Regional Nature Centers

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Regional
Nature
Centers

The Great Plains Nature Center is happy to provide this portal
to other Nature Center websites in our vicinity.
Have you visited them all?

If you are travelling in the central Great Plains and want to know where the nature centers are, then look no further!

Click on a site marker or scroll down this page for text links.

NEBRASKA:

Fontenelle Forest Nature Center - in Omaha
http://www.fontenelleforest.org/

Pioneer's Park Nature Center - in Lincoln
http://www.ci.lincoln.ne.us/city/parks/nature/natcenter/index.htm

Rowe Sanctuary & The Iain Nicolson Audubon Center
http://www.rowesanctuary.org/education.htm

For information about Nebraska state parks
http://www.ngpc.state.ne.us/parks/guides/parksearch/findpark.asp

KANSAS:

Chaplin Nature Center - near Arkansas City
http://www.wichitaaudubon.org/cnc.html

Dillon Nature Center - in Hutchinson
http://www.hutchrec.com/dnc/

Ernie Miller Nature Center - in Olathe
http://www.erniemiller.com/

Great Plains Nature Center (That's us!) - in Wichita
http://www.gpnc.org

Kansas City area nature centers
http://www.kcnature.org/

Kansas Wetlands Education Center at Cheyenne Bottoms
http://wetlandscenter.fhsu.edu/

Lakewood Park Discovery Center - in Salina
http://www.naturalkansas.org/lakewood.htm

Milford Nature Center - near Junction City

Prairie Park Nature Center - in Lawrence
http://www.lprd.org/ppnc.shtml

Pratt Nature Education Center - in Pratt

Quivira National Wildlife Refuge - west of Hutchinson
http://quivira.fws.gov/

For information about Kansas state parks
http://www.kdwp.state.ks.us/news/state_parks - Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks

OKLAHOMA:

Martin Park Nature Center - in Oklahoma City
http://www.okc.gov/parks/martin_park/index.html

Oxley Nature Center - in Tulsa
http://www.oxleynaturecenter.org/

Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Visitors Center
http://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/oklahoma/wichitamountains/index.html

For infomation about Oklahoma state parks
http://www.touroklahoma.com/index.asp

ARKANSAS:

Delta Rivers Nature Center - in Pine Bluff
http://www.deltarivers.com/

For information about Arkansas state parks
http://www.arkansasstateparks.com/park_finder/default.asp - Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism

TEXAS:

River Bend Nature Center - in Wichita Falls
http://riverbendnaturecenter.org/

MISSOURI:

Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center - in Independence
http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/cnc/burroak/

The Discovery Center - in Kansas City
http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/kcmetro/discovery/

Kansas City area nature centers
http://www.kcnature.org/

Powder Valley Nature Center - in St. Louis
http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/cnc/powder/

Runge Nature Center - in Jefferson City
http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/cnc/runge/

Springfield Nature Center - in Springfield
http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/cnc/springfd/

Cape Girardeau Conservation Campus Nature Center - in Cape Girardeau
http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/cnc/cape/

For information about Missouri natural areas and state parks
http://mdc.mo.gov/areas/ - Missouri Department of Conservation
http://www.mostateparks.com/index.html - Missouri Department of Natural Resources

Questions or comments? Send Email to Jim Mason Spidey
Or write us at:
Great Plains Nature Center
6232 E. 29th Street North
Wichita, KS 67220-2200 Call: 316-683-5499 Fax: 316-688-9555