Preserves Archive | Natural Lands

aerial view of water zigzagging through a large forest of colorful trees with misty mountains in the background

Bear Creek Preserve

Bear Creek Township, PA

3,934 acres

trees silhouetted by the late day sun with the sun peaking through and a mown grass trail through a meadow with a blue sky

Binky Lee Preserve

Chester Springs, PA

112 acres

Two people in the distance on a trail splitting a field

Bryn Coed Preserve

Chester Springs, PA

520 acres

an aerial view of agricultural pastures and patches of green trees with a light blue sky

ChesLen Preserve

Coatesville, PA

1,282 acres

a black and yellow butterfly on purple flowers in a meadow

Crow’s Nest Preserve

Elverson, PA

712 acres

a landscape shot of a large body of water with grassy banks and a blue sky in the background.

Glades Wildlife Refuge

Newport, NJ

7,440 acres

a meadow of golden tall grasses on hills with trees in the background and a blue sky with fluffy clouds

Green Hills Preserve

Mohnton, PA

201 acres

purplish flowers in bloom in a meadow with trees in the distant and a purplish sky

Gwynedd Preserve

North Wales, PA

279 acres

a landscape view of a wooden pathway over swampy water surrounded by green trees

Harold N. Peek Preserve

Millville, NJ

344 acres

a wood bench in a mown grassy path that cuts through a meadow of green grasses and trees

Hildacy Preserve

Media, PA

55 acres

A sunset seen through the trees in the woods with orange colored leaves

Mariton Wildlife Sanctuary

Easton, PA

200 acres

large rocks in the woods with trees full of green leaves

Meng Preserve

Schwenksville, PA

101 acres

a grass trail through a meadow with trees in the background, a blue sky and fluffy clouds

Peacedale Preserve

Landenberg, PA

222 acres

looking up to the sky with tall trees with yellow leaves

Sadsbury Woods Preserve

Coatesville, PA

511 acres

a bird with a blue head and orange and white belly perched in a tree

Saunders Woods Preserve

Gladwyne, PA

25 acres

a close-up of a round fungus growing from a dead tree

Stone Hills Preserve

Schwenksville, PA

13 acres

a large stone mansion surrounded by fall foliage and a sunset

Stoneleigh: a natural garden

Villanova, PA

42 acres

a landscape shot of a green field with a large tree and many other trees and an incoming sunset in the background

Stroud Preserve

West Chester, PA

571 acres

a landscape of a creek running through the woods with green and yellow trees

Wawa Preserve

Media, PA

75 acres

a path leading through a meadow and trees at sunrise in spring at Willisbrook Preserve

Willisbrook Preserve

Malvern, PA

126 acres

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