audubon Society | ||
| River Center | South | website, operated by the Loxahatchee River District, features live aquatic tanks, interactive exhibits, and a touch tank that represent the river system from a freshwater cypress swamp to seagrass-dominated estuary to marine ecosystems | ||
| Riverwalk Park Nature Center | Brevard | Central | website, 6 acres, operated by the County, habitats and animals of the Indian River Lagoon | |
| 110,000 acres, features a 2,300-gallon aquarium and interactive exhibits about the park's natural and cultural history | ||||
| Rotary Park Nature Center | Brevard | Central | Facebook site, 37 acres, operated by the County | |
| Roy Hyatt Environmental Center | website, 120 acres, owned and operated by the Escambia County School District, not open to the public | |||
| South | Features large shell exhibit, coral reef pool with sharks | |||
| Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation Nature Center | website, features a touch tank and exhibits teaching about the ecology of Sanibel and Captiva, 4 miles of trails | |||
| Sawgrass Nature Center and Wildlife Hospital | South | website, 5 acres, nature center and wildlife rehabilitation hospital | ||
| Secret Woods Nature Center | South | website, 57 acres, operated by the County | ||
| Sense of Wonder Nature Center | South | website, 65 acres, operated by the County in A.D. (Doug) Barnes Park | ||
| Shamrock Park and Nature Center | website, over 80 acres, County park, includes 1.2 mile paved multi-use trail | |||
| Central | Program of the Marion County Public School System, located within the Silver Springs State Park, area cultural and natural history | |||
| Street Audubon Nature Center | website, owned by the National Audubon Society, 42 acres, operated by the Lake Region Audubon Society | |||
| 1,200 acres, Environmental Interpretive Center features ecosystem dioramas, butterfly, bird egg and sea shell collections, sea turtle nesting exhibit, saltwater aquarium | ||||
| 52 acres, open-air museum, nature discovery center, 1880s period farm, Florida wildlife on outdoor and indoor display | ||||
| 50 acres, features a Florida natural history museum, butterfly and hummingbird gardens, and native animals | ||||
| Tropical Audubon Society | South | website, Steinberg Nature Center, 3 acres, botanical garden | ||
| Trout Lake Nature Center | Central | website, 230 acre wildlife preserve, includes the Charles Newell Hall and Museum and the Environmental Education Center | ||
| Northeast | Owned by the City, focus is conservation of clean freshwater, open on a limited basis | |||
| Owned by the County, features the Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center | ||||
| Orange | Central | 7,000 acres, nature center open on weekends | ||
| Wildlife Sanctuary of Northwest Florida | website, wildlife rehabilitation center | |||
| Vera Carter Environmental Center at Tibet-Butler Preserve | Orlando | Orange | Central | website, provides a variety of exhibits and displays; hike on miles of trails and participate in ongoing environmental programs. |