The fields and hedgerows provide habitat for a wide variety of animals, including birds, small mammals, and about 40 species of butterflies. Visitor Information Trail maps are available for the Daniel P. Davison Self-Guided Nature Trail. Find out more information and directions. Click here to see a larger version of this map. Help Protect New York!   Your donation will help us protect areas on Long Island and throughout New York. Donating online is fast, easy, and safe.

Uplands Farm is comprised of open fields, ash and oak hedgerows, vernal pools, upland woods and farm buildings. All were strongly affected by past human activities such as farming and animal grazing.

If left undisturbed, the Upland Farm fields would eventually revert back to woodlands, but the fields are mowed to provide habitat diversity and open space, both of which are rapidly disappearing from Long Island.

Location: Cold Spring Harbor, Suffolk County, in northwestern Long Island

Size: 97 acres

What to See: Animals
The fields and hedgerows provide habitat for a wide variety of animals, including birds, small mammals, and about 40 species of butterflies.

What to See: Plants
The eastern woodland contains red maple, black cherry and red cedar, mixed with oak, ash and hickory trees. The western woodland, with its hilly terrain, features a canopy of oaks, tulip trees, and black birch, with an understory of flowering dogwood, maple-leaf viburnum, and extensive thickets of mountain laurel.

Why the Conservancy Selected this Site:
Donated to The Nature Conservancy by Mrs. Jane Nichols, Uplands Farm has served as the Long Island Chapter headquarters since 1971.

The Nature Conservancy's mission at Uplands Farm is to restore the health of the natural communities found there and to provide a place for people to enjoy and appreciate nature.

What The Nature Conservancy Has Done:
In 1969, Southampton declared in its Master Plan that preservation of the Long Pond Greenbelt was a significant goal. Land acquisitions proceeded slowly until 1985, when The Nature Conservancy increased its involvement in the conservation project. What followed was a chain of land acquisitions in the Greenbelt by The Nature Conservancy, Southampton Town, and Suffolk County.

Visiting the Preserve
The sanctuary is located at 250 Lawrence Hill Road. It is open daily from dawn to dusk, and chapter offices are open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Trail maps are available for the Daniel P. Davison Self-Guided Nature Trail.  Please contact the Uplands Farm Sanctuary for more information.

Northern State Parkway East to Exit 39 North or the Long Island Expressway (495) East to Exit 48 North (Round Swamp Road).
Follow Round Swamp Road North to Jericho Turnpike (Route 25).
Turn left (West) onto Jericho Turnpike.
At the next traffic light, turn right (North) onto Avery Road.
Turn right onto Woodbury Road.
Turn left (North) onto Route 108.  Go approximately 2 miles to the end of 108 (you will see a stop sign) and take the steep right up the hill (Lawrence Hill Road).
The Conservancy entrance is the third driveway on the right at the top of the hill. The office is in the barn at the end of the long driveway through the field.
Please park in the parking area and adjacent grassy field on the silo side of the barn.

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Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Doris Ackerman (Uplands Farm).