This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Pennsylvania.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh Metro Area | 57-acre (230,000 m2) outdoor ecology classroom serving Washington & Jefferson College | |||
| Northwest Region | website, regional nature center with over 205 acres and 4.5 miles of hiking trails | |||
| SouthEast Region | website, regional nature center with over 100 acres, trails, and education center | |||
| Pittsburgh Metro Area | ||||
| Cumberland Valley | Located in 210-acre Wildwood Park | |||
| Pittsburgh Metro Area | Operated by the County, displays include animals, plants, rocks and fossils, live animals | |||
| Briar Bush Nature Center | Delaware Valley | website, 12.5 acres, includes Dede Long Nature Museum, seasonal butterfly house, bird observatory | ||
| Carbon County Environmental Education Center | Lehigh Valley | website, operated by the County, located on 70 acres within Mauch Chunk Lake Park | ||
| Delaware Valley | Operated by the County, 55 acres, includes a visitor center with interpretive exhibits, 2 miles of trails, and a re-created Lenape Indian Village | |||
| Elk Country Visitor Center | Central PA | website, educational exhibits, multimedia experiences, hands-on learning opportunities and education programs focused on elk, operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Keystone Elk Country Alliance | ||
| Fern Hollow Nature Center | Pittsburgh Metro Area | website, 33 acres | ||
| Pittsburgh Metro Area | Located in 561-acre Frick Park that includes the 151-acre Frick Woods Nature Reserve | |||
| Delaware Valley | 10 acres, includes a Bird of Prey center, replica Native American Lenape village and a maple sugar house | |||
| Pittsburgh Metro Area | 500 acres, operated by the County | |||
| Pennsylvania Dutch Country | 1,400 acre sanctuary, prime location for the viewing of kettling and migrating raptors | |||
| Honey Hollow Environmental Education Center | Delaware Valley | website, operated by the Bucks County Audubon Society, 700 acres with 6 miles of trails, focus is the Honey Hollow Watershed | ||
| Lehigh Valley | 1,168-acre state park | |||
| Jarrett Nature Center | Delaware Valley | website, operated by and for the Hatboro-Horsham School District | ||
| Pittsburgh Metro Area | 300-acre state park | |||
| Delaware Valley | Features the Cusano Environmental Education Center at the 1,000-acre refuge | |||
| Delaware Valley | Historic first U.S. home of John James Audubon, museum features a combination of nature, art, and history and houses all of Audubon’s major works including “Birds of America”; 5 miles of trails. It also serves as the headquarters for Audubon PA. | |||
| Pennsylvania Dutch Country | 1,454-acre state park including Cooke, Dickinson and Penn Townships | |||
| Northeastern Pennsylvania | 545 acres, former summer estate, public programs, trails, house tours | |||
| Lancaster Environmental Center | Pennsylvania Dutch Country | website, operated by the County in 544-acre Lancaster County Central Park | ||
| Pittsburgh Metro Area | 250 acres, operated by the County | |||
| Lehigh Valley | Over 750 acres with 13 miles of marked trails | |||
| McKaig Nature Education Center | Delaware Valley | website, 89 acres of woods, 3 miles of well marked trails, 2 streams | ||
| McKeever Environmental Learning Center | Northwestern PA | website, administered by Slippery Rock University, 205 acres, residential and non-residential programs for schools | ||
| Millbrook Marsh Nature Center | Central PA | website, operated by Centre Region Parks & Recreation, 62-acre site consisting of a 12-acre farmstead area and an adjacent 50-acre wetland area | ||
| Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center | Northeastern Pennsylvania | website, located in the 166-acre Kettle Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, operated by the County | ||
| Northeastern Pennsylvania | Environmental interpretive center houses artifacts and displays about area wildlife and early farm life, nature programs | |||
| Myrick Conservation Center | Delaware Valley | website, 318 acres, operated by the Brandywine Valley Association and the Red Clay Valley Association, focus is watershed conservation | ||
| Cumberland Valley | website, includes collection of works by wildlife artist Ned Smith, changing exhibits of contemporary artists and photographers, over 500 acres, research program about northern saw-whet owls | |||
| Northeastern Pennsylvania | 3,550-acre state park with seasonal education center | |||
| Pennsylvania Dutch Country | 665-acre state park | |||
| Lehigh Valley | website, combines science, art and community dialogue about community environmental issues, features Science On a Sphere exhibit | |||
| Delaware Valley | 1,500-acre park and nature center, operated by the County | |||
| Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust | Delaware Valley | website, 812 acres with a visitor center | ||
| Pocono Environmental Education Center | Northeastern Pennsylvania | website, located within the 77,000 acre Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area | ||
| Pool Wildlife Sanctuary | Lehigh Valley | website, 77.5 acres, Wildlands Conservancy's main office, features the Air Products Environmental Education Center | ||
| Powdermill Nature Reserve | Pittsburgh Metro Area | website, environmental research center of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, over 2,200 acres | ||
| Richard Nixon Park Nature Center | Pennsylvania Dutch Country | website, operated by the County on 187 acres, displays include local wildlife and mounted specimens from the Arctic, African savanna and Northwest Territories of the United States | ||
| Riverbend Environmental Education Center | Delaware Valley | website, 30 acres | ||
| Central PA | Located in the 700-acre Stone Valley Recreation Area | |||
| Silver Lake Nature Center | Delaware Valley | website, 235 acres with over 4 miles of trails, operated by the County | ||
| Pittsburgh Metro Area | 2,013-acre park, operated by the County | |||
| Pennsylvania Dutch Country | 609 acres with over 10 miles of trails | |||
| The Schuylkill Center | Delaware Valley | website, 340 acres with over 3 miles of trails, exhibits, art gallery, wildlife rehabilitation clinic | ||
| Northwest Region | Located in 3,112-acre Presque Isle State Park | |||
| Lehigh Valley | 1,108 acres in the Trexler Nature Preserve, operated by the County | |||
| Delaware Valley | 650 acres, 20 miles of hiking trails through woodlands, wetlands, and meadows, environmental education programs | |||
| Delaware Valley | 197-acre arboretum, garden, mansion, and conservation area, education programs, home of the Green Valleys Association | |||
| Pittsburgh Metro Area | 250 acres of mature forest | |||
| Central PA | 1,910-acre park visitor center with natural history exhibits, wildlife viewing area, programs | |||
| Pittsburgh Metro Area | website, 26 acres | |||
| Woodcock Creek Nature Center | Northwest Region | website, operated by the Crawford County Conservation District | ||