… to the White Mountain Nature Center, located in Lakeside, Arizona. Our mission is to connect people with nature through experiences that inspire appreciation for the natural wonders of the White Mountains, by providing:
We are here to inspire and educate, plus give you unique opportunities to interact with nature. We are all about hiking, learning, watching animals, helping out, and teaching kids to love nature.
Get involved! Take a look at our EVENT CALENDAR and join us. Educational events are free to members or $5 for non-members.
The Nature Center in collaboration with Land On Sky Wildlife Experiences is bringing a world-class free-flight Raptor Show to the White Mountains. It features Simon and Garfunkel, Eurasian Eagle Owls, and other amazing species trained by Certified Professional Trainers to perform natural behaviors on cue. Daily training exhibitions are $5 for adults, and $1 for children. Infants are free. Infrastructure to house more animals and a 130-seat arena are being planned now. Your donations are critical to making this a reality as soon as possible.
This year we hosted several weeks of Camp! It was exciting, fun, and perfect summer experience for kids. Camp agendas and curriculum come from the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix, which also handles registration. This affiliation gives us really great content, like space exploration, detective themes, and more. It is inspirational and fun and packed with great information and learning experiences wrapped in fun and adventure.
Nothing inspires conservation action and appreciation of the nature around us than experiencing it first hand with an expert at your side. Weather it is holding a gigantic Eagle-Owl on a glove, or seeing a dam built by beavers, or watching millions of butterflies leave their cocoons and fly in a gigantic burst of color exploding in the sky above you; we can provide the inspiration if you will simply come to the Nature Center and partake. Like to hike? Trails are all around us, and we have experts to point out the birds, trees, frogs, and sights that you might miss otherwise. We love to pass along our enthusiasm and thrill others, so join us, and learn to love nature that is right here for all of us to enjoy.
The new Raptor Center for the daily Training Exhibition is directly behind the existing Nature Center with a beautiful indoor mural of the Big Springs Meadow and surrounding forest.
Raptor Show
Learn about our Animal Ambassadors…
Simon and Garfunkel the Eurasian Eagle Owls are our most famous Ambassadors. RTH Speedwagon, or Speedy, is a Red Tailed Hawk. Azul is an American Crow. And our amazing Aplomado Falcon, Astro, is one of the most acrobatic birds in the world. We also just added Breeze, an American Bald Eagle and Blossom, a turkey vulture to our show ambassador collection! They are unforgettable once you meet them in person!
