Alice Ferguson Foundation/ Hard Bargain Farm
Serving Southern Maryland and the District of Columbia

Arlington Echo Outdoor Education Center
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
We are the Outdoor Education Program of Anne Arundel County Public Schools. For thirty-two years we have provided an interdisciplinary outdoor education program for Anne Arundel County teachers, students, and parents by utilizing Camp Woodlands and West River as satellite sites.

Echo Hill Camp on the Chesapeake
Echo Hill has been dedicated for over fifty years to helping children have a happy, exciting and meaningful experience of living with others in the out-of-doors.

Fair Hill Nature Center The Fair Hill Environmental Foundation, Inc. is a private non-profit natural history and environmental learning center serving students and adults from the Tri-State area of Northeastern Maryland, Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Northern Delaware. Our aim is to promote responsible stewardship through an appreciation and understanding of our environment.

Fairview Outdoor Center  
Serving Washington County Public Schools and the community.

Hashawa Environmental Education Center
Serving Carroll County and community

Harford Glen Environmental Education Center 
Serving Harford County Public Schools and the community

Hickory Environmental Education Center 
Serving Garrett County Public Schools and the community

Howard B. Owens Science Center 
Serving Prince George's County Public Schools and the community

Lathrop E. Smith Environmental Education Center 
Serving Montgomery County Public Schools and the community

Nanjemoy Creek Environmental Center 
Serving Charles County Public Schools and the community

NorthBay
Serving public and nonpublic schools and the community

Pickering Creek
Serving Talbot County Public Schools, Eastern Shore,  and the community


William Schmidt Environmental Center 
Serving Prince George's County Public Schools and the community

