Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Saint Vincent College

Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Saint Vincent College The Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve at Saint Vincent College is a public environmental education center.

The Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve is a 50-acre reserve at Saint Vincent College. The Nature Reserve, nestled between the busy Route 30 corridor and Route 981, is a beautiful recreation area filled with over two miles of trails, native plantings, an Environmental Learning Barn, the Historic Lochry Blockhouse and much more. Winnie Palmer, wife of golf legend, Arnold Palmer, had served on the Board of

Directors for Saint Vincent College for years and she loved looking out across the overgrown field from Route 981 to see the Saint Vincent Basilica and College, a place where she'd fostered many friendships through her involvement with philanthropic endeavors over the years. The parcel of land could easily have been developed, but to her, developing the land would indelibly smudge the scenery. The Nature Reserve was only a thought to Winnie, but after her death, her family and friends began to seek funds to see her dreams come true and help preserve the view of Saint Vincent that she loved so much. In 2000, the Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve was incorporated and began to become a reality.

09/04/2026
Don’t miss our next Nature Story Time Fall Series for children ages 3-5! It is Awesome Autumn 🍂 on September 16th. ...
09/03/2026

Don’t miss our next Nature Story Time Fall Series for children ages 3-5! It is Awesome Autumn 🍂 on September 16th. Sign up for one or all! 📚

Do you love butterflies and all pollinators? Do you have plants that promote food, shelter, and breeding for these wonde...
09/02/2026

Do you love butterflies and all pollinators? Do you have plants that promote food, shelter, and breeding for these wonderful creatures like the monarch butterflies? Then join our 250 Monarch Waystation Movement! Just apply - it is free! Support conservation in our neighborhood. 💚🦋🪶🐝🪲Just scan the QR Code and get started!

Come explore Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve returning and new Bearcats! 📚Trails 🥾open dawn to dusk 7 days a week, year rou...
08/30/2026

Come explore Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve returning and new Bearcats! 📚
Trails 🥾open dawn to dusk 7 days a week, year round. The Learning Center Barn is open Tuesday- Friday 10am-4pm- a great place to study, learn, experience nature, and shop at the Barn Owl Gift Corner. See you soon!

Join us tomorrow on August 21 from 10am until noon to sample some herbs grown in our Harvest Garden by our work study st...
08/20/2026

Join us tomorrow on August 21 from 10am until noon to sample some herbs grown in our Harvest Garden by our work study student Abby! She will be around to talk about the garden and allow guests to smell some of fresh aromatics. We will also have lemon balm infused water for guests to sample!

Thank you to everyone who came out to Aidan’s Moth Program yesterday! It went well and we wanted to post some of the mot...
08/20/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out to Aidan’s Moth Program yesterday! It went well and we wanted to post some of the moths we saw at the program and earlier in the week when we were testing the moth hotel.

Moths in Slide Order
1. Delicate Cycnia Moth - Cycnia tenera
2. Master’s Dart - Feltia herilis
3. Clemen’s Grass Tubeworm Moth - Acrolophus popeanella
4. Ruby Tiger Moth - Phragmatobia fuliginosa
5. One Spotted Variant - Hypagyrtis unipunctata
6. Esther Moth - Hypagyrtis esther

All identifications according to iNaturalist.org

08/20/2026

Very wet and gloomy day, so here’s a sneak peak at our new trail being used for one of our summer interns project. New herptile habitats and a new entrance to the pond!!

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Latrobe, PA
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