This is a list of nature centers and environmental education centers in the state of Oklahoma.
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Name | Location | County | Region | Summary |
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Beavers Bend Resort Park | Broken Bow | McCurtain | Southeast | 3,482 acres, includes nature center and Forest Heritage Center, a forestry museum |
Bernice State Park | Grove | Delaware | Green Country | 88 acres, includes a nature center, wildlife feeding area and two wildlife watch towers |
Byron State Fish Hatchery & Watchable Wildlife Area | Hulbert | Alfalfa | Northwestern Oklahoma | website, 40 acres, education programs, nature center open on a limited basis |
Chickasaw National Recreation Area | Sulphur | Murray | South Central | 9,899 acres, Travertine Nature Center serves as the parks main educational center with natural history dioramas, live reptiles, amphibians and birds of prey, and an interactive learning area |
Greenleaf State Park | Braggs | Muskogee | Green Country | 565 acres |
Hackberry Flat Center | Tillman | Southwestern Oklahoma | website, education center for the 7,120-acre Hackberry Flat Wildlife Management Area, Friends of Hackberry Flat | |
Kerr Arboretum and Botanical Area | Talihina | Le Flore | Southeast | 8,026 acres, located in Ouachita National Forest |
Lake Eufaula State Park | Checotah | McIntosh | Green Country | 2,853 acres, Deep Fork Nature Center |
Lake Murray State Park | Ardmore | Carter | South Central | 12,500 acres, Tucker Tower Nature Center |
Lake Texoma State Park | Kingston | Marshall | South Central | 1,882 acres, Two Rivers Nature Center |
Lake Thunderbird State Park | Norman | Cleveland | Oklahoma City Metro | 1,874 acres, Discovery Cove Nature Center in Clear Bay area |
Lake Wister State Park | Wister | Le Flore | Southeast | 3,428 acres |
Martin Park Nature Center | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Oklahoma City Metro | website, 144 acres, operated by the City |
Oxley Nature Center | Tulsa | Tulsa | Green Country | website, operated by the City in the 745-acre Mohawk Park |
Quartz Mountain Nature Park | Lone Wolf | Kiowa | Southwestern Oklahoma | 4,284 acres |
Robbers Cave State Park | Wilburton | Latimer | Southeast | 8,246 acres |
Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge | Hulbert | Alfalfa | Northwestern Oklahoma | 32,080 acres, education programs, visitor center exhibits |
Sequoyah State Park | Hulbert | Cherokee | Green Country | 349 acres, Three Forks Nature Center |
Tenkiller State Park | Vian | Sequoyah | Green Country | 1,190 acres, Driftwood Nature Center |
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge | Indiahoma | Comanche | Southwestern Oklahoma | 59,020 acres, environmental education center at Quanah Parker Lake |