| Bear Branch Nature Center | |
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| Street address | 300 John Owings Road |
| Location | Westminster, Maryland |
| Operator | Carroll County, Maryland |
| Land area | 4,000 sq ft (370 m2) |
| Trails | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Exhibits | planetarium |
| Opened | 1993 |
| Official site | ccgovernment.carr.org |
Bare Branch Nature Center is a nature center is Westminster, Maryland. It features an aquarium,[1] a planetarium,[2] three permanent telescopes that have been stationed in the parking lot.[3]
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In 1972, the county purchase the land on which the center is built. The land is known as "Hashawha," which in Native American means "old fields."[4]
The Hashawha Tower is a windmill that was donated to the Hashawha Bear Branch Nature Center in Westminster, Maryland. Standing at about 10 m (35 ft) tall, there are pegs on the side to climb up on, and there is a very small observation deck at the top, about 9 square feet (0.84 m2). The tower is very stable, however, because it is bolted into the concrete below. It stands outside of the Algonquin Building, in the parking lot.
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