Otter Creek Preserve — Attraction in Town of Rye

Tucked away in the suburbs of a lovely neighborhood, this cut and short path offers a marked and planked trail through protected land. The planks provide you leverage so you don’t sink into the stagnant mud and that being said, if you have a small dog, their paws will likely fall through the cracks and they likely won’t enjoy waking the planked parts.

Wear the proper foot attire, especially if it’s rained. Last weeks weather was warm but didn’t have any issues with insects but it isn’t hot...

Lovely rare upland & lowland coastal marsh inched in between sumptuous residences and the labrynth estuarine waterflows. Hard-to-find backroad takes you farther into preserve but remember to leave no trace. This is a small fragile ecosystem... for development is perilously close. Yet it seems that if there were more stewardship, more osprey would be permanent and our American eagles could flourish too even --if their food supply were uncontaminated & plentiful. This is a...

Beautiful short walk through what I think is a "marsh" – it's quiet with relatively few people, has a clear path to walk on, and includes some information / museum-esque signage along the way.

The only downside is that it kind of feels like you're walking through private property - but as long as you stay on the paths it's fine. If you enter from the Alda Road side it seems like you're walking down a private drive but it's all...