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Houston Nature Center

Houston, Minnesota

Closer than you think… Houston, MN

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HIGHLIGHTS

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Natural Playground

This one-acre playground was designed especially for Trailhead Park. Here you’ll find a spacious and inviting play area with buried fossils, a hand water pump and sluice, stone tunnels and caves, pedestal pipes to play, a slide, willow tunnel, and more!

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Educational Opportunities

The Houston Nature Center and International Owl Center work together to offer educational programming for schools and groups. Such programs are generally focused on owl-based education and include a visit to the Nature Center’s mini museum and natural playground.

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Discover Miles of Trails

The Park features ample parking and access to the Root River Trail System, a Natural Playground, Houston’s Community Garden, clean hot showers and sites for tent camping.

Between the natural playground, camping facilities, and programming, everyone is bound to find something of interest here.”

It is a gem in southeast MN.”

News

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  • Tinkergarten coming to Trailhead Park this summer!
  • Decoding The Driftless
  • Managing to Maximize Diversity in the Driftless
  • Straw Balers’ Pot Luck

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Houston Nature Center

Contact

Houston Nature Center
215 W Plum St,
Houston, MN 55943
(507)-896-4668
Email: nature@houstonmn.us

For after-hours maintenance, contact City Hall at 507-896-4033 or county dispatch non-emergency at 507-725-3379.

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