List of nature centers in Colorado

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

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Name	Location	County	Region	Summary
AWQUA Lounge	Aurora	Arapahoe	Denver area	website, open seasonally, operated by the City, watershed and quality of the Aurora Reservoir
Audubon Center at Chatfield State Park	Littleton	Jefferson	Denver area	Operated by the Audubon Society of Greater Denver in the 3,895-acre park
Barr Lake Nature Center	Brighton	Adams	Denver area	Located in 2,715-acre Barr Lake State Park, this is the only true Nature Center in the Colorado state parks system.
Bear Creek Regional Park and Nature Center	Colorado Springs	El Paso	South-Central Colorado	Operated by the County in Bear Creek Regional Park, 2 miles of trails
Bluff Lake Nature Center	Denver	Denver	Denver area	123 acres, urban wildlife refuge
Durango Nature Center	Durango	La Plata	Southwest Colorado	website, 142 acres, operated by Durango Nature Studies
Evergreen Nature Center	Evergreen	Jefferson	Denver area	website, operated seasonally by Evergreen Audubon, a local chapter of the National Audubon Society
Flagstaff Nature Center	Boulder	Boulder	Central	website, operated by the City on Flagstaff Mountain
Fountain Creek Nature Center	Colorado Springs	El Paso	South-Central Colorado	website, operated by the County in Fountain Creek Regional Park, exhibits include wetlands, plants, wildlife, weather and climate, and the mountain backdrop
Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center	Colorado Springs	El Paso	South-Central Colorado	3,300-acre park, exhibits include minerals, geology, plants, local wildlife, Native American culture
Indigo Mountain Nature Center	Lake George	Park	South-Central Colorado	website, sanctuary for captive born wildlife, exotic and alternative pets, not open to the public
Lookout Mountain Nature Center	Golden	Jefferson	Denver area	website, 110 acres, operated by the County, interactive exhibits about the flora and fauna of the foothills ecosystem, hands-on play room and observation room
MacGregor Ranch	Estes Park	Larimer	High Rockies	website, working cattle ranch, 1896 ranch house museum and historic outbuildings, rock and mineral collections, animal displays, trails
Majestic View Nature Center and Community Park	Arvada	Jefferson	Denver area	website, 80 acres, operated by the City, hands-on nature and environmental displays, wildlife exhibits, kid's area, classrooms and meeting space
Morrison Nature Center at the Star K Ranch	Aurora	Arapahoe	Denver area	website, 208 acres, operated by the City, seasonally changing exhibits on local plants and animal life, children's play area, live animal exhibits
Nature and Raptor Center of Pueblo	Pueblo	Pueblo	Central	Located in Rock Canyon on the banks of the Arkansas River, features wildlife rehabilitation facility that specializes in birds of prey
Plains Conservation Center	Aurora	Arapahoe	Denver area	1,100-acre main site with museum and nature center, exhibits on the wildlife, plant life and people of the prairie
South Platte Park Carson Nature Center	Littleton	Jefferson	Denver area	website, operated by the Town, over 880 acres of open space and 5 lakes
The Nature Place	Florissant	Teller	South-Central Colorado	website, over 6,000 acres, non-profit conference and retreat center dedicated to leadership and team development, providing experiences in natural history and studies of natural systems
Vail Nature Center	Vail	Eagle	High Rockies	website, 7 acres, operated by the Town, open seasonally, hosts bird, wildflower and beaver pond hikes
Wild Bear Mountain Ecology Center	Nederland	Boulder	Central	website, natural science education programs, separate 5 acre preserve

Resources

Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education

External links

Map of nature centers and environmental education centers in Colorado

Nature centers in the United States

Protected areas of Colorado

Federal

National Parks	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Great Sand Dunes Mesa Verde Rocky Mountain

National Monuments	Browns Canyon (BLM-USFS) Canyons of the Ancients (BLM) Chimney Rock (USFS) Colorado Dinosaur Florissant Fossil Beds Hovenweep Yucca House

National Recreation Areas	Arapaho (USFS) Curecanti

National Historic Sites	Bent's Old Fort Sand Creek Massacre

National Historic Trails	Old Spanish Trail Oregon Trail Pony Express Trail Santa Fe Trail

National Scenic Trail	Continental Divide Trail

National Forests	Arapaho Grand Mesa Gunnison Pike Rio Grande Roosevelt Routt San Isabel San Juan Uncompahgre White River

