TRAILSIDE NATURE & SCIENCE CENTER
Location
Mountainside, New Jersey
Owner
County of Union
Trailside Visitor Center is a 4,500-square-foot facility featuring interactive, state-of-the-art exhibits highlighted by a 34-foot American beech tree installation that anchors the building’s atrium. The center includes four classrooms, a multi-purpose room, a media center, a gift shop, and an auditorium with seating for more than 250 guests.
Educational exhibits showcase topics such as the media center, Night Theater, Edge Habitat, Geology of the Watchungs, wetlands, forest ecosystems, and the history and culture of the Lenape Native Americans.