Alexandria
City
703-824-6600
2000 N. Beauregard Street,
Alexandria, VA 22311
www.acps.k12.va.us
Arlington
County
.301-228-6000
1426 N. Quincy Street,
Arlington, VA 22207
www.arlington.k12.va.us
Fairfax
County
703-246-2991
8115 Gatehouse Road,
Falls Church, VA 22042
www.fcps.k12.va.us
Falls
Church City
703-248-5600
803 West Broad Street, Ste 300,
Falls Church, VA 22046
www.fccps.k12.va.us
Loudoun
County
571-252-1000
21000 Education Court,
Ashburn, VA 20148
www.loudoun.k12.va.us
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Montgomery
County
301-309-6277
850 Hungerford Drive,
Rockville, Maryland 20850
www.mcps.k12.md.us
Prince
George's County
301-952-6280
14201 School Lane,
Upper
Marlboro, MD 20772
www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us
Prince
William County
703-791-7200
14800 Joplin Road,
Manassas, VA 20112
www.pwcs.edu
Washington
DC
202-724-4222
825 North Capitol Street, NE,
Washington, D.C. 20002
www.k12.dc.us |
| Audubon
Naturalist Society
301-652-9188
8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD
www.audubonnaturalist.org
Nearly 350 diverse conservation education programs for
all ages—outdoor, family-oriented activities,
school-based programs, natural history field trips.
Programs throughout the Washington metro area.
Black
Hill Visitors Center
301-916-0220
20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds, MD
www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/nature_centers/
blackhill/index.shtm
Located in Black Hill Regional Park. Offers natural
history and environmental programs and exhibits for
all ages.
Brookside
Nature Center
301-946-9071
1400 Glenallen Avenue, Wheaton, MD
www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/nature_centers/
brookside/index.shtmNestled in Wheaton Regional Park.
Natural history and
environmental education for all ages.
Clearwater
Nature Center
301-297-4575
11000 Thrift Road, Clinton, MD
www.pgparks.com/places/nature/clearwater.html#events
Variety of interpretive programs hosted by the facility's
park naturalists. Small indoor pond, live animal exhibits,
a lapidary laboratory, and seasonal herb and butterfly
gardens.
Gulf
Branch Nature Center
703-228-3403
3608 N. Military Road, Arlington, VA
www.arlingtonva.us
Full range of indoor and outdoor environmental programs,
indoor interpretive displays, live animal exhibits,
outdoor ponds, wooded stream valleys, and hiking trails.
Native-American display, observation beehive, hike to
the Potomac River and hands-on Discovery Center.
Hidden
Oaks Nature Center
703-941-1065
4020 Hummer Road, Annandale, VA
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/hiddenoaks/
Investigate the different levels of the forest and meet
a variety of amphibians and reptiles. Interactive stations,
a new children's corner, indoor turtle pond and hands
on learning activities. Learn about creatures that live
underground to the treetop residents.
Hidden Pond Nature Center
703-451-9588
8511 Greeley Boulevard, Springfield, VA
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/hiddenpond/
Programs for school, youth and scout groups and general
public. Guided walks, field trips, workshops, demonstrations
and special request programs on a variety of topics.
Huntley
Meadows Nature Center
703-768-2525
3701 Lockheed Boulevard, Alexandria, VA
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/huntley/
Some of the best wildlife watching in the metro area.
From the 1/2 mile wetland boardwalk trail and observation
tower, people have excellent views of beavers, frogs,
dragonflies and herons. Huntley Meadows is well known
as a prime birding spot, with over 200 species identified
in the park.
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Locust
Grove Nature Center
301-299-1990
7777 Democracy Boulevard, Bethesda, MD
www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/nature_centers/ locust/index.shtm
Teaches kids about nature through classes, trails and
other outdoor activities at Cabin John Regional Park.
Long
Branch Nature Center
703-228-6535
625 S. Carlin Spring Road, Arlington, VA
www.arlingtonva.us
Interpretive environmental education programs for all
ages. Exhibits, children's Discovery Room, live animal
displays, interpretive gardens, viewing pond.
Meadowside
Nature Center
301-924-4141
5100 Meadowside Lane, Rockville, MD
www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/nature_centers/ meadow/index.shtm
Programs for children and adults. Naturalist-led hikes
and self-guided exhibits, animal displays and interactive
areas. Curiosity Corner. Raptor cages. Nearly 8 miles
of trails.
Mt.
Ranier Nature Center
301-927-2163
4701 31st Street, Mt. Rainier, MD
www.pgparks.com/places/nature/rainier.html
Both a nature and a recreation center. Nature-related,
interpretive programs for all ages. View special displays
and exhibits, as well as participate in a variety of
community outreach nature programs.
Patuxent National Wildlife
Visitor Center
301-497-5760
10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD
www.patuxent.fws.gov
Facility seeks to impart to young and old alike an increased
knowledge of and appreciation for the earth's vital
resources. State of the art interactive exhibits. Life
scale habitat areas. Guided tram tours. School groups.
Rock
Creek Nature Center
202-426-6829
5200 Glover Road, NW, Washington, DC
www.nps.gov/rocr/naturecenter/
Exhibit hall featuring local wildlife, discovery center
with hands-on activities, educational programs, and
nature trails led by park rangers. Close-up look at
resident animals every Friday at 4pm (all ages). Planetarium
show for ages four and older every Wednesday at 4pm
and Saturday and Sunday at 1pm.
Walker
Nature Education Center
703-435-6530
11450 Glade Drive, Reston VA
www.reston.org/parks_rec/p_nature_ed_center.html
A variety of on-site and outreach programs for people
of all ages, including preschool programs, school programs,
summer camps, family programs, teen programs. 1,100
acres of open space.
Walney
Visitors Center
703-631-0013
5040 Walney Road, Chantilly, VA
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/ecl/
Located on 660 acres, in Ellanor C. Lawrence Park, features
exhibits about 18th century farm life, Walney Pond,
various historic ruins, picnic tables, sports fields
and hiking trails. |
