Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve and Environmental Center is a non-profit education

Education

Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...

 and conservation organization located on 609 acres (2.5 km²) in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains

Blue Ridge Mountains

The Blue Ridge Mountains are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. This province consists of northern and southern physiographic regions, which divide near the Roanoke River gap. The mountain range is located in the eastern United States, starting at its southern-most...

 of south-central Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

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Nestled in the foothills of the South Mountain Range, the 600 acres (2.4 km²) Strawberry Hill Nature Center & Preserve offers opportunities to discover and explore the natural world. The preserve contains diverse habitats, including wet and dry woodland

Woodland

Ecologically, a woodland is a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade. Woodlands may support an understory of shrubs and herbaceous plants including grasses. Woodland may form a transition to shrubland under drier conditions or during early stages of...

s, three ponds, and two mountain streams. Ten miles of trails meander through the property and lead to unique rock formations, scenic vistas, and secret glades.