Bear Branch Nature Center is a nature center in Carroll County, Maryland near Westminster. It features interpretive exhibits about local plants and animals, an outdoor water feature and play area, a Discovery Room for children, an observation beehive, live animals including an eagle, hawks, owls, snakes, salamanders, turtles, frogs, and toads, a planetarium and observatory. The center is a facility of Carroll County Recreation & Parks.
The nature center is adjacent to Hashawha Environmental Center, a residential facility is also operated by Carroll County Recreation & Parks. Hashawha Environmental Center is home to Carroll County Public Schools Outdoor School, a residential environmental education program open to every sixth-grade student in the county.
The two facilities are located on approximately 320 acres, with more than five miles of multi-use trails, a restored 19th-century cabin, a lake, a pond, and access to both Bear Branch and Big Pipe Creek.[1]
^Carroll County Department of Recreation & Parks: Hashawha/Bear Branch, "Carroll County Government - Department of Recreation and Parks". Archived from the original on 2010-04-03. Retrieved 2010-01-12., accessed 29 Aug 2014.
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