Albany Pine Bush Preserve Welcome to the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Trailheads #2 & 3 Rapp Barrens & The Albany Pine Bush is one of the best remaining examples of an inland pine barrens in the world. Six Mile Waterworks This gently rolling sand-plain is home to a unique variety of rare plants and animals including the federally endangered Karner blue butterfly. Fox Run Ln
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playground, restrooms, and shoreline docks to Albany Pine Bush Lands # # #
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# # White Trail – 0.5 miles I 87 # Streams Six Mile 5 Foot Contours Waterworks Picnic Area/Playground/ D Pavilion for rent 3 Springsteen Rd I 90 v Pine Restrooms
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