May 11 - October 26
10:00 - 3:00
Free for members and children 12 and under. $5 for nonmembers

Miles of hiking trails, river play, picnic pavilion, junior naturalist badge, interpretive trail. Fun for the whole family!!!!
Workshops on some Saturdays (check the website for calendar)

The upper 35 acres of the site is comprised of public access and parking area, our Welcome Building, gift shop, and docent greeter. In addition, visitors will see prairie dog colonies, bird boxes, a children's habitat play space, an ancient ponderosa pine cross-section with marked rings, xeriscaped landscaping, and a sage-rabbitbrush habitat.

A footpath leads visitors down to 105 acres along bordering the Florida River. There, trails wander through a wide variety of habitats - riparian, meadows, oak woodlands, piñon-juniper forests, and desert arroyos. Trails are marked with signs at ending points and junctions, as well as with interpretive markers and maps along the way.

Sorry, no dogs allowed since it's a wildlife sensitive area.
Visit http://www.durangonaturestudies.org/dncdirections.htm for directions to the Center.