Outdoor Centers in Maryland by County Allegany Co WESTERN MD 4-H EDUCATION CENTER 1916 MARYLAND HIGHWAY SUITE A MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, MD 21550- Phone: 301-334-6967 Fax: 301-334-6961 Anne Arundel Co ARLINGTON ECHO OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER 975 INDIAN LANDING ROAD MILLERSVILLE, MD 21108 Phone: 410-222-3822  Contact: Stephen Barry www.arlingtonecho.org CAMP LETTS OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER (YMCA CAMP) PO BOX 208 EDGEWATER, MD 21037- Phone: 410-269-6697 or 301-261-4286 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE Contact: GLORIA BROWN or KYLE IORIO CHESAPEAKE BAY ECOLOGY CENTER Adams Academy at Adams Park 245 Clay Street Annapolis, MD 21401 http://www.severnriver.org/CBEC.htm     CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION Philip Merrill Environmental Center 6 Herndon Ave Annapolis, MD 21403 (410) 268-8816 www.cbf.org   Baltimore City BRAGG NATURE CENTER 6601 Baltimore National Pike Baltimore, MD 21228- Phone: 410-747-8336 CYLBURN ARBORETUM 4915 Greenspring Avenue Baltimore, MD 21209 410.367.2217 Glenda Weber http://www.cylburnassociation.org/ Baltimore County CROMWELL VALLEY PARK 2002 Cromwell Bridge Road Baltimore, MD 21234 410.887.2503   IRVINE NATURE CENTER 8400 Greenspring Ave Stevenson, MD 21153 Ph: (410) 484-2413  Fax: (410) 484-3573 Email: irvine@explorenature.org www.explorenature.org   CAMP PUH'TOK (SALVATION ARMY) 17433 Big Falls Rd Monkton, MD 21111 Phone: (410) 329-6590  Fax: (410) 329-6034 Email: camppuhtok@closecall.com www.camppuhtok.com Winter Address: 2602 HUNTINGDON AVENUE BALTIMORE, MD 21211- Phone: 410-366-5081 GENESEE VALLEY OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER 1717 RAYVILLE ROAD PARKTON, MD 21120- Phone: 410-343-0101 or -0138 Fax: 410-343-1451 Contact: JIM CURTIS OREGON RIDGE NATURE CENTER 13555 BEAVER DAM ROAD COCKEYSVILLE, MD 21030- Phone: 410-887-1854 or 771-0034 Contact: GLENN SWISTON/Pat Ghingher SOLDIER'S DELIGHT 5100 DEER PARK ROAD OWINGS MILLS, MD 21117- Phone: 410-922-3004 Calvert Co BATTLE CREEK CYPRESS SWAMP C/O CALVERT COUNTY COURTHOUSE PRINCE FREDERICK, MD 20678- Phone: 410-535-5327 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE Contact: ANDY BROWN FLAG POND NATURE PARK Address and Phone same as for Battle Creek Cypress Swamp JEFFERSON PATTERSON PARK AND MUSEUM 10545 MACKALL ROAD ST LEONARD, MD 20685- Phone: 410-586-0050 or -9700 Fax: 410-586-9705 Contact: GEORGE ABBEE KING'S LANDING KING'S LANDING ROAD HUNTINGTOWN, MD Phone: 410-535-2960 Fax: 410-535-7372 Contact: JACKIE WEYMEYER Carroll Co PINEY RUN NATURE CENTER 30 MARTZ ROAD SYKESVILLE, MD 21784- Phone: 410-795-6474 Fax: 410-795-6235 Contact: LOREN LUSTIG, Administrator Cecil Co FAIR HILL NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 630 TAWES DRIVE ELKTON, MD 21921- Phone: 410-398-4909 Contact: HOLLY HANNUM or KAREN ASPINWALL NORTHBAY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER 11 Horseshoe Point Lane North East, MD 21901 Phone: 443.967.0500 Fax: 443.967.0501 Contact: Keith Williams Charles Co NANJEMOY CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER CHARLES COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PO BOX D LA PLATA, MD 20646-0170 Phone: 301-743-3526 Contact: Paula Batzer Frederick Co FREDERICK OUTDOOR SCHOOL (CAMP GREENTOP) C/O MONOCACY MIDDLE SCHOOL 8009 OPOSSUMTOWN PIKE FREDERICK, MD 21702- Phone: 301-696-9261 Contact: