Nature Center Store

 Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm  •  Saturday 9am - 5pm  •  Sunday 1 - 5pm
Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

40% Off Selected Store Merchandise Now through Closing

Closing! The Chip pewa Nature Center Store will be closed during the Visitor Center expansion, but it will re-open better than ever, and you can look forward to the same quality items we’ve carried in the past, as well as some new merchandise. Until it's closing, enjoy 40% off select merchandise. Just look for the sale tables!
The Nature Center Store features hundreds of nature-related items to help you venture out into nature including dozens of field guides, nature study tools, books for kids, water bottles, bug jackets, bird feeders and a whole lot more!

Items are selected by our staff of naturalists and historians so you can be sure you’re using the same reference guides they’re using, as well as some of the same tools they use to get up close and personal with nature.

Chippewa Nature Center members receive 10% off all purchases. Life members receive 20% off.
Lou E. Loon shops at CNC!

Now offering!

Homemade cookies from THE FAT GANDER

Fresh Juices from VEGG OUT! Café and Juice Barr:

  • Carrot-Apple

  • Apple-Strawberry-Kiwi

  • Carrot

From the Greentree Food Coop:

  • Teriyaki Jerky

  • Snapea Crisps

  • Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

  • Vegetable Chip s

  • Fruitabu Flat Fruit (strawberry)

  • Rice Dream Mint Pie (Frozen Dessert)

  • Rice Dream Chocolate Nutty Bar (Frozen Dessert)

  • Rice Dream Nutty Bar (Frozen Dessert)

  • R.W. Knudsen Lemon-Lime Spritzer

Stop in at the Nature Center Store to see our new assortment of children’s hiking sticks.  Hand crafted by local artist James Noack, some of the sticks are made using recycled Christmas trees! With several styles and heights to choose from, your little hiker will be able to keep up with you on the trail this summer. $20.95

Be ready for the Bluebirds with a Bluebird box made from Michigan wood, by Michigan people - $25.95 each.

The ground is frozen now but not for long!  We have an excellent assortment of garden tools made in Holland from the DeWit Tool Company and recommended by our own Horticulturalist Karen Breternitz - $21.95 each.

Browse our assortment of merchandise from local artists:  

  • Choose a beautiful hand-made mug from pottery by Linda Oates, Mt. Pleasant, MI - $18

  • Damselfly photo taken on-site at CNC by Dr. Eugene Beckham, Midland, MI - $10.95

  • Hand-felted loon made from 100% sheep’s wool by Judy Mott, Midland, MI - $10.95

DID YOU KNOW?  The Nature Center Store offers a variety of other convenience items such as:

  • Disposable Cameras

  • AA Batteries

  • Pencils

  • Memo Pads

  • Lip Balms

  • Hand Warmers

  • Foot Warmers