Nature Center
Overview
Contact Nature Center & Neighborhood Preserves Visitor Center Building Hours Tuesday - Saturday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, closed Mondays
Visit the
nature center to walk the trails, attend a program or event, volunteer, and in the winter, you can rent snowshoes.
View the interpretive exhibits (fun for kids and interesting for adults) inside the visitor center and outdoors as well. Children can play on bridges, boulders, stepping stones, and logs in the outdoor natural play area.
Demonstration Gardens include
raingardens , woodland and wildflower prairie butterfly gardens and a small constructed pond with waterfall.
Learn about
Trees and the city's tree rebate . Enjoy a picnic under the state's largest pin oak at the nature center, take a self-guided tour of the trees on the trail, or learn more about the city's tree rebate program, planting trees, and more.
The Nature Center is a resource, too! At the visitor center, use our nature library to identify a bird, or browse through the informational handouts to learn more about
buckthorn removal and native landscaping. See our
earth machine composting bin, which are for sale at the nature center.
Garden Pollinator Series
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Trail Hours
Trail Hours at Nature Center and Preserves is 1/2 hour before Dawn to 1/2 hour after Dusk every day of the year.
Friends of Maplewood Nature
Home Base
The Nature Center is the home base for the
Neighborhood Preserves .
Maplewood has 14 beautiful open space sites scattered all around Maplewood, find the one nearest you!
These nature preserves are great sanctuaries and getaways to hike, relax, and enjoy nature.
Our Mission
To enhance awareness and understanding of
land, water and wildlife resources ; to empower the community to become stewards of the environment.
The Nature Center participates in
Sustainability Projects for the City of Maplewood, including Sustainable Maplewood Project 2050, the Environmental Insert for the City's Newsletter and Maplewood's City Staff 'Green Team'.
