Welcome to North Branch Nature Center

We're a small preserve with a big heart at a gentle bend in the North Branch of the Winooski River.

For more than a decade North Branch Nature Center has put people in touch with the sights, sounds and sensations of the wild within our capital.

North Branch is firefly light sparkling in a child's eye. It is a lecture hall where we learn the secrets of warblers and willows and weather. And it is a quiet place to walk or ski, swim or sit, or simply to do nothingbeside the river.

We welcome you to learn more about us or check out ways to support the Nature Center. Better yet, stop by for a visit.

Make an Online Donation
and learn more ways you can support NBNC

 

Summer Camp Registration
Now Open

The North Branch Nature Center has been offering fun, exciting and educational nature camps for children for nearly 15 years. Catching frogs, watching hawks, following grasshoppers, making new friends - isn’t this just what a child’s summer should be?

See the camp schedule and download a registration form.

BirdFest!
Saturday, May 19
7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

* Bird walks & workshops
* Live raptors
* Natural history used book sale
* Kids activities
* Bird banding demos
* Animal calling contest
* And much more!

Learn More About BirdFest

Buy "Bird-Friendly"

Order your bird-friendly coffee through NBNC and save on shipping! You'll be supporting the Nature Center, the birds, and the farmers who grow this sustainably produced product. All orders can be picked up from the Nature Center. Click here to download an order form.