Meadowside Nature Center
5100 Meadowside Lane
(located in Rock Creek Regional Park)
Rockville, Maryland 20855
301-258-4030
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Located in Rock Creek Regional Park, Meadowside Nature Center offers hands-on natural and cultural history programs for families, schools, and scouts. Visitors can spend their time hiking our 8 miles of Nature Trails or visiting our owls, hawks, and American Bald Eagle in our Raptor Aviaries. Inside visitors can explore the diverse habits found in Maryland as they crawl through a cave or look at the world from a fish's point of view in our Legacy of the Land Exhibit. Our Curiosity Corner discovery room contains books, games, puzzles, and more live animals for young naturalists to explore nature in child-friendly environment. Visitors can also experience the lives of the Maryland pioneer and Eastern Woodland Indian families in our Legacy of the People exhibit were they can try on clothes, play games, and touch animal skins.
Self-guided groups are welcome to tour the Nature Center September through mid-June FREE. There is a $1 per child fee for self-guided groups of 10 or more from mid-June through August. Reservations are required for all groups visiting the nature center.
It's a Celebration!
You are invited to join us for the kick off celebration of our 40th anniversary! |
February 18, 2012 |
between 1 and 4 p.m. |
Free cake, crafts and activities! |
First 10 visitors receive FREE kite decorating contest entry |
MNC Summer Camps
Summer camps feature lively hands-on activities, games, nature walks, and crafts.
MNC offers both partial and full-day camps to meet the needs of you and your child.
Each week starts a new adventure. Come and be part of the fun!
Click here for summer camps!
Nature Everywhere
It's new! Nature Everywhere programs "take kids outside for science in the schoolyard."
Date of last update December 20, 2011
Montgomery County Department of Parks