Dodge Nature Center
365 Marie Ave West
West Saint Paul, MN 55118
651-455-4531
http://www.dodgenaturecenter.org
Nature Center: Hike, Nature Education, Walk
Located in the communities of West Saint Paul and Mendota Heights, Minnesota, Dodge Nature Center is centrally located in the Twin Cities Metro area. Dodge offers a variety of experiences for people of all ages more than 50 different curriculum topics for visiting school groups, operation of a premier preschool, community education on evenings and weekends, day camp programs for school-aged children throughout the year, miles of hiking trails, and prairie and oak savanna restoration projects. Hikers can enjoy prairie, marsh land, ponds, orchards, oak savanna, and woodlands. Over five miles of hiking trails includes bridges over small streams and a 550 foot boardwalk across a large pond.