Christiana Natural Area

This is very much a natural area. If you are expecting nice, well maintained trails, you won't find them here! If you want to hike in here, prepare for strenuous hiking with poorly marked "trails". Bring a compass if you do not have a good sense of direction, or a gps. Expect ticks. That being said, I had a big adventure in here. After the first bridge, the trail basically turned into a herd path through the bushes. After coming to the marsh area on the left, the trail continues around it. I came to an spot where the stream was quite deep, so I went to the right to go around. I followed deer trails and came back around into a clearing where I found a blue trail marker. The trail quickly turned back into marsh bushwhacking. I came across another bridge that "crossed" the Indian kill. It was more like a bridge in the middle of a pond. Not wanting to turn around, I continued on through the marsh near the property line marked with posted signs. After getting back into the woods, I turned southwest again and found yellow trail markers. I followed a vague trail until it came out at the junction of the blue trail near the entrance. I wore muck boots, but in one spot the water was up to my knees. I did spot many birds, frogs, snakes, deer and flowers. It was an adventure to be sure! I would not recommend this for children or physically unfit people. I am not very fit and barely made it!

A nice hiking trail looping around a wetland. . This naturally means that the trails can be quite wet themselves so I'd recommend wearing boots or waterproof shoes.

Maybe a mile or so of trail in total. Unfortunately, the trail isn't marked real well but I got by alright.

Cool trail a bit overgrown, but that made it interesting.

The trails are overgrown, markers lacking in some places, and difficult to follow. Ideal if you are looking for a short, flat, but relatively wild hike. The marshy meadows are beautiful and lightly visited in all seasons. The preserve is quite nice in the winter after a deep freeze that makes the wet sections more passable. Ideal if you can follow the tracks through some spots.

Take tick prevention precautions. Would not recommend taking children under 5.

Nice park great for birds

Wet wet wet, and I kept having to fins the trail again. Maybe it would have been better after the Spring wet season.

This Nature Preserve should be closed. It is dangerous to walk on, and is not maintained all except the beginning section. The Town of Glenville should be ashamed to call this a nature preserve . There is no path to walk on and they have wooden bridges that are not level and pieces of wood from remnants of bridges that you can trip over.