This former homestead was donated to the Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies in 1990 by the Carl E. Wynn Foundation in response to the commitment of the CACS to care for and manage the land in accord with the late Carl Wynn's wishes

The Carl E. Wynn Nature Center is located on a paved road at 1.5 mile East Skyline Drive along the bluffs overlooking Homer, Alaska. For Homer area map to accompany the following directions, download maps.

Directions from the Sterling Highway from the north (Anchorage or Seward):
Turn left on Pioneer Avenue, the main road through downtown Homer. Go east through town and through a 3-way intersection at Lake Street. Lake Stree becomes East End Road. Continue approximately one mile past the intersection. Turn left on East Hill Road (At the turn, a dentist/doctor office will be on your left and you will see a school ahead of you on the right.). Wind on switchback turns up to the top of East Hill Road where it is intersected by West Skyline coming in on your left. You are now on East Skyline Road heading east towards the head of the Bay. Enjoy spectacular views of the bay for the next 1.5 miles when you will see the sign and parking lot for Wynn Nature Center on your left.

Directions from downtown Homer:
You can reach the Pioneer Avenue/East End Road/Lake Street 3-way intersection from the west on Pioneer Avenue or from the south from Lake Street (which connects to the Sterling Highway at its south end). Turn right from Lake Street onto East End Road or go straight if you are on Pioneer Avenue. Turn left on East Hill Road (At the turn, a dentist/doctor office will be on your left and you will see a school ahead of you on the right.). Wind on switchback turns up to the top of East Hill Road where it is intersected by West Skyline coming in on your left. You are now on East Skyline Road heading east towards the head of the Bay. Enjoy spectacular views of the bay for the next 1.5 miles when you will see the sign and parking lot for Wynn Nature Center on your left.

Facilities include a parking lot, interpretive log cabin, covered pavilion, a trail system (For a Wynn trail system map, download maps), two viewing platforms, and 800 feet of handicapped-access boardwalk. The rest of the land is managed as a wildlife refuge and provides an important undeveloped migration corridor for moose and black bears.

The diverse upland habitats encompassed by the Nature Center support several different plant communities typical of the transitional forest zone at the southern edge of the boreal forest. A hike at Wynn Nature Center provides an interesting comparison with a hike through the northern edge of the coastal forest on the Peterson Bay Field Station trail system. The Center is one of the "birding hot spots" in the Homer area for forest and upland birds.