Overview
The land for the Swift Creek Bluffs Nature Preserve was purchased in 1991 by the Triangle Land Conservancy (TLC), a nonprofit corporation whose mission is to identify and protect important open spaces in several counties. The preserve has two miles of trails on twenty-three acres along Swift Creek in Cary. Swift Creek Bluffs is unique because various flowers, plants, trees, and wildlife normally found in the mountains are located here.
Wildlife
White-tailed deer, groundhogs, chipmunks, squirrels, raccoons, fish, freshwater mussels, snakes, turtles, frogs, toads, lizards, carolina anoles, skinks, songbirds, hummingbirds, hawks, owls, woodpeckers, butterflies, moths, dragonflies, damselflies, grasshoppers, and crickets.
Plant Life
Rhododendrons, lady's thumb, wildflowers, sunflowers, ferns, mushrooms, poison ivy, beech trees, oak trees, and pine trees.
External Links 
Official Site
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