I have to thank Mum for making me aware of this place. Located in Tupper Lake (in the middle of the glorious Adirondack Mountains), this place used to be known as the "Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks" before it was re-branded to the current name. I don't recall if I ever went here as part of a day trip with the Boy Scouts, which seems like it would've been right up our alley. Even if we did go, I sure the place has changed drastically since the time when I was in Scouts. As far as I was concerned, when we went to visit this in June 2018 it was "brand new" to me.
It was pretty easy to get to, as it was pretty much the same road I traveled to visit Shawn when he was going to Potsdam. The journey there had a lot of nice forest to look at. The specific directions for the Wild Center were easy to find, and parking was good. As you can see in the pictures below (which were mostly taken by me, but with some shots from Mum's camera mixed in), it was really a fun place.
The big draw was the Wild Walk, which was an elevated series of platforms and suspension bridges allowing you to look at the forest floor. Birds and squirrels were present, but I'm sure there's too much human activity to allow deer and other foragers to make an appearance. The Wild Walk reminded me of (on a small scale) of what the Ewok Village would be like.
I really enjoyed the "giant web" portion of the Wild Walk. I waited until other people got off of it, and then sprang out into the center and proceeded to hop to see how much I could get this to go up and down. There was a nice suspension bridge to a large tree trunk too which I found equally amusing,
Inside the complex were various exhibits on the earth sciences and biology of the region, plus some small animal habitats. Overall, this was worth the drive from wherever you are.
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