Global InformationList of nature centers in Massachusetts information
This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Massachusetts.
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| Name | Location | County | Region | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary | Easthampton | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | website, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 732 acres with 5 miles of trails |
| Arunah Hill Natural Science Center | Cummington | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | website, 60 acres, 6 miles of trails, focus is astronomy, science and nature education |
| Blue Hills Trailside Museum | Milton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | Operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, interpretive center for the 7000-acre Blue Hills Reservation state park |
| Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary | Mattapan | Suffolk | Greater Boston | website, 64 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 2 miles of trails, located on the grounds of the old Boston State Hospital |
| Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Center and Wildlife Sanctuary | Worcester | Worcester | Worcester County | website, 430 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society |
| Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary | Natick | Middlesex | Greater Boston | website, 854 acres with 9 miles of trails, Saltonstall Nature Center, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society |
| Camp Nihan | Saugus | Essex | North Shore | 65 acres, managed by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (Massachusetts) |
| Cape Cod Museum of Natural History | Brewster | Barnstable | Cape Cod | website, natural history exhibits, aquarium, steward of 400-plus acres of museum-owned land in Stony Brook Valley and Brewster |
| Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary | Charlton | Worcester | Worcester County | website, 86 acres |
| Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary | Lincoln | Middlesex | Greater Boston | website, 232 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society |
| Daniel Webster Wildlife Sanctuary | Marshfield | Plymouth | Plymouth County | 507 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, managed by North River Wildlife Sanctuary |
| EcoTarium | Worcester | Worcester | Worcester County | Natural history and science museum, live animals, 50 acres, tree canopy, planetarium |
| Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary | Edgartown | Dukes | Martha's Vineyard | website, 321 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society on Martha's Vineyard |
| Great Falls Discovery Center | Turners Falls | Franklin | Pioneer Valley | website, 4 acres, interpretive center for the Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Connecticut River Watershed's natural, cultural and industrial history |
| Green Briar Nature Center | East Sandwich | Barnstable | Cape Cod | website, operated by the Thornton W. Burgess Society, adjacent to the 57-acre Briar Patch Conservation Area |
| Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary | Belmont | Middlesex | Greater Boston | website, 93 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, located 6 miles northwest of downtown Boston |
| Hitchcock Center for the Environment | Amherst | Hampshire | Pioneer Valley | website, located on the 20-acre Larch Hill Conservation Area |
| Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary | Topsfield | Essex | North Shore | Operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, 2,800-acre preserve with over 12 miles of interconnecting trails |
| Joppa Flats Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary | Newburyport | Essex | North Shore | website, 52 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, located near the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge and the Plum Island estuary |
| Lloyd Center for the Environment | South Dartmouth | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | 55 acres, focuses on coastal and watershed issues and conducting research on coastal ecosystems and endangered species |
| Marion Natural History Museum | Marion | Plymouth | Plymouth County | website, specializes in the natural history of local coastal and offshore areas |
| Moose Hill Wildlife Sanctuary | Sharon | Norfolk | Greater Boston | 1,984 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, features 25 mile trail system |
| Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon | Canton | Norfolk | Greater Boston | website, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, located on the 124-acre Mildred Morse Allen Wildlife Sanctuary |
| North River Wildlife Sanctuary | Marshfield | Plymouth | Plymouth County | 184 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society |
| Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary | Wales | Hampden | Pioneer Valley | About 8,000 acres, maintained by the Norcross Wildlife Foundation |
| Oak Knoll Wildlife Sanctuary | Attleboro | Bristol | Southeastern Massachusetts | website, 50 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society |
| Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary | Lenox | Berkshire | The Berkshires | website, 1,142 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society |
| Sheep Hill | Williamstown | Berkshire | The Berkshires | website, 50-acre former dairy farm with nature exhibits, operated by the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation |
| Sherburne Nature Center | Tyngsborough | Middlesex | Greater Boston | website, 80 acres, operated by the Town |
| South Shore Natural Science Center | Norwell | Plymouth | Plymouth County | website, located on 30 acres surrounded by 200 acres of town conservation/recreation land |
| Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary | Norfolk | Norfolk | Greater Boston | website, 86 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society |
| Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary | Princeton | Worcester | Worcester County | website, 1,011 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society |
| Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary | South Wellfleet | Barnstable | Cape Cod | website Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine, 944 acres, operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society, Esther Underwood Johnson Nature Center contains two 700-gallon aquariums |