Name
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Location
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County
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Region
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Summary
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Amoskeag Fishways |
Manchester |
Hillsborough |
Merrimack Valley |
website, 130 acres (53 ha), environmental education center about the Merrimack River watershed, operated by New Hampshire Audubon, the State and the USFWS, located at Amoskeag Falls
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Bear Brook State Park |
Allenstown |
Merrimack |
Merrimack Valley |
Over 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) extending into Deerfield, Hooksett, and Candia, small 4-H nature center
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Beaver Brook Association |
Hollis |
Hillsborough |
Merrimack Valley |
2,100 acres (850 ha) located in Hollis, Brookline, and Milford, New Hampshire, education center
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Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve |
Greenland |
Rockingham |
Seacoast |
Great Bay Discovery Center features exhibits about the estuary's natural history, salt marsh farming, salmon migration, plankton, tides and research
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Harris Center for Conservation Education |
Hancock |
Hillsborough |
Monadnock |
website, land trust and education center, over 16 miles (26 km) of trails
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Loon Center |
Moultonborough |
Carroll |
Lakes |
website, exhibits, education and research about the state's common loons and other wildlife, 200-acre (81 ha) Markus Wildlife Sanctuary, operated by the Loon Preservation Committee
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Margret and H.A. Rey Center |
Waterville Valley |
Grafton |
White Mountains |
Programs in nature, art, science, astronomy, art gallery
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Massabesic Audubon Center |
Auburn |
Rockingham |
Merrimack Valley |
website, 130 acres (53 ha), operated by New Hampshire Audubon
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McLane Center |
Concord |
Merrimack |
Merrimack Valley |
website, 20 acres (8.1 ha), headquarters of New Hampshire Audubon
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Nature Discovery Center |
Warner |
Merrimack |
Merrimack Valley |
website, rocks, minerals, fossils, sea life, insects, Indian artifacts, mounted birds and mammals, interpretive trails (formerly located in Hopkinton and known as the Little Nature Museum)
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Newfound Audubon Center |
Hebron |
Grafton |
Lakes |
website, operated by New Hampshire Audubon, located on Newfound Lake; comprises the Paradise Point Nature Center (open in summer), Ash Cottage at Hebron Marsh Sanctuary and the Bear Mountain Sanctuary
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Peabody Mill Environmental Center |
Amherst |
Hillsborough |
Merrimack Valley |
website, operated by town of Amherst, abuts almost 600 acres (240 ha) of the Joe English Reservation
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Prescott Farm Environmental Education Center |
Laconia |
Belknap |
Lakes |
website, 160 acres (65 ha), features 3 miles (5 km) of trails, historic barn, heritage gardens, and an old-fashioned maple sugar operation
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Seabrook Station's Science & Nature Center |
Seabrook |
Rockingham |
Seacoast |
website, located at the Seabrook Station Nuclear Power Plant, exhibits about nuclear energy and electricity, marine touch pool, nature trail
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Seacoast Science Center |
Rye |
Rockingham |
Seacoast |
Located in 135-acre (55 ha) Odiorne Point State Park, marine life and science
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Squam Lakes Natural Science Center |
Holderness |
Grafton |
Lakes |
180 acres (73 ha), environmental education center and accredited zoo
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Tin Mountain Conservation Center |
Albany |
Carroll |
Lakes |
website, programs at Nature Learning Center and at the 228-acre Tin Mountain Field Station in Jackson, NH
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