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OutsideAug 20

The Country’s First Nature Library Lets You Check Out Camping Gear Like Books

This first-of-its-kind 15-acre "nature library" near Denver lets you borrow more than 650 outdoors-related items for free and features hands-on play spaces designed to combat screen fatigue.

Borrow over 650 outdoors-related items with a free library card.

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  • Anythink Nature LibraryMuseumNation's first public nature library, 33,000 square feet.
  • Shou Sugi BanPlaceWood treatment used for the dark room's campfire smell.
  • learning gardenSightVisitors water recently planted magnolias for Hispanic Heritage Month.
  • gravel trailTrailQuarter-mile trail winds across campus to an outdoor storytelling circle.
  • TryIts programPlaceBorrow over 650 outdoors-related items with a free library card.
  • Great Outdoors ColoradoPlaceLocal organization for sessions on glowing organisms.
  • WildingsPlaceSessions for 2-6 year olds combining story time and sensory activities.
  • art and science labSightSpace for firsthand learning; visitors made cyanotype tote bags.
  • Indigenous Voices sectionNeighborhoodBook spine labels organized by Indigenous tribal names.
  • kinship gardenSightOpen-air garden at the center of the building with peepholes.
  • Aylor Open LandsSightAdjacent 140-acre open space; exterior loop trail will connect by 2027.
  • Elsewhere
  • Rocky Mountain National ParkHotelEstes Park, United StatesFormer interpretive ranger worked at this park.
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