Sadsbury Woods Preserve
511 acres within the largest remaining unfragmented woodlands in Chester County, at the headwaters of Buck Run. Spring means ephemeral wildflowers; summer means Scarlet Tanagers and Ovenbirds, deep-forest songbirds that need woods this big.
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Secrets of Sadsbury Woods Hike
Ninety minutes through one of the last large unbroken woodlands in the county with a preserve steward, who points out the things most people walk straight past.
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