Best places: Nature preserves in Colonie, United States

Pristine pine barrens with trails, wildlife viewing & interactive nature exhibits & programs.

👍👍 Update 2022. Expanded parking area. New trail access added. Easy walk in for all trails now and great access for emergency responders. Fencing added to keep you from slippery trail edges. Great preserve. 4 waterfalls and some really nice hiking. 2 entrances, one on Mariaville Rd, the other on...

👍👍 Fun experience. Wear water shoes and cool off in the stream or near the falls. Part of the orange trail was blocked by a fallen tree but the blue trail, lean to and Christman memorial were definitely cool to see. Parking is minimal but this is a big place to roam.

Riverside nature preserve offering trails for hiking & skiing, plus fishing, hunting & birding.

👍👍 The BEST marked & well-maintained trail I've been on in the area! There are a few trail options, so you can make it a long nature walk or shorter, depending on your time constraints.

👍 This is another short trail with an amazing waterfall payoff. Nice little parking area. If you want to get straight to the falls, follow the Irving trail to where it dead ends. Irving trail is wide and gravel, but the first portion has a long hill you have to go up. At the end, you will see a sign...

Nature preserve with pine forest & wetlands, popular for hiking, lake fishing & wildlife viewing.

👍👍 This is great for a quick nature walk for people of all ages. (Toddling 6 month old to grandma.) We often hit the trail for an hour just to go across the street to complete errands. The new signage is great and even led us to a part of the trail we have never been to. The wildlife and scenery are...

🫤 Beautiful set of falls with lots of history and a nice view on the walking bridge. However I would recommend people avoiding getting closer, and would HIGHLY RECOMMEND STAYING OUT OF THE WATER. Trash is extremely abundant both roadside and within the water. Condoms, clothes, buckets, glass, metals,...

👍 Good place, calm, not crowded, wonderful nature, friendly goose, free to enter, trails, hard to locate the entrance, lake far from the entrance. Fishing: I did catch a bass here which i'm very grateful and happy. I hope this is helpful 🙂

👍👍 Great education and trails.

👍👍 At the southeast end of Round Lake, a long gravel road with some sneaky potholes leads you to a free-to-use beautiful boat launch and fishing pier overlooking Andrew Kill. This is a beautiful location to view the fall leaves and sit in peace with nature :-) But if you are not fishing or launching a...

👍👍 Fantastic hiking area and beautiful any season. Well kept trails, with many spots at the summit to picnic, sit and soak in the beautiful view, or paint the scenery. The trail does become a bit of a scramble in some spots (steep), others are more gradual of an incline. Many opportunities to observe w...

👍👍 A shirt hike into a paradise for birds. The songs of so many birds can be heard loud and clear (when the train isn't flying at 80 mph down the tracks). The shoreline is accessible from the red trail or near the end of the main trail. The shoreline is pretty muddy so bring the right kind of shoes...

👍👍 This is a beautiful town park, with easy access trails, picnic tables, and lovely views of the Mohawk River. The trails are well-marked and maintained, this is perfect for small children. Don't expect a long walk though, there are not too many trails available. There are parking spaces enough for a...

80-acre nature preserve in a woodlands area with a pond, stream & trails, plus boardwalks & benches.

👍👍 This is an enjoyable 1.4 mile, flat dirt-packed, shaded forest trail loop (not suitable for strollers - too many tree roots). It feels isolated, although it's tucked between neighborhoods and you can see the backyards of houses through the trees. The trees are lovely; there are no water features o...

👍👍 Went to the Keleher preserve with some friends this past week. There had been a light dusting of snow in the morning so it was a beautiful scene coming off the trail head. I really enjoyed the ample space and clearly marked trails! There were some families walking their dogs and hiking as well. O...

240-acre reserve offering a natural habitat for animals & plants, hiking trails & fishing spots.