Nature Center

The Wethersfield Nature Center is an environmental education facility devoted to the mission of sharing and exploring our natural world through exciting environmental learning.

Our wheelchair accessible Nature Center, open to the public, offers minds-on, hands-on educational exhibits and displays. Visitors are provided a unique opportunity to view our live animals, mammals, birds and reptiles, and the Owl's Nest gift store!

The Nature Center, as an educational resource, is available for senior and disabled daycare programs, school and outreach educational services, nursery and preschool events, and offers activities during school vacations, including our "Adventures In Summer" program. Community outreach programs such as our Animals on the Go, 4H and Scout programs, and guided nature walks are also available upon request. Take advantage of additional senior outings provided by the Center's Senior Hiking Club. This active organization tours the State's numerous trails and parks throughout the walking season. The Friends of the Wethersfield Nature Center (FWNC) are busy year 'round promoting Wethersfield's "little gem," and encourage you to become a member of their fun organization.

If you enjoy the great outdoors, the 110 acres of Wintergreen Woods Park is well within walking distance of the Center. Follow the Park's mellow trails through white pine groves, pass Folly Brook Pond and over bridges leading to the beech, oak and hickory forest. Another wonderful walking area, only ten minutes away, is Quarry Park in Rocky Hill, CT. Maps are available at the Nature Center.

Remember the Nature Center for your next birthday party or sleepover event, as well as for your group or civic organization meeting space. The Center invites individuals seeking internship or volunteer opportunities in the environmental fields to consider our facility for work experience.