Top rated Nature preserves in New York

Experience the best that New York 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 302 places from Nature preserve category.

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High Peaks Wilderness
Nature preserve
Sprawling outdoor haven providing miles of forest, streams, waterfalls & hiking & fishing options.
4.90 (1K reviews)
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Nicandri Nature Center
Nature preserve
👍👍 This place is fantastic in both summer and winter, for different reasons. It's always beautiful, but in the summer the flowers are the stars of the show. In winter, the skiing and snowshoeing is fantastic. Also I am consistently impressed with the quality of volunteers and support staff: everyone is...
4.90 (330 reviews)
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Split Rock Falls
Nature preserve
👍👍 Local swimming hole with shallow water suitable for small children. The water under the falls is calm and easily swimmable.
4.90 (160 reviews)
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RMSC Cumming Nature Center
Nature preserve
Network of maintained woodland & wetland walking trails plus nature classes & school programs.
4.90 (152 reviews)
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Baker Woods Preserve
Nature preserve
👍👍 Always a good time at the preserve! The trails take you through great old forest and to sweeping views, beautiful any season. The folks who steward the land have canoes for use and the river is a great way to see parts of the preserve that most people only see from the opposite bank! All of my pictu...
4.90 (75 reviews)
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Robert Woodruff Learning Center
Nature preserve
4.90 (57 reviews)
Kinderhook Creek Nature Preserve, owned by Rensselaer Land Trust image
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Kinderhook Creek Nature Preserve, owned by Rensselaer Land Trust
Nature preserve
👍👍 Great well maintained trails! Some wide, others more narrow. Beautiful TALL trees and neat rock outcroppings. Many of the plants were labeled, which was awesome. I like to go running here or bring our family on hikes.
4.90 (45 reviews)
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Catskill Barn Weddings at Natural Gardens
Wedding venue
4.90 (32 reviews)
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Niagara Falls
Nature preserve
Famous, towering waterfalls at the boundary of Canada & the United States, with tours & boat rides.
4.80 (123.4K reviews)
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Minnewaska State Park Preserve
Nature preserve
Waterfalls, 3 sky lakes & 25 mi. of footpaths for hiking & biking, plus rock climbing.
4.80 (5K reviews)
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Fire Island National Seashore
Nature preserve
Picturesque seaside national park featuring a host of flora & fauna, plus camping.
4.80 (2.9K reviews)
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Ithaca Falls Natural Area
Nature preserve
This park with a 150-foot waterfall also features ruins of 19th-century mills & areas for fishing.
4.80 (2.3K reviews)
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Rockefeller State Park Preserve
State park
Large park featuring a system of historic carriage roads traversing woodlands, meadows & fields.
4.80 (2.1K reviews)
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Mohonk Preserve
Nature preserve
Sprawling area of nature reserve with 75 mi. of carriage trails, cliffs, fields & forests.
4.80 (2K reviews)
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Avalon Nature Preserve
Nature preserve
Natural conservation area with 5 diverse habitats, abundant native flora & fauna & walking trails.
4.80 (1.4K reviews)
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Sam's Point Area of Minnewaska State Park Preserve
State park
Highest point of a craggy range, with ice caves & cliffs, plus Lake Maratanza & a waterfall.
4.80 (1.2K reviews)
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Beaver Lake Nature Center
Park
Nature-study area with 9 miles of all-season walking trails, a lake & regular educational programs.
4.80 (1K reviews)
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Labrador Hollow Unique Area
Nature preserve
👍👍 Today was my first day ever visiting and it's hands one of my new favorite places!! The views are breathtakingly stunning. The boardwalk is easy to walk on. The are other trails other than the boardwalk. Go if you have never been!
4.80 (835 reviews)
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Salmon River Falls Unique Area
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Another beautiful CNY locale! Gorge Trail is very steep so the 2 year old sat that one out, but the whole family loved the top of the falls. Can imagine on warmer days it gets pretty packed but we were lucky!
4.80 (706 reviews)
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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)
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