🌳 Americas Nature Reserves

251 nature reserves · 18 countries

A profile for each of the 251 notable nature reserves in Americas — location, country, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia. These 251 nature reserves span 18 countries.

Aiken Canyon Preserve

United States

Al Sabo Preserve

United States

Alafia River Reserve

United States

Alto Golfo de California Biosphere Reserve

Mexico

Angelo Coast Range Reserve

United States

Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve

United States

Apacunca Genetic Reserve

Nicaragua

Aquicuana Reserve

Bolivia

Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve

United States

Azalea State Natural Reserve

United States

Barra do Una Sustainable Development Reserve

Brazil

Bartholomew's Cobble

United States

Battle Creek Cypress Swamp

United States

Bear Rocks Preserve

United States

Bear's Den

United States

Bearpaw Reserve

United States

Beaver Valley Headwaters Preserve

United States

Beaversprite

United States

Beech Hill Preserve

United States

Belt Woods

United States

Big Canoe Creek Nature Preserve

United States

Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

United States

Blackacre Nature Preserve and Historic Homestead

United States

Blackhand Gorge State Nature Preserve

United States

Blanton Forest

United States

Blevins Gap Nature Preserve

United States

Bodega Marine Reserve

United States

Bohm Woods Nature Preserve

United States

Bonheur River Kame Provincial Park

Canada

Bridge Island Meadows

United States

Brightwater Science and Environmental Centre

Canada

Brinckheuvel Nature Reserve

Suriname

Brooker Creek Preserve

United States

Brooks Woodland Preserve

United States

Brownsberg Nature Park

Suriname

Caja de Muertos Nature Reserve

United States

Cambalache Forest Reserve

United States

Campbell Falls State Park Reserve

United States

Capen Hill Nature Sanctuary

United States

Carlos Anwandter Nature Sanctuary

Chile

Carpenter Park

United States

Central Suriname Nature Reserve

Suriname

Cerro Pan de Azúcar Native Wildlife Breeding Station

Uruguay

Chaltén Mountain Range Natural Site

Chile

Chase Woodlands

United States

Chesterfield Gorge (Massachusetts)

United States

Circus Hammock

United States

Clifton Gorge State Nature Preserve

United States

Coolidge Reservation

United States

Cooperrider-Kent Bog State Nature Preserve

United States

Copi Nature Reserve

Suriname

Copicut Woods

United States

Coppename Monding Nature Reserve

Suriname

Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve

Bolivia

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary

United States

Cormier Woods

United States

Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve

Argentina

Crex Meadows

United States

Curry Creek Preserve

United States

Dinosaur Footprints Reservation

United States

Discovery Park (Seattle)

