River Bend Nature Center, Faribault

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River Bend Nature Center is a non-profit day-use nature center in the city of Faribault, Minnesota. It was established in the late 1970s as a 501 educational non-profit dedicated to helping people discover, enjoy, understand and preserve the natural world. The nature center encompasses 743 acres cradling the Straight River. There are 10 miles of formal hiking trails with some also available for skiing, snowshoeing, biking, and snowmobiling. The main Interpretive Center houses naturalist staff, displays, Windows on the Wild backyard bird habitat, and the Carlander Nature Library. The Trailside Center is a 3-season programming and maintenance facility. Five peripheral parcels of River Bend are owned by The Nature Conservancy. ()

Coordinates: 44°16'35"N, 93°14'59"W

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Faribault United States

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River Bend Nature Center – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Alexander Faribault House, Congregational Church of Faribault, Paradise Center for the Arts, Thomas Scott Buckham Memorial Library.

1.3 miNW
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Alexander Faribault House, Faribault
34 min walk • The Alexander Faribault House is a historic house museum in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. Built in 1853, it was the first wood-frame house constructed in Rice County, Minnesota.
1.6 miNW
Church, Romanesque architecture
Congregational Church of Faribault, Faribault
42 min walk • Congregational Church of Faribault is a historic church at 227 3rd Street, NW in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1867 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
1.5 miNW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Paradise Center for the Arts, Faribault
39 min walk • The Paradise Center for the Arts is located at 321 Central Avenue in Faribault, Minnesota in the United States. For more than 60 years, this building, the Paradise Theater, served the region with a 915-seat atmospheric theatre, capable of producing arts programming on a fully functioning stage and showing newly released films.
1.3 miNW
Library
Thomas Scott Buckham Memorial Library, Faribault
34 min walk • The Thomas Scott Buckham Memorial Library is a historic library in Faribault, Minnesota, United States.
1.5 miNW
City hall
Faribault City Hall, Faribault
39 min walk • Faribault City Hall is the seat of local government for Faribault, Minnesota, United States, in continual service since its completion in 1897.
1.6 miNW
Romanesque architecture
Rice County Courthouse and Jail, Faribault
41 min walk • The Rice County Courthouse, located at 218 3rd Street NW in Faribault, Rice County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota, is an Art Deco building constructed of natural-face Faribault stone horizontally banded at intervals with sawed-faced stone. Nairne W. Fisher of St.
0.5 miE
44°16'40"N • 93°14'27"W
River Bend Nature Center, Faribault
12 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Park, Museum
1.3 miNW
Bridge
Faribault Viaduct, Faribault
33 min walk • The Faribault Viaduct is a reinforced concrete highway bridge which carries Minnesota State Highway 60 over the Straight River in Faribault, Minnesota, United States. It was constructed in 1937 by the Works Progress Administration with Art Deco/Classical Revival ornamentation, one of the last major examples in the state.