A turn of the century carriage house is home to the Lenoir Nature Center. Environmental education and other programs are offered all year. Open Wednesday thru Saturday from 9 to 5. Grounds are open daily from dawn to dusk. In addition, there is a museum presenting a small collection of preserved local fauna and ongoing programs.
Preserve contains offshore island, wetlands, ponds, streams and trails.
Otter Creek provides a marsh environment as it drains into the Long Island Sound, attracting migratory and water birds and other wildlife. Non-motorized boats are allowed. Human visitors are priviledged to step foot in this primeval world, where on overcast days, as the mist lifts, barred owls call to each other, and turkey gobblers respond. This heritage is being protected for all time by The Nature Conservancy. Later, in the 50's, the local families who then owned the peoperty, donated it to The Nature Conservancy, a fledgling land conservation organization at that time.