National Grasslands	Comanche Pawnee

National Wilderness	Black Canyon of the Gunnison Black Ridge Canyons Buffalo Peaks Byers Peak Cache La Poudre Collegiate Peaks Comanche Peak Dominguez Eagles Nest Flat Tops Fossil Ridge Great Sand Dunes Greenhorn Mountain Gunnison Gorge Holy Cross Hunter-Fryingpan Indian Peaks James Peak La Garita Lizard Head Lost Creek Maroon Bells-Snowmass Mesa Verde Mount Evans Mount Massive Mount Sneffels Mount Zirkel Neota Never Summer Platte River Powderhorn Ptarmigan Peak Raggeds Rawah Rocky Mountain National Park Sangre de Cristo Sarvis Creek South San Juan Spanish Peaks Uncompahgre Vasquez Peak Weminuche West Elk

National Conservation Areas	Dominguez-Escalante Gunnison Gorge McInnis Canyons

National Wildlife Refuges	Alamosa Arapaho Baca Browns Park Monte Vista Rocky Flats Rocky Mountain Arsenal Two Ponds

BLM ACECs	66 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern

State

Colorado State Parks	Arkansas Headwaters Barr Lake Boyd Lake Castlewood Canyon Chatfield Cherry Creek Cheyenne Mountain Crawford Eldorado Canyon Eleven Mile Elkhead Golden Gate Canyon Harvey Gap Highline Lake Jackson Lake James M. Robb - Colorado River John Martin Reservoir Lake Pueblo Lathrop Lone Mesa Lory Mancos Mueller Navajo North Sterling Paonia Pearl Lake Ridgway Rifle Falls Rifle Gap Roxborough San Luis Spinney Mountain St. Vrain Stagecoach State Forest Staunton Steamboat Lake Sweitzer Lake Sylvan Lake Trinidad Lake Vega Yampa River

Colorado Natural Areas	Aiken Canyon Ant Hill Antero-Salt Creek Arikaree River Badger Wash Blacks Gulch Blue Mountain Bonny Prairie Boston Peak Fen Boulder Mountain Park Boulder Valley Heronry Brush Creek Fen California Park Castlewood Canyon Chalk Bluffs Colorado Tallgrass Prairie Comanche Grassland Copeland Willow Carr Cross Mountain Canyon Daves Draw Deep Creek Deer Gulch Dinosaur Ridge Dome Rock Droney Gulch Duck Creek Dudley Bluffs East Lost Park East Sand Dunes Elephant Rocks Elk River Escalante Canyon Escalante Creek Fairview Fourmile Creek Fruita Paleontological Garden Park Fossil Gateway Palisade Geneva Basin Iron Fens Gothic Gunnison Gravels Haviland Lake High Creek Fen High Mesa Grassland Hoosier Ridge Hurricane Canyon Indian Spring Indian Springs Trace Fossil Irish Canyon Jimmy Creek Ken-Caryl Ranch Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Lake Pasture Lake San Cristobal Limestone Ridge Lookout Mountain Lost Park Lower Greasewood Creek McElmo Mexican Cut Mini-Wheeler Miramonte Reservoir Mishak Lakes Moosehead Mountain Mount Callahan Mount Callahan Saddle Mount Emmons Iron Fen Mount Goliath Narraguinnep Needle Rock North Park Phacelia Orient Mine Owl Canyon Paradise Park Park Creek Hogback Park Mesa Pawnee Woodlands Pyramid Rock Rabbit Valley Rajadero Canyon Raven Ridge Redcloud Peak Rocky Mountain Woodfrog Pond Rough Canyon Roxborough Running Creek Ryan Gulch Saddle Mountain San Miguel River Sand Creek Shell Duck Creek Shell Rock Slumgullion Earthflow South Beaver Creek South Boulder Creek South Cathedral Bluffs Specimen Mountain Staunton Tabeguache Tamarack Ranch Tern Island Treasurevault Mountain Trinidad K-T Boundary Two Buttes Unaweep Seep Uncompahgre Fritillary Wacker Ranch West Creek Wheeler Geologic White Rocks Williams Creek Yanks Gulch/Upper Greasewood Creek Natural Area Zapata Falls

State Wildlife Areas	307 Colorado State Wildlife Areas

Other

Trails	American Discovery Trail Colorado Trail Continental Divide Trail Great Divide Trail Kokopelli Trail Paradox Trail Tabeguache Trail

Colorado Department of Natural Resources (web)

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