Richardson Nature Center is a gateway to stunning natural beauty just minutes from the city. Inside, colorful clay mosaics and sculptures by artist Chris Tully engage visitors with the natural world. Visitors can also meet Richardson’s resident raptors, reptiles, and amphibians up close.
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Richardson Nature Center
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Love coming to the Richardson Nature Center and going up to the second floor to the fireplace room. They have big windows to watch the wildlife (mostly birds and squirrels) going crazy. Fun, peaceful, free activity. The paths are all well maintained and easy to walk.
Pretty awesome park! Will definately back! Nice outside area for kids to play in nature with tree logs. Lots of walking trails with many options of distance. Nature center is also nice with some animals and activities inside. Saw lots of animals todays.
MY GOODNESS… this nature center is FABULOUS. The inside absolutely blew my inner artist’s mind. I have never seen such a beautiful nature center.
The outside nature play area had an abundance of logs and sticks to play with and rearrange and even had a mud kitchen! Seems like the area will have a good amount of shade coverage also during the summer months!
We’ve been to quite a few nature centers and this one is our all around favorite.
Tons of walking paths available all year. We just did a family photoshoot here with the beautiful fall colors.
Awesome nature center! My wife and I love taking our two kids to nature centers and this one was good. It had a nice kids area for playing puppet shows and cute animal statues. It also had some real animals to see (snakes, turtles, lizard and some birds). The best part for me was the murals on the wall. All the walls were really fun different nature scenes to look at too!
Our family with prek/toddlers really enjoyed a couple of hours here on a frigid winter day. On the first floor there are many activities including reptile aquarium viewing, bookshelf, play/theatre, and a microscope. Upstairs they have raptors to view, like an owl, hawk and kestrel. Finally there is a rocking chair room with floor to ceiling windows for wildlife viewing and squirrels and small birds were heavily active in this relaxing environment.
They also have snowshoe rentals.
They also have snowshoe rentals.
We had a blast the couple times we have made it this year! It’s a great way to get your kids outside… Playing with nature… Exploring… And learning .. many things to do and even kid kits to use while there! So much fun!! 🤗
We love this place. Great for all ages and all seasons. Take a hike, play in the nature play yard, watch things on the observation decks, go inside and see some live animals, put on a puppet show or go to the observation rooms and have a snack you brought and watch nature through the windows.
