Visitor center amenities
The Plum Creek Nature Center offers visitors a place to explore the natural world, with hands-on exhibits and interactive play elements. Offerings and amenities include:
- Public programs
- School programs
- Youth group programs
- Honeybee exhibit and resident reptiles
- Nature playscape, featuring a pollinator garden and rain garden
- Bird observation area
- Sled tube and snowshoe rentals
- Facility rentals
- Gift shop
- Special events
- Free District publications and trail maps
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Visitor center amenities
The following permits are available for purchase at the nature center:
- Camping permits
- Dog park permits
- Picnic permits
The nature center is open to the public free of charge.
Preserve amenities
The Plum Creek Nature Center is located at Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve and adjacent to the Plum Creek Greenway Trail, which offer the following amenities and activities:
- Biking
- Horseback riding
- Hiking/running
- Cross-country skiing
- Snowshoeing
- Picnicking
- Camping
- Sledding
- Ice skating
- Geocaching
(Photo by Chad Merda)
Snapper Pond. (Photo by Chad Merda)
(Photo by Glenn P. Knoblock)
Plum Creek Nature Center. (Photo by Glenn P. Knoblock)
(Photo by Chad Merda)
A Baltimore oriole. (Photo by Bob Bryerton)
A bull frog. (Photo courtesy of Byron Morgan)