List of nature centers in Tennessee

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

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Name	Location	County	Region	Summary
Bays Mountain Park	Kingsport	Sullivan	East Tennessee	3,550-acre nature preserve and city-owned park, features 44-acre lake, a nature center with a planetarium theater, animal exhibits, and an adventure ropes course
Beaman Park Nature Center	Nashville	Davidson	Middle Tennessee	website, operated by the City, over 1,700 acres
Bells Bend Outdoor Center	Nashville	Davidson	Middle Tennessee	website, 808 acres, operated by the City
Bowie Nature Park	Fairview	Williamson	Middle Tennessee	website, over 700 acres, operated by the City, includes a nature center with exhibits and art, Monkey Treehouse playground, outdoor classroom
Cedars of Lebanon State Park	Lebanon	Wilson	Middle Tennessee	900 acres, features the Merritt Nature Center
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring	Murfreesboro	Rutherford	Middle Tennessee	20 acres of wetlands, children's museum with themes of the arts, culture, science, health and the environment
Fall Creek Falls State Park	Pikeville	Bledsoe	East Tennessee	Over 25,000 acres, Betty Dunn Nature Center
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont	Townsend	Blount	East Tennessee	website, residential environmental learning center in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Ijams Nature Center	Knoxville	Knox	East Tennessee	website, 300 acres, partly supported by the City
Lichterman Nature Center	Memphis	Shelby	West Tennessee	65 acres, certified arboretum and nature center, part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums
Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park	Millington	Shelby	West Tennessee	13,467 acres, features the Meeman Museum and Nature Center
Owl's Hill Nature Center	Brentwood	Williamson	Middle Tennessee	160 acres, open to individuals and groups on a reservation basis
Reelfoot Lake State Park	Tiptonville	Lake	West Tennessee	280 acres broken into 10 segments, features the R.C. Donaldson Memorial Museum, a natural history museum and nature center
Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center	Chattanooga	Hamilton	East Tennessee	317-acre arboretum, 15 miles of trails, live animals indoor and outdoor, treehouse, formerly the Chattanooga Arboretum & Nature Center
Steele Creek Park	Bristol	Sullivan	East Tennessee	website, over 2,200 acres, operated by the City, includes a nature center, golf course, 54 acre lake, 21 miles of trails
Shelby Bottoms Nature Center	Nashville	Davidson	Middle Tennessee	website, 950 acres of Shelby Bottoms Greenway and 336 acres of adjacent Shelby Park, operated by the City
T. O. Fuller State Park	Memphis	Shelby	West Tennessee	1,138 acres, seasonal nature center
Warner Park Nature Center	Nashville	Davidson	Middle Tennessee	2,684 acres, operated by the City

Resources

Environmental Education in Tennessee

External links

Map of nature centers and environmental education centers in Tennessee

Protected areas of Tennessee

Federal

National Parks	Great Smoky Mountains National Park

National Historical Parks & Sites	Andrew Johnson National Historic Site Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Manhattan Project National Historical Park

National Military Parks	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Fort Donelson National Battlefield Fort Donelson National Cemetery Shiloh National Cemetery Shiloh National Military Park Stones River National Battlefield Stones River National Cemetery

National Recreation Areas	Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area

National Trails System	Appalachian National Scenic Trail Natchez Trace National Scenic Trail Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail Trail of Tears National Historic Trail

National Forests	Cherokee National Forest

National Wildlife Refuges	Chickasaw Cross Creeks Hatchie Lake Isom Lower Hatchie Reelfoot Tennessee

Wilderness Areas	Bald River Gorge Big Frog Big Laurel Branch Citico Creek Cohutta Gee Creek Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Little Frog Mountain Pond Mountain Sampson Mountain Unaka Mountain

Other Protected Areas	Foothills Parkway Gatlinburg Bypass Natchez Trace Parkway Obed Wild and Scenic River

State

East Tennessee State Parks	Big Ridge Booker T. Washington Cove Lake Cumberland Mountain Davy Crockett Birthplace Fall Creek Falls Fort Loudoun Frozen Head Harrison Bay Hiwassee/Ocoee Indian Mountain Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail Norris Dam Panther Creek Red Clay Roan Mountain Rocky Fork Seven Islands Sycamore Shoals Warriors' Path

Middle Tennessee State Parks	Bicentennial Capitol Mall Bledsoe Creek Burgess Falls Cedars Of Lebanon Cordell Hull Birthplace Cummins Falls David Crockett Dunbar Cave Edgar Evins Fall Creek Falls Harpeth River Henry Horton Johnsonville Long Hunter Montgomery Bell Mousetail Landing Old Stone Fort Pickett Port Royal Rock Island Sgt. Alvin C. York South Cumberland Standing Stone Tims Ford

West Tennessee State Parks	Big Cypress Tree Big Hill Pond Chickasaw Fort Pillow Meeman-Shelby Forest Nathan Bedford Forrest Natchez Trace Paris Landing Pickwick Landing Pinson Mounds Reelfoot Lake T.O. Fuller

State Forests	Bledsoe Cedars of Lebanon Chickasaw Chuck Swan Franklin John Tully Lewis Lone Mountain Martha Sundquist Natchez Trace Pickett Prentice Cooper Scott Standing Stone Stewart

State Natural Areas	Auntney Hollow Barnett's Woods Bays Mountain Beaman Park Big Bone Cave Campbell Bend Barrens Carroll Cabin Barrens Glade Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Carter Chimneys Colditz Cove Couchville Cedar Glade Crowder Cemetary Barrens Devils Backbone Dry Branch Duck River Complex Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade Falling Water Falls Fate Sanders Barrens Flat Rock Cedar Glade & Barrens Gattinger’s Cedar Glade & Barrens Ghost River Grundy Forest Hampton Creek Cove Hawkins Cove Hicks Gap Hill Forest Honey Creek House Mountain Hubbard’s Cave John & Hester Lane Cedar Glades John Noel at Bon Aqua Langford Branch Laurel-Snow Lost Creek Lucius Burch Jr. Forest Manus Road Cedar Glade May Prairie North Chickamauga Creek Gorge Overbridge Old Forest Ozone Falls Piney Falls Pogue Creek Powell River Radnor Lake Riverwoods Roundtop Mountain Rugby Savage Gulf Sequatchie Cave Short Mountain Short Springs Sneed Road Cedar Glade Stillhouse Hollow Falls Stinging Fork Falls Stones River Cedar Glade & Barrens Sunk Lake Sunnybell Cedar Glade Taylor Hollow Twin Arches Vesta Cedar Glade Vine Cedar Glade Virgin Falls Walker Branch Walls of Jericho Walterhill Floodplain Washmorgan Hollow Watauga River Bluffs William B. Clark William R. Davenport Refuge Wilson School Road Window Cliffs

Other	Catoosa Wildlife Management Area

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (web) - Tennessee Department of Agriculture (web)

Nature centers in the United States

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