page_title: Bear Branch Nature Center
section_title: Hashawha Tower
hierarchical_section_title: Bear Branch Nature Center / Hashawha Tower
caption_attribution_description: English: Windmill at Hashawha/Bear Branch, Carroll County, Maryland, known as the Hashawha Tower.
context_page_description: Bear Branch Nature Center is a nature center in Carroll County, Maryland near Westminster. It features interpretive exhibits about local plants and animals, an outdoor water feature and play area, a Discovery Room for children, an observation beehive, live animals including an eagle, hawks, owls, snakes, salamanders, turtles, frogs, and toads, a planetarium and observatory. The center is a facility of Carroll County Recreation & Parks.
  The nature center is adjacent to Hashawha Environmental Center, a residential facility that is also operated by Carroll County Recreation & Parks. Hashawha Environmental Center is home to Carroll County Public Schools' Outdoor School, a residential environmental education program open to every sixth grade student in the county.
  The two facilities are located on approximately 320 acres, with more than five miles of multi-use trails, a restored 19th century cabin, a lake, a pond, and access to both Bear Branch and Big Pipe Creek.
context_section_description: The Hashawha Tower is a 10 m (35 ft) tall windmill donated to Hashawha Westminster, Maryland, located at Hashawha Environmental Center.
caption: The "Hashawha Tower," a windmill at Hashawha Environmental Center, Carroll County, Maryland.
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