This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Massachusetts.
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See also: List of nature centers in the United States.
| Name | Location | County | Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| website, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 732 acres with 5 miles of trails | ||||
| Arunah Hill Natural Science Center | website, 60 acres, 6 miles of trails, focus is astronomy, science and nature education | |||
| Operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, interpretive center for the 7000-acre Blue Hills Reservation state park | ||||
| website, 64 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 2 miles of trails, located on the grounds of the old Boston State Hospital | ||||
| website, 430 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society | ||||
| Greater Boston | website, 854 acres with 9 miles of trails, Saltonstall Nature Center, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society | |||
| 65 acres, managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts) | ||||
| website, natural history exhibits, aquarium, steward of 400-plus acres of museum-owned land in Stony Brook Valley and Brewster | ||||
| Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary | website, 86 acres | |||
| website, 232 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society | ||||
| 507 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, managed by North River Wildlife Sanctuary | ||||
| Natural history and science museum, live animals, 50 acres, tree canopy, planetarium | ||||
| website, 321 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society on Martha's Vineyard | ||||
| website, 4 acres, interpretive center for the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Connecticut River Watershed's natural, cultural and industrial history | ||||
| website, operated by the Thornton W. Burgess Society, adjacent to the 57-acre Briar Patch Conservation Area | ||||
| website, 93 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, located 6 miles northwest of downtown Boston | ||||
| website, located on the 20-acre Larch Hill Conservation Area | ||||
| Operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 2,800-acre preserve with over 12 miles of interconnecting trails | ||||
| website, 52 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, located near the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and the Plum Island estuary | ||||
| 55 acres, focuses on coastal and watershed issues and conducting research on coastal ecosystems and endangered species | ||||
| Marion Natural History Museum | website, specializes in the natural history of local coastal and offshore areas | |||
| 1,984 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, features 25 mile trail system | ||||
| website, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, located on the 124-acre Mildred Morse Allen Wildlife Sanctuary | ||||
| 184 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society | ||||
| About 8,000 acres, maintained by the Norcross Wildlife Foundation | ||||
| website, 50 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society | ||||
| website, 1,142 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society | ||||
| Sheep Hill | website, 50-acre former dairy farm with nature exhibits, operated by the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation | |||
| Sherburne Nature Center | website, 80 acres, operated by the Town | |||
| website, located on 30 acres surrounded by 200 acres of town conservation/recreation land | ||||
| website, 86 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society | ||||
| website, 1,011 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society | ||||
| website, 944 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Esther Underwood Johnson Nature Center contains two 700-gallon aquariums | ||||