United States

Doane's Falls

United States

Dry Hill

United States

Eagle Marsh

United States

East Over Reservation

United States

Echo Canyon Reservoir State Wildlife Area

United States

Eden Landing Ecological Reserve

United States

Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve

Bolivia

Eel River Canyon Preserve

United States

Eel River Estuary Preserve

United States

El Angel Ecological Reserve

Ecuador

El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve

United States

Elderfields Preserve

United States

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve

United States

Emerald Waters Reserve

United States

Emerson Point Preserve

United States

Enchanted Rocks Preserve

United States

Eshqua Bog Natural Area

United States

Estero Americano Coast Preserve

United States

Fairfield Osborn Preserve

United States

Flag Ponds Nature Park

United States

Foothills Nature Preserve

United States

Foothills Open Space Preserve

United States

Fort Atkinson State Preserve

United States

Fortuna Forest Reserve

Panama

Fred Dye Nature Sanctuary

United States

Fremont Older Open Space Preserve

United States

Frenchman's Forest Natural Area

United States

Futaleufú National Reserve

Chile

Girty's Woods

United States

Gitchie Manitou State Preserve

United States

Goll Woods State Nature Preserve

United States

Grass Lake Nature Park

United States

Great Wass Island Preserve

United States

Green Cay Wetlands

United States

Guandera Biological Station

Ecuador

Halibut Point Reservation

United States

Hannacroix Ravine Preserve

United States

Happy Valley Forest

Canada

Hays Nature Preserve

United States

Hitchcock Nature Center

United States

Hope Nature Preserve

United States

Iberá Provincial Reserve

Argentina

Islote Pájaros Niños

Chile

Jacobs Hill

United States

Jatun Sacha

Ecuador

Jelks Preserve

United States

Jenner Headlands Preserve

United States

Jericoacoara Environmental Protection Area

Brazil

John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve

United States

John Little State Natural Reserve

United States

Jug Handle State Natural Reserve

United States

Julington-Durbin Preserve

United States

King Penguin Nature Reserve

Chile

Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve

United States

La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve

United States

La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve

United States

La Parguera Nature Reserve

United States

La Robleda Natural Protected Area

United States

La Saline Natural Area

Canada

Lago Cochrane National Reserve

Chile

Lago Las Torres National Reserve

Chile

Lago Palena National Reserve

Chile

Laguna Torca National Reserve

Chile

Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve

United States

Lake Texcoco Ecological Park

Mexico

Landels-Hill Big Creek Reserve

United States

Las Vertientes Private Nature Reserve

Chile

Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve

United States

Letang Island Nature Preserve

Canada

Listening Point

United States

Living Prairie Museum

Canada

Long Ridge Open Space Preserve

United States

Los Bellotos del Melado National Reserve

Chile

Los Osos Oaks State Natural Reserve

United States

Los Trancos Open Space Preserve

United States

Louis René Barrera Indiangrass Wildlife Sanctuary

United States

Lucy Stone Home Site

United States

Lyonia Preserve

United States

Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve

Ecuador

Malalcahuello-Nalcas

Chile

Manasota Scrub Preserve

United States

Manitoba Tall Grass Prairie Preserve

Canada

Manuripi-Heath Amazonian Wildlife National Reserve

Bolivia

Maple Woods Natural Area

United States

Maquipucuna

Ecuador

Marshlands Conservancy

United States

Máyyan 'Ooyákma – Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve

United States

Mazo Beach

United States

Mbaracayú Forest Nature Reserve

Paraguay

McDowell Sonoran Preserve

United States

Minister's Face Nature Preserve

Canada

Miraflor Natural Reserve

Nicaragua

Miskito Cays

Nicaragua

Mission Creek Preserve

United States

Mitteldorf Preserve

United States

Mohonk Preserve

United States

Moʻomomi

United States

Mona and Monito Islands Nature Reserve

United States

Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve

United States

Monte Bello Open Space Preserve

United States

Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve

United States

Morelos Park

Mexico

Morningside Nature Center

United States

Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve

Belize

Myakka Headwaters Preserve

United States

Mystic River Reservation

United States

National Butterfly Center

United States

Neal Preserve

United States

New Jersey Pine Barrens

United States

Nicolas Wessberg Absolute Natural Reserve

Costa Rica

Noon Hill and Shattuck Reservation

United States

North and South Brother Islands (New York City)

United States

North Campus Open Space

United States

Northeast Greenland National Park

Greenland

Oak Glen Preserve

United States

Otter Creek Preserve

United States

Parkers Marsh Natural Area Preserve

United States

Parque Lecocq

Uruguay

Parque Nacional de San Miguel

Uruguay

Peabody Preserve (Tarrytown, New York)

United States

Pearl Cays

Nicaragua

Pepperwood Preserve

United States

Pioneers Park Nature Center

United States

Pioneertown Mountains Preserve

United States

Planadas-Yeyesa Nature Reserve

United States

Punta Patiño

Panama

Quail Ridge Reserve

United States

Quehanna Wild Area

United States

Quiverheart Gorge

United States

Rachel Carson North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve

United States

Rana Creek Preserve

United States

Ranita Dorada Reserve

Colombia

Ravenswood Park

United States

Redrock Mountain Natural Area Preserve

United States

Reserva de Marapendi (Rio de Janeiro)

Brazil

Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

Honduras

Robert Allerton Park

United States

Safari West

United States

Salto Río Yasika Natural Reserve

Nicaragua

San Marcos Foothills Preserve

United States

Santa Lucia Preserve

United States

Santa Margarita River Trail Preserve

United States

Santa Teresa National Park

Uruguay

Schiff Nature Preserve

United States

Schmitz Park

United States

Seawood Cape Preserve

United States

Serpentine Barrens Conservation Park

United States

Shell Key Preserve

United States

Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve

United States

Sierra Quirragua Natural Reserve

Nicaragua

Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve

United States

Skyline Regional Park

United States

Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve

United States

Slate Run Metro Park

United States

Slocum's River Reserve

United States

Smith and Bybee Wetlands Natural Area

United States

Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve

United States

Soldiers Delight Natural Environment Area

United States

Somuncurá Provincial Reserve

Argentina

South Water Caye Marine Reserve

Belize

Spafford Forest

United States

Speaking Springs Preserve

United States

Spring Valley Nature Preserve

United States

Spyrock Reserve

United States

Tantauco Park

Chile

Tariquía Flora and Fauna National Reserve

Bolivia

Teatown Lake Reservation

United States

Terradise

United States

Theodore J. Hoover Natural Preserve

United States

Tisma Lagoon Natural Reserve

Nicaragua

Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve

United States

Triangle Lake Bog State Nature Preserve

United States

Tucker Wildlife Sanctuary

United States

Tule Elk State Natural Reserve

United States

Vaca Forest Reserve

Belize

Van Hoosear Wildflower Preserve

United States

Volo Bog State Natural Area

United States

Wasque

United States

Welwyn Preserve

United States

Whitewater Preserve

United States

Wildflower Preserve (Florida)

United States

Wildwood Preserve Metropark

United States

Wilson Mountain Reservation

United States

Wind Wolves Preserve

United States

Woodard Bay Natural Resources Conservation Area

United States

Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Preserve

United States

Woodland Beach Wildlife Area

United States

Woolaroc

United States

Yerba Loca Nature Sanctuary

Chile

Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area

United States

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