title: List of nature centers in Arizona
text: # List of nature centers in Arizona
  
  This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Arizona.
  
  To use the sortable tables: click on the icons at the top of each column to sort that column in alphabetical order; click again for reverse alphabetical order.
  
  | Name | Location | County | Region | Summary |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | The Arboretum at Flagstaff | Flagstaff | Coconino | North Central | Open seasonally, located on 200 acres within the Coconino National Forest, environmental education programs, visitor center exhibits, horticulture center |
  | Cave Creek Regional Park | Cave Creek | Maricopa | South Central | website, operated by the County, 2,922 acres, features a nature center |
  | Colorado River Nature Center | Bullhead City | Mohave | Northwest | website, 140 acres, operated by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the City and the Bureau of Land Management |
  | Community Nature Center Open Space Preserve | Prescott | Yavapai | Central | website, 18 acres, operated by the City |
  | Chandler Nature Center at Veterans Oasis Park | Chandler | Maricopa | South Central | website, 113 acres, operated by the City, |
  | Estrella Mountain Regional Park | Goodyear | Maricopa | South Central | website, operated by the County, 19,840 acres of desert and mountains, features a nature center |
  | Gray Hawk Nature Center | Sierra Vista | Cochise | Southeast | website |
  | Hassayampa River Preserve | Wickenburg | Maricopa | South Central | website, operated by the Nature Conservancy, features the Arthur L. Johnson Visitor Center and programs |
  | Highlands Center for Natural History | Prescott | Yavapai | Central | website, 80 acres |
  | Nina Mason Rio Salado Audubon Center | Phoenix | Maricopa | South Central | website, located in the 600-acre, city-owned Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, operated by the National Audubon Society |
  | Ramsey Canyon Preserve | Sierra Vista | Cochise | Southeast | website, operated by the Nature Conservancy |
  | Usery Mountain Regional Park | Mesa | Maricopa | South Central | website, operated by the County, 3,648 acres, features a nature center |
  | White Mountain Nature Center | Pinetop-Lakeside | Navajo | North Central | website, 10 acres, also does wildlife rehabilitation |
  | White Tank Library & Nature Center | Waddell | Maricopa | South Central | Operated by the County in White Tank Mountain Regional Park with 29,271 acres, features live native reptiles |
  | Willow Bend Environmental Education Center | Flagstaff | Coconino | North Central | website, operated by the County at Sawmill Park |
  
  ## Resources
  
  * Arizona Association for Environmental Education
  