Ogden Nature Center
 Entrance to the center | |
| Founded | 1975 |
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| Location | |
| Coordinates | 41°14′41″N 112°00′13″W / 41.24472°N 112.00361°W |
The Ogden Nature Center is a 152-acre (0.62 km2) nature preserve and education center located in Ogden, Utah. Created in 1975, it was Utah's first nature center.
About
The center includes live animal exhibits, walking trails, ponds, bird blinds, observation towers, treehouses, gardens featuring drought resistant plants, and protected areas for wildlife. It offers nature-based classes and activities for children and adults, as well as classes on environmental issues.
In 2003, the center added a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) education building, constructed on green building principles and insulated with recycled materials.[1]
Children enjoy the nature themed playscape located north of the Visitor center. It features a climbable bear cub statue, a water play feature and sand pit, a large mound with slide, as well as other climbing features.
Large treehouses, a hammock garden, and covered pavilion are featured in the newly renovated picnic grove at the north end of the 152 acre nature preserve.
In 2018, artist Jane Kim painted three murals at the Ogden Nature Center featuring images of monarch butterflies as part of her Migrating Mural series to bring attention to declining species.[2]
References
- ^ "At home with nature". Ogden Standard-Examiner. 25 January 2008.
- ^ Saal, Mark (2018). "Migrating Mural: Ogden spreading its wings with monarch murals around town". Standard-Examiner. Retrieved 2019-10-03.