EDDIE MAIN emainlll@erols.com BAR-T MOUNTAINSIDE 2914 Roderick Rd. Urbana, MD 21704 Phone: 301-948-3172 Fax: 301-674-7608 Contact: Joe Richardson Jrichardson@bart-t.com SUMMIT LAKE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER EMMITSBURG, MD 21727- Phone: 301-924-3123 Garrett Co HICKORY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER 604 PRIDE PARKWAY ACCIDENT, MD 21520- Phone: 301-746-8461 Fax: 301-746-8461 Contact: Bruce Taliaferro    heec@excite.com WESTERN MARYLAND 4-H EDUCATION CENTER 1916 MARYLAND HIGHWAY SUITE A MOUTAIN LAKE PARK, MD 21550- Phone: 301-334-6967 Fax: 301-334-6961 Harford Co HARFORD GLEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER 502 WEST WHEEL ROAD BEL AIR, MD 21015- Phone: 410-638-3903 Fax: 410-638-3907 Contact: MARK HERZOG Kent Co ECHO HILL OUTDOOR SCHOOL 13655 BLOOMINGNECK ROAD WORTON, MD 21678- Phone: 410-348-5303 or -5880 Fax: 410-348-2010 Contact: PETER RICE or BETSY McCOWN ehos@bluecrab.org Montgomery Co LATHROP E. SMITH ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 5110 MEADOWSIDE LANE ROCKVILLE, MD 20855- Phone: 301-924-3123 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE Contact: Dave Honchalk Dave_honchalk@fc.mcps.k12.md.us Prince George's Co CLEARWATER NATURE CENTER 11000 THRIFT ROAD CLINTON, MD 20735- Phone: 301-297-4575 Fax: 301-297-5743 Contact: SANDY LYON PATUXENT NATIONAL WILDLIFE VISITOR'S CENTER 10901 SCARLET TANAGER LOOP LAUREL, MD 20708- Phone: 301-497-5760 or -5763 Fax: 301-497-5765 Contact: NEL BALDACCHINO @ Ext 5766 PATUXENT RIVER 4-H CENTER 18405 QUEEN ANNE ROAD UPPER MARLBORO 20774- Phone: 301-390-7259 Fax: 301-390-7883 Contact: Bonnie Dunn WILLIAM S. SCHMIDT CENTER PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 18501 AQUASCO ROAD BRANDYWINE, MD 20613- Phone: 301-888-1185 Fax: 301-888-1236 Contact: JOHN NEVILLE jnevile@erols.com Queen Anne's Co CAMP WRIGHT 400 CAMP WRIGHT LANE STEVENSVILLE, MD 21666- Phone: 410-643-4171 Fax: 410-643-8421 Contact: VAN E. BEERS or NOAH KEGLEY St. Mary's Co ELMS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER ST. MARY'S CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION 27190 POINT LOOKOUT ROAD LOVEVILLE, MD 20656- Phone: 301-475-4230 Fax: 301-475-4229 Contact: Margarita Rochow Talbot Co PICKERING CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 11450 AUDUBON LANE EASTON, MD 21601- Phone: 410-822-4903 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE Contact: RICK LEADER, Executive Director rleader@pickeringcreek.org Washington Co FAIRVIEW OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER 12808 DRAPER ROAD CLEAR SPRING, MD 21722- Phone: 301-766-8138 Fax: 301-842-1152 Contact: Ed Hazlett Hazleedw@mail.wcboe.k12.md.us Wicomico Co PEMBERTON HISTORICAL PARK AND ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER PEMBERTON DRIVE SALISBURY, MD 21801- Phone: 410-860-2447 SALISBURY ZOO Contact Carrie Samis http://www.salisburyzoo.org/ Worcester Co POCOMOKE RIVER STATE PARK (MILBURN LANDING and SHAD LANDING) POCOMOKE RIVER STATE PARKS ROUTE 3, PO BOX 237 SNOW HILL, MD 21863- Phone: 410-632-2566 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE Contact: Lt. Gary Edelhardt Contact Information     Rebecca Bell, Environmental Education Specialist   Division of Instruction Maryland State Department of Education 200 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21201 Phone:  410-767-0330 Fax:  410-333-2050 Email:  rbell@msde.state.md.us

