The Vera Meineke Nature Center at Spring Valley is an earth-sheltered, passive-solar natural history museum and visitor center.
Nature Center:
Grounds & Trails
PLEASE NOTE: dogs, bikes, smoking and collecting are NOT permitted. View site guidelines here.
The Vera Meineke Nature Center includes interactive exhibits on local plants and animals, a children’s activity area, library and living turtle pond display. Adjacent to the Nature Center is a Learning Garden, Backyards for Wildlife display, a Pollinator Display Garden and a Monarch Rearing & Education Station. The Monarch Rearing Station operates from June to September and includes daily monarch butterfly presentations, which may include a butterfly release, dependent on the weather and butterfly availability.
The Nature Center also provides information on programs and events, program registration, restrooms and a gift sale area.