Brookside Nature Center — Attraction in Glenmont

The Nature Center offers many activities for the kids. They have several live animals which you can observe and learn about. The volunteers are all excited to be there and quite knowledgable! Don’t be hesitant to ask them a question or two. There is an old house behind the nature center. It’s usually open on weekends and you can take a look how a family with 15 kids lived in this two-bedroom tiny house - can you even imagine that?! If you go further, there is an outdoor space for the kids to play. I absolutely adore the small kitchen! I always sit down and wait for a special dish the kids prepare for me. An amazing place to spend a day at. While you’re there, check out the stables, Brookside Gardens and Wheaton Park with the little train and carousel. So many things you can do...

Very simple parking area with handicap accessible ramp up to the nature center. The center itself had several rooms. One filled with preschooler nature themed matching games, dominoes, and puzzles, while another had a puppet show area filled with many nature themed puppets. There's also a calm bird watching room with multiple kid sized binoculars and we were able to spot several native birds in the short time we spent inside. They also have several live native animals like eastern painted turtles and different local snakes and frogs inside on display. There were several walking trails outside with historic buildings as well as a trail leading directly to...

Butterfly garden looked like it would be nice but kind of pricey at $8. They have children's prices but no senior prices. Passed it by for that price. No picnicking allowed which was disappointing since we brought a lunch. We were able to enjoy it at the ajacent nature center. We were there on a weekday so it was not surprising to see a lot of maintenance vehicles. It was a bit disconcerting to see one of the workers texting away while he was driving his vehicle down the pedestrian walkway. Eek! Otherwise it was lovely,...