Visiting Natural Areas By Public Transportation
This listing is intended to encourage people without a car to experience nature and to encourage those responsible for natural areas to promote visits by public transit.
We are just beginning to collect this information. Please suggest additional sites accessible without a car. (Email Bill Shore.)
Some of these sites have playgrounds, picnic areas and activities other than experiencing nature. Check their websites.
New York
- Alley Pond Park
- Bronx River Forest
- The Greenbelt (Staten Island)
- High Rock Park Conservation Center
- Hudson Highlands State Park
- Inwood Hill Park
- North West Woods of the Bronx's Van Cortlandt Park
- Prospect Park Woodlands, Watercourse and Nature Trails
- Tallman Mountain State Park
- Westchester Land Trust Preserves: Leatherman's Ridge, Tom Burke Preserve
New Jersey
- Liberty State Park
- Meadowlands Nature Preserves: Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, Laurel Hill County Park, Hackensack Riverkeeper Canoe and Kayak Rental, Mill Creek Point Park, Richard DeKorte Park, Teaneck Creek Conservancy
- Palisades Interstate Park overlooking the Hudson River in NJ and NY