GENESEE VALLEY OUTDOOR LEARNING CENTER 1717 RAYVILLE ROAD PARKTON, MD 21120- Phone: 410-343-0101 or -0138 Fax: 410-343-1451 http://www.geneseevalley.org/ Contact: JIM CURTIS   OREGON RIDGE NATURE CENTER 13555 BEAVER DAM ROAD COCKEYSVILLE, MD 21030- Phone: 410-887-1854 or 771-0034 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE http://www.oregonridge.org/ Contact: GLENN SWISTON   MARSHY POINT NATURE CENTER 7130 Marshy Point Road (at Dundee and Salt Peter Creeks Park) Chase, MD 21220 410.887.2817 http://www.co.ba.md.us/Agencies/recreation/countyparks/marshypoint/ SOLDIER'S DELIGHT 5100 DEER PARK ROAD OWINGS MILLS, MD 21117- Phone: 410-922-3004 Calvert Co BATTLE CREEK CYPRESS SWAMP C/O CALVERT COUNTY COURTHOUSE PRINCE FREDERICK, MD 20678- Phone: 410-535-5327 Contact: ANDY BROWN FLAG POND NATURE PARK (Address and Phone same as for Battle Creek Cypress Swamp) JEFFERSON PATTERSON PARK AND MUSEUM 10545 MACKALL ROAD ST LEONARD, MD 20685- Phone: 410-586-0050 or -9700 Fax: 410-586-9705 Contact: GEORGE ABBEE KING'S LANDING King’s Landing Road, Huntingtown, MD Phone: 410-535-2960 Fax: 410-535-7372 Contact: JACKIE WEYMEYER Carroll Co BEAR BRANCH NATURE CENTER 300 John Owings Road Westminster, MD 21158 410-848-2517 http://ccgov.carr.org/hashawha/bearbrnc.htm   CARROLL COUNTY OUTDOOR SCHOOL Hashawa Environmental Center 300 John Owings Road Westminster, MD 21157 410.848.9040 Contact: Steve Heacock PINEY RUN NATURE CENTER 30 MARTZ ROAD SYKESVILLE, MD 21784- Phone: 410-795-6474 Fax: 410-795-6235 Contact: LOREN LUSTIG, Administrator Cecil Co FAIR HILL NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 630 TAWES DRIVE ELKTON, MD 21921- Phone: 410-398-4909 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE Contact: HOLLY HANNUM or KAREN ASPINWALL Email: http://fairhillnature.org/school.html hendrick@udel.edu   Charles Co NANJEMOY CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER 5300 Turkey Tayac Place Nanjemoy, MD 20662 Phone: 301-743-3526 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE Email: nanjemoycr@ccboe.com www.ccboe.com/nanjemoyccboe.comnanjemoycr@ccboe.com Contact: Paula Batzer Frederick Co FREDERICK OUTDOOR SCHOOL (CAMP GREENTOP) C/O MONOCACY MIDDLE SCHOOL 8009 OPOSSUMTOWN PIKE FREDERICK, MD 21702- Phone: 301-696-9261 Contact: EDDIE MAIN Email: emainlll@erols.com http://www.campgreentop.org/   SUMMIT LAKE OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER EMMITSBURG, MD 21727- Phone: 301-924-3123 http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/outdoored/sl/procedures.html   THORPEWOOD ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 12805-A Mink Farm Road Thurmont, MD 21788 –1402 Phone: (301) 271-2823   Fax (301) 271-2060 http://www.thorpewood.org/about/about.html     Garrett Co   HICKORY ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER 604 PRIDE PARKWAY ACCIDENT, MD 21520 Phone: 301-746-8461 Fax: 301-746-8461 Contact: Bruce Taliaferro http://www.ga.k12.md.us/schools/Hickory/ WESTERN MARYLAND 4-H EDUCATION CENTER 1916 MARYLAND HIGHWAY, SUITE A MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK, MD 21550- Phone: 301-334-6967 Fax: 301-334-6961 Contact: PAUL WEBSTER Email: pw82@umail.umd.edu Harford Co ANITA C. LEIGHT ESTUARY CENTER 700 Otter Point Road Abingdon, MD 21009 410.612.1688 http://www.otterpointcreek.org/   EDEN MILL NATURE CENTER 1617 Eden Mill Road Pylesville, MD 21132 410.836.3050 http://www.edenmill.org/     HARFORD GLEN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER 502 WEST WHEEL ROAD BEL AIR, MD 21015 Phone: 410-638-3903 Fax: 410-638-3907 Contact: MARK HERZOG http://hcps.org/harfordglen/   Kent Co ECHO HILL OUTDOOR SCHOOL 13655 BLOOMINGNECK ROAD WORTON, MD 21678 Phone: 410-348-5880 Fax: 410-348-2010 Contact: PETER RICE or BETSY McCOWN Email: info@ehos.org www.ehos.org Montgomery Co AUDUBON NATURALIST SOCIETY Whittel Field Ecology Center 8940 Jones Mill Road Chevy Chase, MD 20015 301.652.9188 http://www.audubonnaturalist.org/ BROOKSIDE NATURE CENTER Wheaton Regional Park 1400 Glenallen Road Wheaton, MD 20902 301.946.9071 http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/facilities/brookside_nature.shtm     LATHROP E. SMITH ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 5110 MEADOWSIDE LANE ROCKVILLE, MD 