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Dickinson County Nature Center

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Dickinson County Nature Center

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The Dickinson County Nature Center is a center for environmental learning! It is open year round! (712) 336-6352

Mission

To provide a peaceful retreat for visitors where natural, scenic, historical resources come together to create a living classroom to explore, learn and foster an appreciation for our natural world.

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Activities and events for all ages

Address: 2273 170th St, Okoboji, IA 51355, USA
Phone: (712) 336-6352
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State: Iowa
County: Dickinson County
Zip Code: 51355


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Reviews
An indoor bee hive, live web feed of an osprey nest, prairie roots and bird exhibits --- the Dickinson County Nature Center is a hub of activity and education in the Iowa Great Lakes area. All ages will love to come spend time at the nature center, and you will have fun whether you consider yourself a nature lover or not. Just inside the front door is a display with items from all the areas owned or operated by Dickinson County Conservation, from county parks to the Westport Rural Schoolhouse to Pollinator Paradise, which is an area with native gardens and has a house where monarch caterpillars are raised into butterflies. Then step inside the nature center and check out the new bird exhibit which includes backyard birds and their nests, wild birds in the natural habitat and even a tree created from pieces of other trees where you can guess the species by the bark. There's also an indoor art exhibit with pieces by local artists, a display on prairie roots, a model of an osprey nest and live feed from the camera on the nest outside, an indoor bee hive, historic exhibits in the library and a gift shop. Downstairs in the nature center, you can spend time learning about all kinds of great animals. See adorable rats playing in their pen. Check out the salamanders, American toad, leopard frog, fish and turtles in their pens. The albino coral snake, western fox snake and coral snake are also popular with the kids. Families also love the kids area in the basement where children can play and learn at the same time. This place is awesome because it's also changing and updating. Don't take this review as final, because next time you go in there will be more and more to look at and learn about. Also, you can do a ton outside the nature center like geocache, walk through prairie trails, hike around a wetland, play disc golf, visit Pollinator Paradise and the one-room schoolhouse and more!
12 years ago (17-02-2015)
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