Visitors Center

Visitors Center. The Visitors Center serves as a nature and history museum. It is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday all year except for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. It also is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends from May through September. In addition, the center is open most Saturdays in October, November, March and April. The center opens on weekends for special events at other times of the year. Reservations for groups to use preserve facilities must be made by writing pplpreserves@pplweb.com or by calling 1-800-354-8383. Inside, visitors can view mounted birds of prey, the Lake Chillisquaque fish and wildlife exhibit, fossils, reptiles of Pennsylvania, a "discovery corner" and local history displays. Songbirds can be seen at a feeding station outside the observation windows.

Preserve Office. Montour Preserve's office is a restored Victorian-era farmhouse built in 1877. This excellent example of local 19th century architecture serves as office space for the preserve staff. The office is currently closed except by appointment