20855- Phone: 301-924-3123 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE Contact: Dave Honchalk Email: Dave_honchalk@fc.mcps.k12.md.us http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/outdoored/   LOCUST GROVE NATURE CENTER 7777 Democracy Boulevard Rockville, MD 20850 301-299-1990 http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/park_of_the_day/jun/parkday_jun19.shtm   MAYDALE NATURE CENTER 1638 Maydale Drive Colesville, MD 301.495-2500 http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/park_of_the_day/feb/parkday_feb7.shtm   MEADOWSIDE NATURE CENTER 5100 Meadowside Lane Rockville, MD 20855 301.924.4141 http://www.mc-mncppc.org/parks/facilities/meadowside_nature.shtm Prince George's Co CLEARWATER NATURE CENTER 11000 THRIFT ROAD CLINTON, MD 20735- Phone: 301-297-4575 Fax: 301-297-5743 Contact: SANDY LYON http://www.pgparks.com/places/nature/clearwater.html   HOWARD B. OWENS SCIENCE CENTER 9601 Greenbelt Road Lanham, Maryland 20706 Phone-301.918.8750          Fax-301.918.8753 http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/%7Ehbowens/   JUG BAY WETLANDS SANCTUARY 1361 Wrighton Road Lothian, MD 20711 410.741.9330 http://www.jugbay.org/     MERKLE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY VISITOR CENTER 11704 Fenno Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 301.888.1410 http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/southern/merkle.html   PATUXENT RIVER PARK RR 3380 Upper Marlboro, MD 20772 301.627.6074 http://www.dnr.state.md.us/baylinks/10.html   OXON HILL CHILDREN’S FARM 6411 Oxon Hill Road Oxon Hill, MD 20021 301.839.1177 http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/FT/Oxon_Hill.html   PATUXENT NATIONAL WILDLIFE VISITOR'S CENTER 10901 SCARLET TANAGER LOOP LAUREL, MD 20708- Phone: 301-497-5760 or -5763 Fax: 301-497-5765 Contact: NELL BALDACCHINO @ Ext 5766 http://patuxent.fws.gov/vcdefault.html   PATUXENT RIVER 4-H CENTER 18405 QUEEN ANNE ROAD UPPER MARLBORO 20774- Phone: 301-390-7259 Fax: 301-390-7883 Contact: NANCY WATKINS NATURE CENTER 301 Watkins Park Drive Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 301-218-6700 http://www.pgparks.com/places/parks/watkins.html   WILLIAM S. SCHMIDT CENTER PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 18501 AQUASCO ROAD BRANDYWINE, MD 20613- Phone: 301-888-1185 Fax: 301-888-1236 Contact: JOHN NEVILLE jnevile@erols.com http://www.pgcps.pg.k12.md.us/~schmidt/index.html Queen Anne's Co CHESAPEAKE BAY ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER Physical Address: Wildfowl Trust of North America 600 Discovery Lane, Grasonville, Md. 21638 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 519, Grasonville, Md. 21638 Phone: 410-827-6694  Fax:    410-827-6713 http://www.wildfowltrust.org/   CAMP WRIGHT 400 CAMP WRIGHT LANE, STEVENSVILLE, MD 21666- Phone: 410-643-4171 Fax: 410-643-8421 Contact: VAN E. BEERS or NOAH KEGLEY St. Mary's Co ELMS ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER ST. MARY'S CO PUBLIC SCHOOLS / DEPARTMENT OF INSTRUCTION 27190 POINT LOOKOUT ROAD, LOVEVILLE, MD 20656- Phone: 301-475-4230 Fax: 301-475-4229 Contact: MARIANNE CHAPMAN Talbot Co PICKERING CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER 11450 AUDUBON LANE, EASTON, MD 21601- Phone: 410-822-4903 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE Email: mscallion@pickeringcreek.org http://www.pickeringcreek.org/   Washington Co FAIRVIEW OUTDOOR EDUCATION CENTER 12808 DRAPER ROAD, CLEAR SPRING, MD 21722- Phone: 301-766-8138 Fax: 301-842-1152 Contact: Ed Hazlett Email: Hazleedw@mail.wcboe.k12.md.us http://www.alt.wcboe.k12.md.us/mainfold/schoopag/otherins/fairview/fairview.htm Wicomico Co PEMBERTON HISTORICAL PARK AND ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER PEMBERTON DRIVE, SALISBURY, MD 21801 Phone: 410-860-2447 http://www.msde.state.md.us/summercenters/brochure/16_Env_His_Research.pdf   Worcester Co POCOMOKE RIVER STATE PARK (MILBURN LANDING and SHAD LANDING) POCOMOKE RIVER STATE PARKS ROUTE 3, PO BOX 237, SNOW HILL, MD 21863 Phone: 410-632-2566 Fax: NOT AVAILABLE Contact: Lt. Gary Edelhardt http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/eastern/pocomokeriver.html    Update August 05, courtesy Julie Dieguez