Black Hill Nature Programs

Black Hill Visitor Center is located in Boyds, Maryland, overlooking Little Seneca Lake in Black Hill Regional Park. The center is home to the Black Hill Nature Programs. The Visitor Center hosts an information desk, restrooms, exhibits, children’s corner, auditorium, and naturalist staff offices.  Outside surrounding the center, are natural play spaces perfect for fun exploration, native plant gardens maintained by wonderful volunteers, a pond, meadow, and a one of a kind Earth Bench. The Visitor Center is a perfect place to get more information about the park, attend a nature program, purchase boating permit, or take a break to enjoy a glorious sunset.

Black Hill Visitor Center and Nature Programs (BHNP) is a Maryland Green Center as certified by the Maryland Association of Environmental and Outdoor Educators. As a Green Center, we provide support to schools in Montgomery and Frederick Counties as they work to become Maryland Green Schools.  BHNP provides curriculum based field trips, sustainable practices guidance, Green School application support, professional development for educators and more!