List of nature centers in Alabama

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

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Name	Location	County	Region	Summary
Cahaba Environmental Center at Living River	Montevallo	Shelby	Central Alabama	440 acres, an outdoor education organization devoted to hands-on, inquiry-based learning
Hays Nature Preserve	Huntsville	Madison	North Alabama	website, over 10 miles of trails, education center, natural playground; site #30 on North Alabama Birding Trail
Gatra Wehle Nature Center at Historic Blakeley State Park	Spanish Fort	Baldwin	South Alabama	1,400 acres. operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, conservation and environmental educational exhibits about the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta
Huntsville Botanical Garden	Huntsville	Madison	North Alabama	112 acres, nature center overlooks the lake and is open May through September, features butterfly house
Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve	Auburn	Lee	Central Alabama	120 acres, an outreach program of the Auburn University School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences
McDowell Environmental Center	Nauvoo	Winston	North Alabama	website, 1,140 acres, one to five day outdoor learning experiences for school groups
Oak Mountain State Park	Pelham	Shelby	Central Alabama	9,940 acres, includes the Oak Mountain Interpretive Center and the Alabama Wildlife Center
Robert G. Wehle Nature Center	Midway	Bullock	Central Alabama	website, 25 acres, operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center	Birmingham	Jefferson	Central Alabama	1,011 acres with 12 miles of trails
Southern Environmental Center	Birmingham	Jefferson	Central Alabama	Located on the campus of Birmingham-Southern College, environmental education museum and 4 acre ecoscape
Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Fairhope	Baldwin	South Alabama	Over 6,000 acres (2,400 ha) of tidal and forested wetlands within the greater Mobile Bay estuarine system, interpretive center features live and preserved native animals, education programs
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge	Decatur	Morgan	North Alabama	35,000 acres, visitor center exhibits about area wildlife and habitats, wildlife observation building

Resources

Environmental Education Association of Alabama

External links

Map of nature centers and environmental education centers in Alabama

Protected areas of Alabama

Federal

National Parks and Historic Sites	Horseshoe Bend Tuskegee Airmen Tuskegee Institute
National Monuments	Birmingham Civil Rights Freedom Riders Russell Cave
National Forests	Conecuh Talladega Tuskegee William B. Bankhead
National Wildlife Refuges	Bon Secour Cahaba River Choctaw Eufaula Fern Cave Key Cave Mountain Longleaf Sauta Cave Watercress Darter Wheeler
Wilderness areas	Cheaha Wilderness Dugger Mountain Wilderness Sipsey Wilderness
National Wild and Scenic Rivers	Sipsey Fork
Other protected areas	Little River Canyon National Preserve Natchez Trace Trail Pinhoti National Recreation Trail Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail Weeks Bay Reserve

State

State Parks	Bladon Springs Blue Springs Buck's Pocket Cathedral Caverns Chattahoochee Cheaha Chewacla Chickasaw Confederate Memorial Park DeSoto Florala Frank Jackson Gulf Joe Wheeler Lake Guntersville Lake Lurleen Lakepoint Meaher Monte Sano Oak Mountain Paul M. Grist Rickwood Caverns Roland Cooper Tannehill Ironworks Wind Creek
State Forests	Choccolocco Hauss Geneva Little River Macon Weogufka
Wildlife Management Areas	Cahaba River Lauderdale Mobile-Tensaw Delta-W L Holland Gaillard Island

Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (web)

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