Permanent exhibits dedicated to environment, family, group and children’s programs. Special events, nature trails thru Watchung Reservation.

Trailside’s Visitor Center, renovated in September 2006, houses 4,500 square feet of interactive, state-of-the-art exhibits, featuring a towering 34-foot American beech tree exhibit which fills the building’s atrium. Other features include four classrooms, a multi-purpose room, a media center, gift shop and an auditorium with seating for more than 250 guests. Educational exhibits include:
Media Center
American Beech Tree
Forest Community
Edge Habitat
Vernal Pool
Meadow
Night Theater
Lenape Native Americans
Wetlands
Geology of the Watchungs
Children’s Discovery Room
Backyard Habitat
Wildlife Viewing Area & Bird Exhibit