South Shore Nature Center

mark zmitrovis

My brother found this place he was so happy to of found it he loves nature,he couldn't wait to show me. He has passed on recently i was so glad that he got to go to such a nice place he took pictures of the deer really cool place

Brendan McCann

This was the absolute worst hike we’ve been on in the pandemic, and we’ve gone on hundreds. The trail started out nice, but when you get deep in the loop there are many boards missing in the decking, loose decking that flip up as you walk, poorly marked/cleared trails, thick/stank mud with just 4x4 “balance beams” in the middle to walk on, piles of dog (or some large animal) poop left on the center of the decking, terrible experience. We went here because people wrote “great for kids”. Maybe the first 1/4 mile is ok - but after that my kids were miserable and so were my wife and I. Skip this one.

Grace Baker

The hike is mostly above the marsh on a wooden platform. It was interesting enough. On our way back we saw deer. The butterfly garden was great. And there are some picnic tables to eat lunch at. The main office wasn't open due to COVID-19, so there weren't available bathrooms.

Andrew Martin

I went here with my wife and 5yo for the first time since I was a little kid. The trails were not very well kept. Part of this was due to branches and trees being downed by a recent storm, which is fair, but there was also sections of the boardwalk that were missing boards. We ended up on the "Salt Water Trail" that takes you out through the marshes and all the way to the bay and in one section about 1/3 of the boards were missing and may of the remaining boards had come loose and would flip up if you stepped on them wrong. When we were near the end of this trail there was sign that pointed back towards the nature center. We were looking forward to heading out because of the poor condition of the boardwalk and the mosquitoes, but about 50 ft from the sign the trail was completely overtaken by the reeds from the marsh and became impassable. We had to turn around and cross back over the damaged boardwalk and all the way through the "Salt Water Trail" to the last trail that lead back to the center.