This 1.5 mile route leads through the Northeast Forest, home to a frog-filled marsh; the Croton Woods home to the Old Croton Aqueduct; and the Northwest Forest and its tulip, oak, and hickory trees. Read more.
Go explore the Kazimiroff Nature Trail’s looped paths around 189-acre Hunter Island, leading to the island’s wetland border, through its interior forest, and onto the shore of Orchard Beach. Read more.
Step back in time and walk through Brooklyn’s oldest remaining forest, home to the park’s largest trees and diverse animals. The Midwood Trail is a 30-minute hike that loops from the Audubon Center. Read more.
Spot herons and egrets, and cottontail rabbits and ring-necked pheasants on the 1-mile Gerritsen Creek Nature Trail, which follows the shore of Gerritsen Beach to a prairie of tall grass. Read more.
Check out some of the best bird watching in NYC here at Inwood Hill Park, the last remaining natural forest in Manhattan.
Hike or bike through the old Vanderbilt Motor Parkway that runs through Cunningham and Alley Pond Parks, and take in a fascinating glimpse at the two parks’ history. Read more.
Discover Staten Island’s vast preserves of natural spaces on the 4-mile Red Trail that crosses over Buck’s Hollow, Heyerdahl Hill, the northern edge of LaTourette golf course and Lighthouse Hill. Read more.
