Top rated Nature preserves in Manchester, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Nature preserves in Manchester

Experience the best that Manchester has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 99 places from Nature preserve category.

Sort results by

Best

Top rated

Most reviewed

Hidden gems

Worst rated

Recently discovered

🆕

Search radius

1 km 2 km 5 km 10 km 30 km 50 km 100 km 250 km

Within Manchester

Steep Rock Preserve

Nature preserve

4.90 (336 reviews) (~68.83 km from centre)

Audubon Long Pond Woods Wildlife Refuge - Secondary/RIDEM Trailhead

Nature preserve

4.90 (69 reviews) (~70.16 km from centre)

Summer Star Wildlife Sanctuary

Nature preserve

👍👍 A pleasant 1.4 mile trail leaves and returns from the Summer Star Sanctuary which is worth a visit especially when the visitors center is open. The visitors center is an exceptional, LEED gold certified building with displays inside. It's free to visit. The path goes through varied terrain through a...

4.90 (45 reviews) (~96.34 km from centre)

Elizabeth A. Morton National Wildife Refuge

Nature preserve

Green space with lush plant & animal life for viewing & photography, plus fishing & guided walks.

4.80 (682 reviews) (~89.35 km from centre)

White Memorial Conservation Center

Nature preserve

Nature museum & learning center with info on the surrounding park & start points for hiking trails.

4.80 (623 reviews) (~57.58 km from centre)

Napatree Point Conservation Area

Nature preserve

Founded in 1945, this coastal nature preserve for bird nesting & migratory resting features a trail.

4.80 (582 reviews) (~75.31 km from centre)

Mass Audubon's Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary

Wildlife refuge

Nature walks & rugged hikes in a landscape of forests, meadows & marshes known for resident beavers.

4.80 (385 reviews) (~92.55 km from centre)

Hidden Valley Preserve

Nature preserve

👍👍 Square Orange and white trail around the river across the two bridges. 1.7 miles mostly flat with some excellent views of the river and falling streams. Farthest bridge has three flights of stairs from the river to trail. The yellow circle trail leading to scenic overlook starts to right of main par...

4.80 (364 reviews) (~67.47 km from centre)

Sessions Woods Wildlife Management

Nature preserve

👍👍 One of my favorite trails. Most beautiful part of sessions woods is the beaver pond. It it is only about a mile in. There is a dock you can get to that overlooks the whole pond 360°- one of my favorite places to just sit in peace

4.80 (362 reviews) (~36.33 km from centre)

Mashomack Preserve

Nature preserve

A 2,039-acre coastal nature reserve on an island established in 1980 with marshes, forest & creeks.

4.80 (280 reviews) (~82.44 km from centre)

Mass Audubon's Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary

Nature preserve

👍👍 Such a great property to hike! So glad we joined the Audubon society..

4.80 (238 reviews) (~90.46 km from centre)

Roaring Brook Nature Center

Nature preserve

👍👍 Wow what a cool place.!! Took a small drive to check out the new area and found this place.. soOo cool.. we paid 8$ to get in and they have some great educational display of local animals and birds. With nearly all of them having a "taxidermied" (stuffed) animal in the display that looks very profe...

4.80 (200 reviews) (~30.41 km from centre)

James L. Goodwin State Forest

State park

👍👍 Went here for part of the Sky's the Limit 2022 challenge. It was a quick 1/2 mile walk. We went through the Garden area first and then along the Discovery trail and looped back around to the parking lot. The garden was pretty and everything was labeled and there were 2 little ponds in the garden are...

4.80 (184 reviews) (~36.58 km from centre)

Meigs Point Nature Center

Nature preserve

Long-running, family-friendly environmental learning center at Hammonasset Beach State Park.

4.80 (181 reviews) (~59.08 km from centre)

Audubon Center Bent of the River

Nature preserve

👍👍 This place is GORGEOUS. I never thought I'd be into birdwatching, but they have SO much more here - beavers, turtles, etc. And they're very comfortable with humans so they'll get close and are used to cameras! The other day I went walking along the main trail and passed by a turtle laying her eggs!...

4.80 (155 reviews) (~70.18 km from centre)

American Beauty Cruises and Charters

Boat rental service

4.80 (76 reviews) (~88.71 km from centre)

Audubon Maxwell Mays Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife refuge

👍👍 Beautiful trails and lots of different bird species...even during winter! Trail maps available on site and beaver sightings. We love it here!!

4.80 (73 reviews) (~69.91 km from centre)

Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust

Nature preserve

👍👍 During maple sap season this is the place to go. Watch Harry make delicious maple syrup on the spot...then go on a guided tour of maple lore and learn how it all comes together. No real "New Englander" can rightly wear that badge without an understanding of what goes in the bottle that makes pancake...

4.80 (68 reviews) (~60.31 km from centre)

Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge - Parking

Wildlife refuge

4.80 (64 reviews) (~81.99 km from centre)

Browning Mill pond

Nature preserve

4.80 (58 reviews) (~74.02 km from centre)

« Previous page
Next page »

Tip: Click on the rating to open it on Google Maps

Top rated Nature preserves in Manchester, United States