Guidelines
To help ensure that this special place can be enjoyed for future generations, please leave no trace and carry out what you carry in. Camping, littering, hunting, fires, or removal or destruction of plants or animals are prohibited. See our full preserve visitation guidelines for more information.
What to See
When parking along Nash Road, the first area visitors walk through is a successional upland forest. Limestone ledges and wetlands make for a good birding area for visitors. After crossing Route 146, visitors can explore the southern part of the preserve on a loop trail through stands of hemlock. More prominent limestone features can be seen here.
Visitors to this site will find unusual cracks and crevices where rain has dissolved away the underlying limestone bedrock. There is also a fine display of wildflowers in the spring, the most striking of which is white trillium that blankets the forest floor for a few weeks in May.
A 1.3-mile trail is blazed orange and has a few short but steep climbs. After you cross the road and enter the southern section, use special care to avoid stepping into deep crevices and holes in the limestone, especially in winter or after the leaves have fallen, when the crevices may be hidden. Allow about one hour to complete the circuit.
Visitors should be aware of footing along the limestone ledges and cracks. Please take caution when crossing Route 146. There is no designated cross walk.
This 70-acre preserve is located in the Town of Knox in Albany County, New York.
