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Jennings provides a unique combination of prairie and forest, which
offers a wide array of resource and education opportunities. One of the
park’s main features, the 20-acre prairie ecosystem, is home to
distinctive prairie plants and the endangered massasauga rattlesnake. The
most noteworthy and spectacular prairie flower is the blazing star.
Jennings was the first reserve established in Pennsylvania to protect an
individual plant species and remains the only public and protected prairie
in the Commonwealth.
Directions:
The Center is 12 miles north of Butler, PA on PA Route 528. The office
is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays. The grounds are open from
sunrise to sunset, seven days a week, for hiking and other nature-related
activities.
Information provided by the Pennsylvania
Department of Conservation and National Resources. For more
information visit the official Jennings
Environmental Education Center web site.
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