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Facilities Use Inquiry
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Charlotte's Quest Nature Center Facilities Usage
PO Box 864
3400 Wilhelm Lane
Manchester, MD 21102.

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Reservations are not accepted less than 14 days prior to the date of your event.

Once you enter your inquiry someone will email you or call you as soon as possible with the availability of your date. Once that is settled you will receive Confirmation, our policy, any fees, and the Center's rules and regulations.

You are welcome to use our picnic facilities. We have no trash service at our site and you will be required to take any trash back with you.

Children must be kept under adult supervision at all times. Failure to adequately supervise individuals within your group may result in the group being asked to leave the Nature Center. You must leave the facilities the way that you found them.

*   I have read and will abide by the Nature Center's field trip policies and information. I understand that registrations are accepted on a first come first serve basis.


WHEN FINISHED FILLING OUT THIS FORM
  • Please click the "Send My Information" button.
  • At the Confirmation Page, check your information and click "continue".
  • You will see a screen stating that your "Data Has Been Sent".
  • Scroll to the bottom and click "Return to Website."
  • You will be redirected back to CQNC's web site.

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Charlotte's Quest
NATURE CENTER
and Pine Valley Park

3400 Wilhelm Lane
PO Box 864
Manchester, Maryland 21102
410.374.3395

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HOURS OF OPERATION

Charlotte's Quest is under the direction of the Manchester Parks Foundation and the Town of Manchester. Volunteers operate Charlotte's Quest Nature Center along with one paid staff member, the Naturalist. Maintenance of the center is possible through donations, grants, memberships, and in-kind gifts. No government funding is received.

The Nature Center's Interpretive Building will be open the:

First Sunday of each month: 
12:30 PM until 4 PM (except holidays)
and during special events and programs

Weekdays:
are by appointment

Our 4 1/2 miles of trails, Walnut Pond, the Stream of Life, the natural springs and forests are open everyday from dawn until dusk. You are welcome to park and walk in.

Feel free to park at the gate and walk in during the hours that the Interpretive Building is not open.

MISSION STATEMENT

It is the mission of the Manchester Parks Foundation to be stewards of the environment by protecting the watershed area and our precious natural resources, by teaching environmental education to the public, by the restoring of the native plants and animals, and by maintaining a diverse natural world.

The Manchester Parks Foundation is the caretakers of Charlotte's Quest Nature Center and Pine Valley Park.
Board of Directors
Executive Board
Sharon Hughes, Chairperson
Bill Skinner, Vice-Chairperson
Marcia Bogash, Secretary
Ellen Rugemer, Treasurer
Board
Elsie McCleary
Ellen Frey
Donna Davis
Justin Watts
Barb Trump
MaryAnn Turner
Staff
Naturalist
Sherry Fisher
Charlotte's Quest
NATURE CENTER
and Pine Valley Park

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A Non-Profit
501(C)3
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