Milford Nature Center — Attraction in Kansas

Great little nature center complete with a variety of large birds and wildlife kept outside in enclosures. Inside you'll find a whole museum essentially that includes live animals, exhibits that describe life cycles, and a small store. Next to and behind the nature center there are trails and a playground. For some parts of the year there is also a walk-through butterfly garden that includes nice examples of native prairie plants. You can routinely find Monarch butterflies around the area as well. For the naturalists, the diversity in this area is probably the highest you'll find anywhere around Milford. The trails are well maintained and long enough that you go through a range of microbiomes that house many different species of interest. Be sure to walk slow and keep your eyes up, you can find many interesting organisms. Also,...

I absolutely love this place! I take my friends and fanily here all the time and they have also enjoyed it! The environment is very friendly as the staff is more than happy to answer any questions you may have about the exhibits and/or their animals. It is also FREE and offers an abundance of helpful information about our wildlife here in Kansas. If you get a chance to go on the fish hatchery tour, I strongly reccomend you go! It is a once in a lifetime opportunity and it is a fairly short tour that is also FREE! There is a nice playground for kids to climb on as well as a nice trail that shows you animal tracks and different flowers that grow in Kansas. I strongly reccomend going to the Milford...

It was very quiet and relaxing however the butterfly house was disappointing,the lady working the counter wasn't the friendliest and it was sad seeing the eagle in such a small habit along with the rat snake and prairie dogs. Idk if they put the prairie dogs somewhere else at night but seeing them in that little tube with 2 boxes on each end was heart breaking and the 5ft rat snake in a 3ft tank was pretty sad as well. But for being free it was nice. I just pray in time some of the animals get...