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New Canaan Nature Center, New Canaan, CT

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New Canaan Nature Center

A nature center in New Canaan, Connecticut, offering hands-on wildlife and science education, a children's play garden, and a preschool.

144 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, CT 06840 · New Canaan, CT

About New Canaan Nature Center

The New Canaan Nature Center uses animals and science lessons to teach visitors about the natural world. Visitors can explore a boxwood maze in the Children's Play Garden, take part in scavenger hunts, and see the Birds of Prey. The center also runs community programs, summer camps, adult programs such as birding and local hikes, and a preschool that dates to 1967. Events on its site include a holiday market and a winter event in December.

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