Robinson Nature Center in Columbia, MD (Home of HAL's Monthly Public Meetings)

6692 Cedar Lane
Columbia, MD 21044

Lat: 39.1903N
Lon: 76.8947W

Meetings are held in one of the meeting rooms on the 2nd floor. This is one level down from "street" level. We hope to be in a specific room on a regular basis.
However, the rooms currently do not have either names or numbers so just look for the crowd when you arrive.

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About the Robinson Nature Center

This unique nature education facility situated on 18 acres of land, together with the adjacent Middle Patuxent
Environmental Area, will provide over 1,000 acres of forest, meadows and river valley to explore. The 25,000
square-foot nature center building will house numerous museum-quality exhibits on such topics as:

• The Chesapeake Bay
• The Life of the Forest
• The History of Simpsonville
• The Nocturnal Forest

Also inside will be an auditorium, classrooms/meeting rooms and The NatureSphere, a state-of-the-art digital
planetarium that is truly out of this world. In future phases you will find an amphitheatre, butterfly house and
numerous nature trails. The three-story center is nestled into a hillside and was designed from the very beginning
with energy conservation and sustainability in mind. It uses the newest proven technologies designed to maximize
energy conservation and the use of renewableresources. Geothermal heating/air-conditioning, porous paving, solar
panels which will generate 15% of electric needs, innovative water conservation methods and a host of other
features make this building environmentally friendly. As a result, it is on track to becoming one of only three LEED
Certified Platinum buildings in the State.