The Environmental Learning Center

Set within Jordan Creek Park in Concord Township, the Environmental Learning Center occupies a renovated former summer camp hall on nearly 200 acres of ecologically diverse open space, where the Big Creek and Jordan Creek tributaries wind through mature forest and deep ravines. The building was once home to Camp Klein, a United Methodist Church residence camp that operated from 1955 to 1997, before Lake Metroparks took over the property and renovated it into classrooms, lab space, meeting rooms, offices, and an observatory. The Environmental Learning Center is available to rent for weddings and receptions, graduation parties, birthday celebrations, and corporate or civic functions. Renters have access to several indoor spaces along with the surrounding grounds, including large patios, an outdoor fireplace, and pergolas, making it suited to both indoor gatherings and events that spill outside into the wooded setting. The facility is normally open to the public Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and closes to visitors whenever it has been reserved for a private event.