Best places: Nature preserves in Dayton

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Loch Raven Reservoir Park
Nature preserve
Natural area around a water reservoir offering fishing, boat rentals, birdwatching & picnicking.
4.70 (1.5K reviews) (~44.39 km from centre)
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Lake Roland Nature Council
Nature preserve
Multifaceted green space with trails, pavilions, waterfront activities & an off-leash dog park.
4.70 (761 reviews) (~33.24 km from centre)
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Robinson Nature Center
Nature preserve
18-acre center exploring the local ecosystem via a planetarium, nature exhibits & wooded trail.
4.70 (664 reviews) (~9.61 km from centre)
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Howard County Conservancy
Non-profit organization
👍👍 Absolutely wonderful! Great free programs, amazing summer camp, schools out programs, and they have a nature preschool now! Lots of resident animals that are excited to meet you. Over 200 acres and 3 miles of trails! Staff are friendly and helpful always. Also a great venue for weddings or events!
4.80 (315 reviews) (~12.79 km from centre)
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Dora Kelley Nature Park
Park
Sizable park offering trails & a nature center with animals & environmental classes.
4.70 (477 reviews) (~47.22 km from centre)
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Watkins Nature Center
Park
👍👍 Great park with lots to do! Very popular destination. Paved walking paths throughout as well as hiking trails in the woods. Nature Center has live animal habitat displays and programs for nature and crafts. Mini-golf, railroad, and carousel closed, but nature Center, park an playground open. Season...
4.70 (404 reviews) (~42.46 km from centre)
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Scott's Run Falls
Nature preserve
👍👍 Located close to the Great Falls. This is a unique waterfall with mesmerizing views. If you like the outdoors, you're going to like it here. Hiking trails abound within within proximity of the water fall.
4.70 (283 reviews) (~35.49 km from centre)
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Fountain Rock Nature Center
Nature preserve
22-acre park with a pondside deck, hiking areas & old lime kilns, plus a nature center with animals.
4.70 (251 reviews) (~42.1 km from centre)
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Liberty Reservoir
Nature preserve
Waterside nature preserve offering boating & shore fishing, plus hiking & birdwatching.
4.50 (843 reviews) (~21.89 km from centre)
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Nature Forward
Nature preserve
Bird-watching boutique with books, jewelry, cards, seed & optics that can be tested on the grounds.
4.80 (152 reviews) (~27.15 km from centre)
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Tregaron Conservancy
Nature preserve
👍👍 Tregaron is my favorite quiet spot in DC. I used to live overlooking it from Macomb and over the years it’s been a place to feel at peace amid city life. I highly recommend taking a slow, mindful walk through and linking up with the main trails to the Zoo or Woodley. Cheers!
4.70 (183 reviews) (~34.62 km from centre)
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McKee-Beshers Wildlife Management Area
Nature preserve
This large natural area for hunting features a wide range of animals & birds, plus miles of trails.
4.50 (323 reviews) (~38.76 km from centre)
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Woodend Sanctuary & Mansion
Event venue
👍👍 As a wedding photographer, this venue was a dream. There are so many beautiful nooks and crannies in the house for photos, and it directly abuts an awesome forest that's great for portraits. The wedding I photographed here was a brunch celebration in late October and the light streaming through the...
4.60 (172 reviews) (~27.14 km from centre)
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Jerome "Buddie" Ford Nature Center
Nature preserve
👍👍 Such a fun center, so many live animals and things to touch and microscopes to use. Tons of books, play area for littles, a nature center down below, and awesome staff. Not sure how it is when crowded, excited to check out some programs.
4.80 (108 reviews) (~47.42 km from centre)
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Claude Moore Nature Center
Nature preserve
👍👍 Great hiking paths and not too crowded for a Thursday afternoon.
4.60 (139 reviews) (~43.72 km from centre)
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Winkler Botanical Preserve
Nature preserve
Secluded area featuring a variety of nature trails, a mountain lodge & waterfall flanked by woods.
4.30 (250 reviews) (~47.14 km from centre)
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Dickerson Conservation Park
Nature preserve
This 304-acre park along the Potomac River features wooded nature trails & picnic tables.
4.60 (96 reviews) (~41.47 km from centre)
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Merryman Trail
Nature preserve
👍👍 I really discovered this place thanks to All trails. There's a great part of the trail where you walk about 2/3 of a mile and it leads you over a bridge and to a waterfall that leads to Loch Raven reservoir. I love hiking here with the family and it is a great place for young nature explorers to fin...
4.70 (72 reviews) (~42.48 km from centre)
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Patuxent Research Refuge - North Tract Visitor Center
Nature preserve
👍👍 It was awful. Stay away. The wildlife was ugly and the roads were solid speed bumps. All the people I saw looked like Russian soldiers after occupying Chernobyl. This was a terrible, bad, no good place to go slow biking with my fluffy mini white wolf. It was a tank and artillery training range...
4.60 (83 reviews) (~25.81 km from centre)
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Middle Patuxent Environmental Area & Foundation Parking
Nature preserve
4.80 (61 reviews) (~6.6 km from centre)
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