List of nature centers in Kansas

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

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Name	Location	County	Region	Summary
Chaplin Nature Center	Arkansas City	Cowley	Flint Hills	website, operated by the Wichita Audubon Society, over 5 miles of trails
Dillon Nature Center	Hutchinson	Reno	South Central	website, 100 acres, operated by the City, aquariums, interactive exhibits about the sand prairie environment and central Kansas, microscopic investigation stations, discovery drawers, nature playscape
Ernie Miller Nature Center	Olathe	Johnson	Northeast	website, operated by the County, displays, live animals
Flint Hills Discovery Center	Manhattan	Riley	Flint Hills	Operated by the city of Manhattan, features exhibits detailing local history and preservation of the Flint Hills, a theater, a specialized interactive playground for youth and parents, and a temporary exhibition gallery
Great Plains Nature Center	Wichita	Sedgwick	Flint Hills	website, a partnership of the City, State and USFWS, located in 232-acre Chisholm Creek Park, live native wildlife
	Great Bend	Barton	Central	website, education center for 49,000-acre wetlands of the Cheyenne Bottoms and the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge, operated by Fort Hays State University and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks
	Junction City	Geary	Flint Hills	website, operated by the State near Milford Lake, exhibits, dioramas, indoor and outdoor live animals, nature playground; adjacent to Milford Fish Hatchery
Mr. & Mrs. F.L. Schlagle Library	Kansas City	Wyandotte	Northeast	website, city library and nature center with science and outdoor education programs, located in 1,500-acre Wyandotte County Lake Park
Olathe Prairie Center	Olathe	Johnson	Northeast	website, operated by the State, 300-acre tallgrass preserve and outdoor education site
Prairie Oak Nature Center	Leawood	Johnson	Northeast	website, operated by the City in 115-acre Ironwoods Park
Prairie Park Nature Center	Lawrence	Douglas	Northeast	website, 80 acres, operated by the City
	Pratt	Pratt	South Central	website, operated by the State, displays, dioramas, and exhibits about the native birds, fish, mammals and reptiles of Kansas, live aquariums
Southeast Kansas Nature Center	Galena	Cherokee	Southeast	website, located 10 acres in Schermerhorn Park
Stone Nature Center	Topeka	Shawnee	Flint Hills	website, 372 acres, operated by The Villages, private preserve on a group home for children, provides environmental education and adventure challenge programs
WATER Center	Wichita	Sedgwick	Flint Hills	website, operated by the City, treatment center for polluted groundwater, water and pollution exhibits and programs

Resources[]

Kansas Association for Conservation and Environmental Education
Natural Kansas - Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks & Tourism

External links[]

Map of nature centers and environmental education centers in Kansas