Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center is a combination wildlife sanctuary, natural history museum, and educational facility highlighting the habitats of southeastern Connecticut.
Our mission is to inspire and nurture appreciation and scientific understanding of the natural world and foster a personal environmental ethic.
We offer a variety of interesting and informative environmental education programs and hikes for all ages, year-round. Our attractions include exhibits in our Natural History Museum, a Nature Center Store featuring gifts and books for outdoor enthusiasts of all ages, and our Nature Preschool. We maintain an interconnected system of hiking trails on land owned by the Denison Homestead and Avalonia Land Conservancy.
Earth Day events are free for DPNC members! For non-members, all Earth Day programming is free with admission to DPNC. Join us as we celebrate our Earth! Hikes, wildlife demonstrations, nature crafts and planting pollinator seeds are just a few…
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