Warner Parks Nature Center (Nashville, TN)
N 36° 03.667 W 086° 54.363
16S E 508460 N 3990731
The Warner Park nature center in West Nashville is an awesome resource the provides quality environmental education and responsible recreation. It also helps raise awareness, foster respect and share enthusiasm for the natural environment.
Waymark Code: WM25Q6
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2007
Views: 112
We first came to this center looking for a cache (GCTEVB) that was sponsored by the park staff. The staff was very helpful and friendly. We went on to look for the Bats cache, but got side tracked with the pond. Saw a young raccoon climbing the tree (up close), a turtle hanging out on a rock, and a tadpole with legs. A member of the staff ended up catching the raccoon and having to relocate it. Eventually wandered down the trail to look for BATS, and then met a family romping around the area for turtles and salamanders. Introduced them to Geocaching, gave them geocache name and a color brochure I got from the downloads section of this site (Thanks to whomever made it). Cool day at the park. The nature center has some pretty cool stuff for kids of ALL ages (even retirement). I have lived around here for many years and have never visited before tracking down thsi cache...the center is definitely worth the visit, and I will go back soon to finish up the caches.
We have gone back for several other park scheduled nature romps and cache hunts. Members of our Middle Tennessee Geo Cachers group are even teaching geocaching here. Check out the schedule if you are in town. You may catch a concert in the park.
(Portions copied from Nature Center Website)
http://www.nashville.gov/parks/wpnc/
The Warner Park Nature Center is an environmental education and recreation facility of the Nashville Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation.
The center is a main center for the 2684 acres of West Nashville's Percy Warner and Edwin Warner Parks.
The center offers a wide range of environmental education programs, school field trips, educator training workshops, outdoor recreation programs and other special activities for people of all ages.
It also serves as a natural history and education reference center for individuals and groups.
The campus includes the Susanne Warner Bass Learning Center which houses a natural history museum and programming space; the Milbrey Warner Waller Library complete with an extensive collection of natural history titles; the Emily Warner Dean Administration Building; a working organic garden including a greenhouse and a cedar shadehouse; a wildflower garden and fern garden; the Frist teaching pond; grounds landscaped with native plants; and the main trailhead for twelve miles of hiking trails.
The Center is open Tuesday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. It is closed on major holidays. The Warner Parks are open sunrise to 11:00 p.m., seven days a week (some restrictions may apply).
The Nature Center Mission
- To provide quality environmental education and responsible recreation.
- To help protect, preserve, restore and manage the park ecosystem and all natural resources.
- To raise awareness, foster respect and share enthusiasm for the natural environment.
CONTACT INFO:
Phone: 615-352-6299
Email: wpnc@nashville.gov