Lloyd Center for the Environment, Massachusetts, United States
5.0 (12 reviews) Spent Ranking #5 in Dartmouth Educational sites
Beautiful location for outdoor activities - kids & adults!
This is a beautiful area - 82 acres overlooking Buzzard's Bay. You can visit for free - many hiking trails. They also have canoe's & kayaks (not sure if those are free). They also have many scheduled programs for kids which have a minimal cost as well as programs they run with local schools and kids groups. I visited with a group of my friends and we had a guided canoe trip visiting the nesting osprey, seeing a family ducks and many other birds. We picnic'd on the beach and then returned to the center. Our guide (Erica) was fantastic - she even squeezed a little horseshoe crab lesson with a few kids we passed on the beach (so fun to watch them). It was very reasonably priced ($25 per person for non-members) - especially since you could have visited and hiked for free! It was a fun, relaxing morning (yes - even canoeing can be relaxing). I will definitely return and take advantage of those hiking trails.
Address
430 Potomska Rd, Dartmouth, MA 02748-1326
Website
http://lloydcenter.org/
Current local date and time now
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 3:46
User Ratings
5.0 based on (12 reviews)
Reviews
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5MnKP 5:00 PM Jul 21, 2014
Educational family fun
We have brought our young children (6 and 2yo) to the Lloyd Center many times throughout their lives and it never gets old. The hiking trails offer transitions from deciduous forest to a rocky coast. The indoor terrariums and aquariums have a nice variety of local plants and animals, along with educational information to encourage learning. There are huge binoculars on the top floor to look out at osprey nests and other wildlife across the marsh. And the staff are extremely helpful and encourage questions from kids. One of the best kid bday parties I've ever attended was here: they brought the kids (4-6yo) to the shore with nets to capture shrimp and crabs and snails, all the while teaching the kids about the wildlife they were observing and touching, and then brought it all back to their large "touch tank" so that every child could watch and interact with the wildlife even more. I'm certain the adults had as much fun as the kids! The staff also provide butterfly catching tours and many other educational and fun outdoor activities for field trips, depending on the season.
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5TheTravelingCs 5:00 PM Jun 26, 2014
Beautiful location for outdoor activities - kids & adults!
This is a beautiful area - 82 acres overlooking Buzzard's Bay. You can visit for free - many hiking trails. They also have canoe's & kayaks (not sure if those are free). They also have many scheduled programs for kids which have a minimal cost as well as programs they run with local schools and kids groups. I visited with a group of my friends and we had a guided canoe trip visiting the nesting osprey, seeing a family ducks and many other birds. We picnic'd on the beach and then returned to the center. Our guide (Erica) was fantastic - she even squeezed a little horseshoe crab lesson with a few kids we passed on the beach (so fun to watch them). It was very reasonably priced ($25 per person for non-members) - especially since you could have visited and hiked for free! It was a fun, relaxing morning (yes - even canoeing can be relaxing). I will definitely return and take advantage of those hiking trails.
