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Top 25 Nature centers and preserves based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 548 nature centers and preserves headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 7,156 professional contacts across them, including 2,238 with verified work emails. Jackson is the largest hub.

This list covers nature centers and preserves headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest nature centers and preserves based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 548 nature centers and preserves based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to nature centers and preserves: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceLincoln, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500554 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Mass Audubon is the largest nature-based conservation organization in New England.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2Indirect evidenceRoyal Oak, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-500371 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) is a nonprofit organization that operates the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, Mich.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3Partial evidenceJackson, WY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200118 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Teton Science Schools connects people, place, and nature through education.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4Indirect evidenceBoulder, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-50112 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Leave No Trace is a member-funded 501(c)(3) non-profit organization providing Leave No Trace programs, education, training, and outreach in all 50 states and more than 100…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5Partial evidenceNewport News, VA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-200107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The Virginia Living Museum connects people to the natural world through immersive exhibits, native wildlife, and hands-on conservation education.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6Indirect evidenceCumberland, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20088 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At The Wilds, our mission is simple but powerful: Empowering People.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7Strong evidenceMedia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20080 contacts →

Strong evidence

Natural Lands is dedicated to preserving and nurturing nature’s wonders while creating opportunities for joy and discovery in the outdoors for everyone.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8Strong evidenceMilford, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20078 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Cincinnati Nature Center connects people of all ages with the natural world.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9Strong evidenceFort Mill, SC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 2026201-50077 contacts →

Strong evidence

“In 1995, the Anne Springs Close Greenway, a 2,100 acre nature preserve in Fort Mill, South Carolina, was dedicated to the public to serve as a natural buffer from urban…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10Indirect evidenceHockessin, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20072 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Mt.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11Strong evidenceRoswell, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5071 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Chattahoochee Nature Center's (CNC) mission is to connect people with nature.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12Indirect evidenceHolland, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20068 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“ODC Network (ODC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Holland, Michigan, with a mission to advance outdoor education and conservation throughout West Michigan.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13Partial evidenceSedro-woolley, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5067 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We inspire and empower environmental stewardship for all through transformative experiences in nature.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14Partial evidenceHockessin, DE, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20064 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1964, Delaware Nature Society works to improve the environment through conservation, advocacy, and education.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15Strong evidenceWoodstock, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20063 contacts →

Strong evidence

“McHenry County Conservation District exists to preserve, restore and manage natural areas and open spaces for their intrinsic value and for the benefits to present and future…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5060 contacts →

Partial evidence

“As innovative protectors and stewards of the land since 1963, Openlands exists to create access to nature for all.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17Partial evidenceWorcester, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20058 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The EcoTarium is a historical museum in Worcester, Massachusetts, with indoor/outdoor interactive exhibits to inspire a passion for science and nature.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18Strong evidenceMilwaukee, WI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20057 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Once a farm for the Schlitz Brewery draft horses, Schlitz Audubon Nature Center is Milwaukee’s comprehensive nature center.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19Strong evidenceKalamazoo, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202651-20056 contacts →

Strong evidence

“Kalamazoo Nature Center is an environmental services company based out of Kalamazoo, Michigan.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20Partial evidenceSan Mateo, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5056 contacts →

Partial evidence

“CuriOdyssey is science and wildlife center in the San Francisco Bay Area that is experienced by approximately children and adults each year.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21Indirect evidenceOwings Mills, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5054 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“At Irvine, we guide learning.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22Partial evidenceAspen, CO, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5049 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Aspen Center for Environmental Studies (ACES) is a non-profit environmental science education center with four sites in the Roaring Fork Valley.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23Strong evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5048 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education inspires meaningful connections between people and nature.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24Strong evidenceHouston, TX, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5046 contacts →

Strong evidence

“The Houston Arboretum & Nature Center is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide education about the natural environment to people of all ages and to protect and…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25Indirect evidenceFairfield, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 20, 202611-5045 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Connecticut Audubon Society conserves Connecticut’s environment through science-based education and advocacy focused on the state’s bird populations and habitats.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

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Nature centers and preserves based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026
31.3%Verified-email coverage
13.1Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
0.9%Largest-city concentration · Jackson
Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
336
11-50
176
51-200
26
201-500
4
501-1,000
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 548 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among nature centers and preserves, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “nature centers and preserves”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names nature centers and preserves), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among nature centers and preserves, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 2,238 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names nature centers and preserves, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many nature centers and preserves are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 548 nature centers and preserves headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Mass Audubon, headquartered in Lincoln, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most nature centers and preserves?

Jackson leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Midland (5) and Austin (4).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 2,238 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 548 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.