Wilson Center for Nature Discovery

Daniel Duran

2024-04

Great place to learn about this gorgeous area! The staff is very friendly! When you finish the museum, make sure you walk towards the back to see the two Eagles, Bears, Otters, the Cougar and the two Elk! You can also see Split Rock from a short walk to it! I highly recommend it!

Sanjeeta Pai

2023-11

Nice place with lots of things to do for kids and adults. There is a mountain side zoo there with bears, elks, cougar, eagle, otter. And there are talks by the exhibits every half hour till 4 pm. There is a theatre running documentary about grandfather mountain that is nice to watch. There is a gift shop and also a restaurant there. Clean restrooms. I am sure there is a lot more that I didn't notice but it was a great stop while visiting the mountain

Nathan Vey

2023-09

For $24 per adult for entry, even NC residents other than very local, this has got to be where the money is going. It's a mile high zoo and diner. Great experience! The crowds are small (at least if you go at like 9am-11am on a Saturday in late August like us), and the animals seem to have been having an absolute blast. The exhibits are small but lots of fun, and the kids have lots of fun things to play with and see. The food was great too at the diner there. And they have experts talk about and feed the animals in a cycle starting at 11am every half hour. Obviously a mountainside zoo is also quite unique too, see the photos, wow. Go check it out!

FriedChicken

2024-03

Visitor center, gift shop, nature center, and bathroom. There is also a cafe inside that serves food if you are hungryVery crowded because this is the only bathroom and break area in the mountain.

J S

2023-11

Make sure you're able to walk up steep hills. This place is very nice! The animals looked healthy and happy. The Otter enclosure was full of actual trash when we went (from people throwing trash over the glass), but that's my only complaint.

Lewis Kimmel

2023-07

If you happen to be up on Grandfather Mountain this will be a wonderful place for you to stop at as it has been mentioned there are plenty of native animals to the region on exhibit here as well as a little Visitor Center showing you a lot of information on Grandfather Mountain you won't be disappointed if you decide to make this Pit Stop

Ronald Schwabel

2023-10

Very nice nature center with black bears ,otters, cougars, and elk. It is on the side of Grandfather Mountain, so we had to climb up and down the paved trails between the animal exhibits.They also have a nice visitor center with some educational displays. We ate lunch in their coffee shop with a nice view of the mountain.

Ryan

2023-08

Extremely knowledgeable staff. Great live exhibits. What a fun experience!

Rich The King

2023-11

Explore nature at this museum. You’ll see it on the way up the mountain.

Brian Foster

2023-12

Great experience if you're here for an educational experience. Bathrooms were well maintained. Exhibits include wildlife (black bears, elk, bald eagles, etc.) as well as an indoor section with great explainations and visuals.

Jim B

2024-02

The multi-million dollar renovation a couple of years ago has the Wilson Center looking absolutely fantastic! It's great for all ages, everyone enjoys it!

Amaya Figueroa

2024-04

I love how the staff walked you through everything and you could see the exhibits!

G Santana

2024-02

First based for this mountain..

Murray Sommers

2023-08

They don’t give God any of the Glory He deserves. All they do is feed you a tale about millions of years ago and they don’t have any proof to back it up. There is more evidence that God created this earth than there is for evolution.

jeff f

2023-10

Very nice place. Friendly staff and informative.

Sonya Abrams

2023-11

Very nice place.

Andy Br.

2023-05

Love this place! Such a wonderful place, has a exhibits about native animals and plants. Also has a gift shop and Mildred's Grill is located inside.

Michael Hopkins

2023-10

I've never seen bears so close. Wow!

Stephen

2023-10

Grandfather is the bomb

Kendall Botham

2023-08

It gets very busy. Go early.

Will Steinbrecher

2024-01

Beautiful

Bill Loeffler

2023-10

Just WOW!

Lawrence Stone

2023-11

Nice