List of nature centers in Arizona

This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Arizona.

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Name	Location	County	Region	Summary
The Arboretum at Flagstaff	Flagstaff	Coconino	North Central	Open seasonally, located on 200 acres within the Coconino National Forest, environmental education programs, visitor center exhibits, horticulture center
Cave Creek Regional Park	Cave Creek	Maricopa	South Central	website, operated by the County, 2,922 acres, features a nature center
Colorado River Nature Center	Bullhead City	Mohave	Northwest	website, 140 acres, operated by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the City and the Bureau of Land Management
Community Nature Center Open Space Preserve	Prescott	Yavapai	Central	website, 18 acres, operated by the City
Environmental Education Center at Veterans Oasis Park	Chandler	Maricopa	South Central	website, 113 acres, operated by the City,
Estrella Mountain Regional Park	Goodyear	Maricopa	South Central	website, operated by the County, 19,840 acres of desert and mountains, features a nature center
Gray Hawk Nature Center	Sierra Vista	Cochise	Southeast	website
Hassayampa River Preserve	Wickenburg	Maricopa	South Central	website, operated by the Nature Conservancy, features the Arthur L. Johnson Visitor Center and programs
Highlands Center for Natural History	Prescott	Yavapai	Central	website, 80 acres
Nina Mason Rio Salado Audubon Center	Phoenix	Maricopa	South Central	website, located in the 600-acre, city-owned Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, operated by the National Audubon Society
Ramsey Canyon Preserve	Sierra Vista	Cochise	Southeast	website, operated by the Nature Conservancy
Usery Mountain Regional Park	Mesa	Maricopa	South Central	website, operated by the County, 3,648 acres, features a nature center
White Mountain Wildlife and Nature Center	Pinetop-Lakeside	Navajo	North Central	website, 10 acres
White Tank Library & Nature Center	Waddell	Maricopa	South Central	Operated by the County in White Tank Mountain Regional Park with 29,271 acres, features live native reptiles
Willow Bend Environmental Education Center	Flagstaff	Coconino	North Central	website, operated by the County at Sawmill Park

Resources

Arizona Association for Environmental Education

External links

Map of nature centers and environmental education centers in Arizona

Protected areas of Arizona

Federal

National Parks	Grand Canyon Petrified Forest Saguaro

National Historical Parks, Historic Sites and Memorials	Tumacácori NHP Fort Bowie NHS Hubbell Trading Post NHS Coronado NMem

National Monuments	National Park Service Canyon de Chelly Casa Grande Ruins Chiricahua Grand Canyon-Parashant Hohokam Pima Montezuma Castle Navajo Organ Pipe Cactus Pipe Spring Sunset Crater Tonto Tuzigoot Walnut Canyon Wupatki Bureau of Land Management Agua Fria Ironwood Forest Sonoran Desert Vermilion Cliffs

National Conservation Areas	Gila Box Riparian Las Cienegas San Pedro Riparian

National Recreation Areas	Glen Canyon Lake Mead

National Trails	Arizona National Scenic Trail Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail Old Spanish National Historic Trail

National Forests	Apache-Sitgreaves Coconino Elden Pueblo Palatki Heritage Site V-Bar-V Heritage Site Coronado Kaibab Prescott Tonto

National Wildlife Refuges	Bill Williams River Buenos Aires Cabeza Prieta Cibola Havasu Imperial Kofa Leslie Canyon San Bernardino

Wilderness Areas	See List of Arizona Wilderness Areas

Wild and Scenic Rivers	Fossil Creek Verde River

State

State Parks	Alamo Lake Boyce Thompson Arboretum Buckskin Mountain Catalina Cattail Cove Dead Horse Ranch Fool Hollow Lake Fort Verde Homolovi Jerome Kartchner Caverns Lake Havasu Lost Dutchman Lyman Lake McFarland Oracle Patagonia Lake Picacho Peak Red Rock Riordan Mansion River Island Roper Lake San Rafael Slide Rock Sonoita Creek Tombstone Courthouse Tonto Natural Bridge Tubac Presidio Verde River Greenway Yuma Quartermaster Depot Yuma Territorial Prison

Wildlife areas	Becker Lake Cluff Ranch Luna Lake Mittry Lake Powers Butte Santa Rita White Mountain Grasslands Willcox Playa

Municipal

Nature parks	Phoenix Mountains Park and Recreation Area South Mountain Park Papago Park

Other

National Natural Landmarks	See List of National Natural Landmarks in Arizona

National Historic Landmarks	See List of National Historic Landmarks in Arizona

Historic Places	See National Register of Historic Places listings in Arizona

Arizona State Parks (web)

Nature centers in the United States

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