This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Kansas.
To use the sortable tables: click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.
See also: List of nature centers in the United States.
| Name | Location | County | Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaplin Nature Center | website, operated by the Wichita Audubon Society, over 5 miles of trails | |||
| Dillon Nature Center | Hutchinson | South Central | website, 100 acres, operated by the City, aquariums, interactive exhibits about the sand prairie environment and central Kansas, microscopic investigation stations, discovery drawers, nature playscape | |
| Ernie Miller Nature Center | Northeast | website, operated by the County, displays, live animals | ||
| Flint Hills | Operated by the city of Manhattan, features exhibits detailing local history and preservation of the Flint Hills, a theater, a specialized interactive playground for youth and parents, and a temporary exhibition gallery | |||
| Great Plains Nature Center | Flint Hills | website, a partnership of the City, State and USFWS, located in 232-acre Chisholm Creek Park, live native wildlife | ||
| Central | website, education center for 49,000-acre wetlands of the Cheyenne Bottoms and the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, operated by Fort Hays State University and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks | |||
| website, operated by the State near Milford Lake, exhibits, dioramas, indoor and outdoor live animals, nature playground; adjacent to Milford Fish Hatchery | ||||
| Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library | Northeast | website, city library and nature center with science and outdoor education programs, located in 1,500-acre Wyandotte County Lake Park | ||
| Olathe Prairie Center | Northeast | website, operated by the State, 300-acre tallgrass preserve and outdoor education site | ||
| Prairie Oak Nature Center | Northeast | website, operated by the City in 115-acre Ironwoods Park | ||
| Prairie Park Nature Center | Northeast | website, 80 acres, operated by the City | ||
| South Central | website, operated by the State, displays, dioramas, and exhibits about the native birds, fish, mammals and reptiles of Kansas, live aquariums | |||
| Southeast Kansas Nature Center | Southeast | website, located 10 acres in Schermerhorn Park | ||
| Stone Nature Center | Flint Hills | website, 372 acres, operated by The Villages, private preserve on a group home for children, provides environmental education and adventure challenge programs | ||
| WATER Center | Flint Hills | website, operated by the City, treatment center for polluted groundwater, water and pollution exhibits and programs | ||