Passing through Nelson Swamp Unique Area on U.S. Route 20, you look out at a low-lying landscape of wet meadows, deciduous woods and dark groves of cedar and pine. You also see meandering Chittenango Creek as it wends its way to Lake Ontario.
This site has some accessible features, including an interpretive trail. A full list of DEC's accessible recreation destinations is available on the DEC website.
914 acres
Cazenovia
Go to Google Maps, and enter your address for step-by-step directions to Nelson Swamp Unique Area. (This link will open a page outside the DEC website. Hold the "Shift" key down, and click on the link to open it in a new window.)
Telephone: 607-674-4017
Website: Nelson Swamp Unique Area
Photo credit: Jim Clayton