Today, headquartered in Quechee, on 47 acres of forest, meadow, and rolling hills, the Vermont Institute of Natural Science (VINS) features 17 state-of-the-art raptor enclosures that house hawks, eagles, falcons, owls, and other birds of prey. In addition, the site has two songbird aviaries, which are home to a cedar waxed wing and cardinal among other species. The facility includes four major centers: the Visitor Welcome Center and Nature Store, the Center for Wild Bird Rehabilitation (CWBR), the Center for Environmental Education (CEE), and the Center for Environmental Research (CER) which operates an active Citizen Science program. VINS also has an indoor and outdoor classroom, interpretive nature trails (the McKnight trail and Forest Canopy Walk are ADA/ABA compliant), a heated four-season Neale Pavilion, and an outdoor August Pavilion designed for exhibits, events, meetings, and live raptor programs.

Programs at VINS are expanding all of the time. The naturally landscaped campus bustles with ongoing, stimulating, educational exhibits, events, live bird and reptile programs, and activities for visitors of all ages including hiking, field trips, behind-the-scenes tours, nature camps, and environmental education programs. Among the exhibits supported by private donors and local businesses are the NEW Forest Canopy Walk, Birds Are Dinosaurs exhibit, Adventure Playscape, and the Forest Exhibit.

The TrailFinder website has a description and map of a hike at Quechee Nature Center.